5 Quick and Healthy Breakfasts for Camping

Oatmeal, again? Pop Tarts?

Doughnuts? A good quick breakfast while canoeing or backpacking (or car camping for that matter) is as important as it is elusive.

Bryan Hanse at the Nessmuking shares five simple yet nutritious ideas for a lightweight breakfasts: On my first paddling and camping trips, I often overlooked making a good breakfast in favor of eating a few quick snacks, like Pop Tarts … Essentially, they’re just empty carbs and eating them in the morning creates high blood-sugar levels, which will eventually crash throwing the body into a battle that’ll will last all day. Now there’s really nothing astounding or new about his five choices but they are well thought out and look very tasty. For example: Super Charged Couscous 1/3 cup dry couscous 1/2 cup water 1 tbsp almonds, sliced 2 tbsp raisins 1/2 tsp cinnamon 1/6 cup dry milk Honey to taste Calories: 340 Fat: 5 g Carbs: 64g Protein: 14g Instant couscous cooks in five minutes, and when augmented with tasty ingredients, it makes a great breakfast. Mix everything, except the optional honey at home. Boil water in camp and add the mix.

Remove it from the heat and in five minutes, breakfast is ready.

I like couscous for breakfast (oatmeal still gives me the willies, it’s a texture thing) I’ll be sure to try this one. Read his post here for the other four ideas.