FOOD INVENTORY
EXPEDITION FOOD

Being self supported for such a long time meant that the food
we could bring along was very limited.  Pack Lite Foods, a
phenomenal freeze dried food company, sponsored us with
some of the most delicious and lightweight backcountry meals
we have ever see.  However, the majority of our food consisted
of market bought staples.  

Keep it simple!
+ Pack lots of pasta, beans, and rice.
+Go for high energy, dry, compact food such as nuts and seeds.
+Dehydrate fruits, they are fantastic.
+Eat your instant oatmeal with cold water to save fuel...its   
yummy this way; trust us!
+Instant pudding is a light and easy way to have some sweets
out there.
+Avoid any "wet" food.  Water is heavy and you don't want to be
carrying this.
+Elaborate cooking when hordes of insects are trying to suck
the life out of you is frustrating.  Keep recipes simple if you
plan to make miles out there.  

Supplemental Food
+We added fresh fish to many of our meals.  See the section
labeled "Country Food" below.  
It is very possible to supplement your meals
by fishing, and to a lesser extent, by hunting in
certain regions of the world.  In northern
Quebec and much of Canada catching a
fresh fish is as easy as taking a cast or two.  
COUNTRY FOOD
FISHING
On our trip we managed to reel in
countless Brook Trout and Lake
Trout.  The smaller fish make the
best eating.  It would have been
possible to add fish to over two
thirds of our dinners.
GAME TO HUNT
On the trip we saw many small
ptarmigan that would have been
easy to obtain with our shotgun had
we needed extra food.  There were
also numerous ducks and geese,
but hunting these fowl would have
required significant time and skill.
Brad Bassi with a larger Lake Trout that was promptly released
back into the waters of Lake Minto.
A Ptarmigan in its summer plumage.   These
birds will try to hide on the ground until you
are very close to them.
Nothing beats a bowl of Pac Lite Foods chilli.
While most of our food came from a grocery
store, this bag contained a freeze dried meal.
Brad Bassi enjoys the world's best beef jerky
by beefkery.com
Preparing dinner from the comfort of our bug
tent.  
Each meal was individually bagged prior to the
trip to make rationing simple.  
An adequate dinner is always welcome after a
tough day of tripping.  
Half way through the trip we did a full inventory of the food
that remained.   Because of our careful planning plenty of
food remained.