Originally Posted by
alan s
I have a Snow Peak GigaPower stove and small Ti pot for cooking, so nothing fancy. Cooking for one person. Water is plentiful, which means probably dried or dehydrated meals are preferable to keep weight and bulk down.
What are the best hot meals that are simple to prepare, easy to clean up, and primarily use hot water, rather than cooking the food?
Breakfast, instant oatmeal and coffee.
Lunch, not preparing a hot meal.
Dinnner, Mountain House meals and Cup-o-Noodle soup. Pasta and rice dishes?
For the combination of price, nutrition, availability, ease of preparation, light weight, cardiovascular health benefits, versatility, protein, insoluble fiber content, complex carbohydrates, absence of synthetic additives, range of both sweet and savory possibilities, etc., (one-minute) oats are a great food -- especially if you learn some new ways, including the savory, of flavoring them. Most people have barely scratched the surface here (as elsewhere), and go with the grooves of habit, the very narrow grooves of habit.