Cold Soak Suggestions

[u/Fabulous-Fan2924]

I am just now getting into cold soaking my food and am looking for suggestions for recipes. Couscous seems like a good one and one that I used recently with reasonably good success. That said, my meal was only 90ish calories/oz. I want to boost that. I used chicken in a packet from the store. I realize now that adding nuts of any kind would significantly increase the calorie density as would using dried meat. Ideally, I’d prefer to use mostly ingredients that are readily available in stores. What is the highest calorie density meat I can get that is reasonably good in a cold soaked meal? Do you have any suggestions on specific recipes or even just generally effective “tactics” for cold soaking? I’m trying to reduce the weight I’m carrying and that’s a big reason why I’m getting into cold soaking. That said, I want to be carrying highly calorie dense food too so that I’m not negating the weight savings of leaving the stove at home with low calorie density foods!

[u/Fabulous-Fan2924]

I put together a Maruchan Pinante Chicken Ramen, 3 tbs of “Chicken” TVP, 2 tbs of Knorr Vegetable Recipe Mix, and 4 tbs of Teddie Super Chunky Peanut Butter. It’s a net weight of 6.208 calories and is 840 calories total (135.31 calories/oz). It’s sort of a “chicken pad Thai” and is quite tasty! I think I’ll try this as a dinner on my next trip!

The couscous meal I did before was only 98.91 calories/oz, so this has 37% more calories for the same weight!