My daughter stuck a jar of Biscoff Spread into our shopping trolley. It is like liquidised biscuits with extra sugar and, from memory, had the consistency of smooth peanut butter. There's a mix of different glycemic index ideas above, from nuts with a low GI to this stuff that I guess would give you a fairly instant sugar rush. I'd consider different foods for different purposes.Never heard of Biscoff Spread, but, reading the recommendations above, I had to see what it was that I've been missing. The chief ingredients are listed as flour, vegetable oils and sugars (with a chocolate edition available for non-vegans). A kind of sweet pastry in gloopy form? A bit like unbaked cake mix perhaps? Maybe not for me after all...
My daughter stuck a jar of Biscoff Spread into our shopping trolley. It is like liquidised biscuits with extra sugar and, from memory, had the consistency of smooth peanut butter. There's a mix of different glycemic index ideas above, from nuts with a low GI to this stuff that I guess would give you a fairly instant sugar rush. I'd consider different foods for different purposes.
Not vegan but one of the things I do is take pre split bagels and squirt a load of Primula cheese spread on them for a quick lunch. Primula is 58 calories for 25g and a bagel is about 250 calories for a 100g one. You could do something similar with hummus or your own spicy chick pea spread spread liberally on a bagel for 300 calories each. I know others who do the same with flat breads.
I went for a tube of cheese spread because it appealed from a convenience point of view. I don't think I'd eat Lancashire cheese though we have much better in Yorkshire.That's good, but I think my regular combo of oatcakes (436cal per 100g) and Lancashire cheese (375cal per 100g) has the bagel/Primula beat on weight, calories, price, and 'healthiness'.
I fondled a jar of Biscoff today....Dr Deliciosa took one look at the ingredients and put it back on the shelf
Came across this again and it seems the right place to ask about experiences of resupplying for a vegan or vegetarian diet when on a longer trip.
It is fairly straightforward to buy stuff at home for the first few days but then it can be a struggle to find suitable food to be carried and cooked on a typical backpacker's stove. Especially if you're going through more remote areas with only small shops, perhaps in areas where meat eating is the dominant diet. Then there is the extra fuel required with the obvious weight penalty if you're not simply rehydrating. My last trip was 12 days and I took way too much food in terms of weight but I'm not sure what I would have eaten if I hadn't done so.
How have you resupplied on longer trips?
Came across this again and it seems the right place to ask about experiences of resupplying for a vegan or vegetarian diet when on a longer trip.
It is fairly straightforward to buy stuff at home for the first few days but then it can be a struggle to find suitable food to be carried and cooked on a typical backpacker's stove. Especially if you're going through more remote areas with only small shops, perhaps in areas where meat eating is the dominant diet. Then there is the extra fuel required with the obvious weight penalty if you're not simply rehydrating. My last trip was 12 days and I took way too much food in terms of weight but I'm not sure what I would have eaten if I hadn't done so.
How have you resupplied on longer trips?
If your being weight/cost concious I can wholeheartedly recommend meals based around coconut cream powder. Cheap, dry so it stores indefinitely and very calorie dense at nearly 800cal/100g.
Only needs the addition of a few other dry ingredients (curry powder, veg bullion, dried garlic onion etc dehydrated rice, quick cook pasta etc to make a decent tasty meal.
If your being weight/cost concious I can wholeheartedly recommend meals based around coconut cream powder. Cheap, dry so it stores indefinitely and very calorie dense at nearly 800cal/100g.
Only needs the addition of a few other dry ingredients (curry powder, veg bullion, dried garlic onion etc dehydrated rice, quick cook pasta etc to make a decent tasty meal.