[Cajundaddy]

I agree with avoiding the processed stuff and go for whole foods as much as possible. Menu choices for me vary depending on altitude, terrain, and expected temps. I prefer to shop at Trader Joe's or a little Italian market rather than the grocery store for stuff. Dried fruit (peaches, apricots, bananas, pineapple, raisins, dates), GORP, hard cheese and hard salami, pasta, dried soups, powdered eggs, dried stroganoff, oatmeal, fresh onion and sun dried tomatoes are all in the mix. If I am in the Sierras I count on fresh trout to be the bulk of my protein.