For food, I've really liked the recipes from this book-> Lipsmackin' Vegetarian Backpackin' (Paperback)
by Christine Conners (Author), Tim Conners (Author)" (my girlfriend got it for me) Easy, tasty, light, cheap. I took a number of the recipes snow camping. "Ez ed's burritos" "Bribe Chocolate Drink" and energy balls. They were the hit of camp. First time on a backpacking trip the food has been good, like at home good and not starving-to-death-and-barely-able-to-choke-down good that most backpacking food is. It is a bit difficult to find all of the ingredients for recipes in one (or two) stores, but well worth it.

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