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We use one cookpot. We don't buy backpacker meals. In summer we eat one cooked meal (dinner) and the rest are cold - or for short trips, we won't bring a stove and all meals are cold. In winter, we plan hot dinners and emergency hot breakfasts in case we feel crappy. Our meals don't involve much cook time other than to boil water or possibly cook pasta. We tend to avoid super smelly foods as we travel in bear country. Oils are a pain because they always seep through seals at higher elevations on me. I make an exception for butter which really improves flavor for some meals. Sometimes we eat dinner on the trail a couple of miles from camp - it helps with digestion and not attracting critters to camp. We also carry extra food in the event of who knows what (emergencies).
Never take an untaste-tested item into the backcountry! If it tastes horrible, you have to either eat it or pack it out. Best to avoid that situation in the first place. It should be noted that I like to mix meals. In otherwords, I can eat Cheeze-Its for breakfast and pop tarts for lunch. Usually dinner is the rehydration meal with a soup and something else involving boiling water. Sometimes we end up eating two dinners toward the end of a long trip - that's because we tend not to eat much for the first three to four days and then the appetites kick in full swing. These are merely ideas that have worked for us. Not a diet I would keep for more than a week.
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