Healthy Food Made Easy

Just wanted to drop a dime on my dining experiences on the truck lately. I have been going to Cabellas and buying "Mountain House" freeze dried meals. They're intended for camping, but work great on the truck. They offer a wide selection of meals, and you can buy them in #10 cans, or in pouches.

I prefer the pouches because you just add hot water, close the zipper and let it sit for 10 minutes.

The meals are made with good ingredients, not crap. When re-hydrated the meat regains it's texture, which surprised me.

Some of my favorites are:

Rice & Chicken
Beef Stroganoff
New Orleans style rice w/ ham & shrimp
Spaghetti with meat sauce

Their breakfast skillet is good too... it has scrambled eggs, hash browns, bacon...

If you're looking for healthy eating give this a try. Another plus is that the freeze dried meals take up a small fraction of the space required by canned goods.

The rice & chicken tastes like it came right off of the stove top.

Oh, I also love baked potatoes. If you have a microwave on-board get a sack of spuds!

 

Well I just looked at the New Orleans style rice one I had for dinner and it has 140mg per serving with two servings in the pouch. Some are probably less, but this one is quite flavorful. It beats 1200mg in a ramen pouch

 

Depending on the meal usually about $9 for a two serving pouch. The #10 cans are less cost per serving.

Sounds delicious. In the summer I use a small gas grill for cooking, but in the winter I'm liking this process of heating 2 cups of water in the microwave and eating in 10 minutes without getting snow down my boots.

Minute rice is a really good option! I use that a lot, too. A cup of rice mixed with a can of pre-cooked chicken works out nicely. Dang it, now I'm hungry!