Saturday, April 18th, 2009

Backpacking Recipe #1: Noodly Cheesymash

ramenmash

Lightweight, delicious, and completely unhealthy to anyone who didn’t just hike 14 miles–this meal is my favorite.  All you need is the ingredients, a pot of some sort, water and a spork.  Enjoy!

Recipe: Noodly Cheesymash

Summary: * Serves 4 * Total calories: 921 * Total fat: 23g * Saturated fat: 11g * Total carbs: 134g * Sodium: you don’t want to know * Protein: 17g

Ingredients

  • 1 pack Top Ramen (sans flavor pouch)
  • 1 package Idahoan Four Cheese Flavored Mashed Potatoes

Instructions

  1. Boil water
  2. Add Ramen
  3. Add potatoes & cheesy powdery stuff, cook 2-4 minutes until potatoes are smooth and noodles are perfect.
  4. Devour

Meal type: dinner

Trailsauce rating: 4.5 stars
****1/2


Category: Dinner / Trail Recipes
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5 Responses

April 19, 2009
Ben

This sounds good; we’ve used potato flakes as a base before and were all healthy and happy afterwards.

My new/old favorite is couscous. New that my friends now like it; old that I still like it. It cooks basically the same as the potato flakes but has the additional whatever benefit of being wheat instead of potato.

I found this site on reddit.com/r/CampingAndBackpacking and wanted to contribute. I think it’s great :)


April 19, 2009

Thanks for the comment, Ben! I’ve yet to get on the couscous wagon, but I’ve heard great things. Very good point about the benefit of it being a wheat product to add some nutritional diversity.

I’m glad you found the site! I know it takes time to build a readership community, but it is always nice to know I have readers other than “google bot” or “yahoo spider.”

Take care,
meatball


April 19, 2009
Mom

Did I teach you how to cook???


April 19, 2009

Yeah, but you have to admit the “ultralight calorie-stuffing instant backpacking meal” training was a little lacking :)


April 20, 2009

I like the idea of putting the ramen and mashed potatoes together, will have to try that one trip. I’ve used them before with other items like chicken and vegetables for a one pot meal, but not with just ramen.

I like what I’ve been reading here! Keep up the good posts.