7-day backpacking meal plan
This seven-day example comes from the same deterministic optimizer as the planner. It shows why a week of food needs a deliberate balance of daily energy, meal variety and total carry weight.
Customize it before treating it as a shopping list for your own trip.
Generated meal-plan examples
These menus are generated at build time from the same optimizer and recipe catalog used by the planner.
7-day trip
35,310 calories
17.3 lb food weight
21 meals and 7 snack bundles
Customize this 7-day setup- Day 1Coconut chocolate granola, PB chocolate tortilla, Chicken pesto freeze-dried dinner5,055 cal, 37.9 oz
- Day 2Coconut chocolate granola, PB chocolate tortilla, Chicken pesto freeze-dried dinner5,045 cal, 37.3 oz
- Day 3Maple walnut oatmeal, Peanut butter & fruit tortilla, Backpacker's Pantry pad thai5,060 cal, 41.2 oz
- Day 4Coconut chocolate granola, Jerky & hard cheese wrap, Mountain House chili mac4,975 cal, 39.2 oz
- Day 5Bacon, eggs & potatoes, Salmon pesto tortilla, Chicken pesto freeze-dried dinner4,995 cal, 41.0 oz
- Day 6Coconut oatmeal, PB chocolate tortilla, Thai curry freeze-dried dinner5,135 cal, 39.2 oz
- Day 7Maple walnut oatmeal, Rice & bean burrito, Mountain House chili mac5,045 cal, 40.5 oz