Best food for DoE expeditions

[redcat9]

What is the best food to pack for Duke of Edinburgh expeditions? It needs to be nutritious, not too heavy. My DD would like to pack instant noodle, but isn't that junk food without much nutrients? Thank you for your advice.

John West Tinned tuna salad.

It’s only a few days so I think calories for energy are more important than nutrients.

Super noodles and hot dogs were a favourite when I did DofE.

You can also buy pouches of lentils, Bolognaise, beans etc and boil in the bag rice which are doable on the trangia stove. Porridge pots you can add water to. Hot chocolate sachets are a nice treat as well.

These are great for evening meals https://basecampfood.com/collections/wayfayrer?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21399144176&gbraid=0AAAAADqiBsqDnXenymeIlcBr3K0CILS1b&gclid=EAIaIQobChMItNy-nJOcjQMVXoFQBh26tD1rEAAYAiAAEgJDhPD_BwE

Just add water custard powders with some sponge for pudding.

precooked lentil or pasta in sauce packets are great for lunches.

nuts, flapjacks etc are great energy foods that won’t melt or get horribly squashed.

porridge pots, prepacked pancakes are great for breakfast with an apple , banana etc (sent in a banana guard)

the tiny concentrated things of squash, hot chocolate sachets are good for drinks.

Home bargains have some pouches in at the min - think was chill and rice and curry and rice - I’ve bought one of each to try out at home before they go. We pack a huge bag of homemade trail mix, so chocolate peanuts, chocolate raisins, sultanas, salted peanuts in a big bag to snack on. We also pack some chocolate spread / peanut butter wraps as they don’t need refrigerating and are ‘good’ for a couple of days.

My boys liked the filled pasta (long life) from aldi with a stir through sauce. The huge flapjacks from home bargains etc are about 400 calories each and good breakfast. The flavoured tuna in small tins with wraps. If allergies permit: salted mixed nuts. Raisins.

Those Wayfarer meals are a bloody fiver each!! Much grumbling from DS when I worked out I could get boil in the bag rice and pouches of bean chilli from Lidl for a fraction of the price for his Ten Tors training. He wanted them for breakfast too! I relented for the event itself, mind.

Otherwise, cereal bars went down well, nuts are good for sustained energy, and Haribo- type jelly sweets for a quick energy boost. Chocolate can melt in warm weather.

They’re not cheap but they’re not going to burst in their bag, there’s a good selection and they’re filling. For one meal a day we thought it was worth it. We got ours from Go Outdoors with a Blue Light Card Discount