There are plenty of ways to do this. I keep our chuck box stocked with 3-4 days of non-perishable food. Some ideas:
-Freeze-fried TVP (textured vegetable protein): This is a meat substitute that actually fluffs up quite nicely. It's hard to tell it from ground beef when used in chili , spaghetti sauce, or cooked up with a packet of taco seasoning. Get the dry version from Honeyville, not the expensive frozen kind.
-Sauce packets: Every grocery store has taco seasoning, marinara, onion soup, bullion cubes, alfredo, chili mix and more exciting things in little packets.
-Lentils: Easy to cook without a huge amount of soaking or simmering
-Rice: Ditto
-Pasta
-Indian food packets: Sort of like MREs, but filled with delicious curries and such. Available at Indian/Pakistani markets or Trader Joe's
-Canned chicken, tuna
-Dried onions: Can make ramen much more interesting. They get sort of crispy and carmelized in the dehydrator
-Honey: Never goes bad. Can use with your coffee
-Powdered milk: Use with coffee, pasta sauces, etc.
-Cornbread, muffin, and other mixes
-Mac-n-cheese
-Ramen
Also, you can keep eggs, tortilla, the harder cheeses, and soy milk for some time without refrigeration.
One more thing: Check out
http://www.honeyvillegrain.com for lots of excellent freeze-dried, dehydrated and bulk foods. They have cheaper prices if you pick visit one of their physical stores in SoCal or Utah.
Arclight
This road-trip I am going it without refrigeration. I, like many of you, have a travel fridge, a National Luna in my case, and I have a nice cooler…. but during these wanderings I have decided to go with no food requiring refrigeration. Does anyone else go with no "refrigeration?" I posted a list of foods with photographs I am eating this trip, if anyone has other ideas please let me know. I don't have any canned goods on this list, I'm trying to see what else, other than canned, people recommend!
http://www.apocketfullofwanderlust.c...-required.html
Thanks!
-AK
