Breakfast Basics

Here are the basics for a sit down breakfast.

Make sure you follow the basic beer can cooking guidelines of: 1) Boil water, 2) Extinguish flame 3) add ingredients, and 4) let your meal cook by steeping.

• Hot beverages: Coffee, Tea and Hot Chocolate.
• Milk: Can be made from powdered milk, and used as a beverage or on your breakfast cereal. One brand is far tastier than all others.
• Fruit flavored drink: Can be made from juice powder.
• High protein breakfast drinks: Can be carried in powder form.
• Hot cereal/Hot oatmeal: Makes a nice warm breakfast.
• Cold breakfast cereals: All work fine. Granola is especially good because it is dense and won’t crush in the backpack.
• Stewed fruit: Can be made from any dried fruit. Hot stewed fruit can be made in the morning by adding boiling water to your dried fruit. You can prepare cold stewed fruit by soaking your dried fruit overnight.

Read on to learn basic meal ideas for your backpacking sit down Dinner.