Huel Hot & Savory for Camping (and other recommendations)

beagletracks
beagletracks Posts: 6,034 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I'm thinking about buying Huel Hot & Savory as a healthy, easy-to-make, easy-to-carry hot food to pack with us camping. I like the nutritional values and relatively low sodium compared to other options, and around $3 per serving sounds reasonable.
  • If you've tried Huel Hot & Savory, please tell me what you think and what your favorite flavors are.
  • If you're a backpacker or someone who eats dehydrated meals like instant soup, noodle, or grain cups, please give me your recommendations.

We typically cook good meals camping, but sometimes when it's cold and wet and you're exhausted you need something hot and hearty that doesn't take much effort.

Thank you!

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  • L1zardQueen
    L1zardQueen Posts: 8,753 Member
    Canned soup or chili works for us.
  • beagletracks
    beagletracks Posts: 6,034 Member
    L1zardQueen wrote: »
    Canned soup or chili works for us.

    Thanks! Yes, these are staples. Just thinking about variety for the food box without adding much weight or taking up a lot of space.
  • SuzySunshine99
    SuzySunshine99 Posts: 2,989 Member
    edited March 2021
    Dried is better than canned if you're looking to save weight.
    The dry pouches of dehydrated soup, chili, noodle or rice side dishes of various flavors and seasonings.
    You can get pouches of chicken or tuna and add them to the rice or noodle mix.
    The pouch mixes from the grocery store work great...no need to get them at outdoors stores that are going to charge a premium.
  • missysippy930
    missysippy930 Posts: 2,577 Member
    edited March 2021
    Jerky.
    Protein bites.
    We don’t care much for freeze dried pre-packaged meals, so I usually prepare meals and freeze them in zip loc freezer bags. It’s cheaper. Keeps the cooler cold, as they thaw, and easy to heat in bag in boiling water. You can do omelettes in bags too with ingredients of your choice. No broken eggs. Use freezer bags though. Quart or gallon size, depending upon how many servings you need and individual tastes. Sometimes the sandwich bags leak😢Some great suggestions from others. Tuna pacs are light and don’t need refrigeration. Sardines.
  • annamarie64
    annamarie64 Posts: 1 Member
    My son uses the Huel hot and seems to enjoy them. Would recommend on his experience.
  • L1zardQueen
    L1zardQueen Posts: 8,753 Member
    Move food to ziplocks. Bringing a bunch of water to rehydrate food adds weight too, unless, of course, you have clean suitable water at your convenience.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    L1zardQueen wrote: »
    Move food to ziplocks. Bringing a bunch of water to rehydrate food adds weight too, unless, of course, you have clean suitable water at your convenience.

    When my wife and I were backpackers, we always packed where there was available water and we used a filter pump to pump it out of the stream, lake, or spring. If you're packing everything in and out on your back for three or four days, there's no way you can carry enough water on your person and you want to keep your pack as light as possible.
    beagletracks wrote: »
    I'm thinking about buying Huel Hot & Savory as a healthy, easy-to-make, easy-to-carry hot food to pack with us camping. I like the nutritional values and relatively low sodium compared to other options, and around $3 per serving sounds reasonable.
    • If you've tried Huel Hot & Savory, please tell me what you think and what your favorite flavors are.
    • If you're a backpacker or someone who eats dehydrated meals like instant soup, noodle, or grain cups, please give me your recommendations.

    We typically cook good meals camping, but sometimes when it's cold and wet and you're exhausted you need something hot and hearty that doesn't take much effort.

    Thank you!

    Can't speak to Huel...didn't exist to my knowledge when my wife and I were packers...we stopped when the kids were born, but we've been talking about getting back into it again now that the kids are 11 and going on 9. It'll be a huge adjustment for the boys though having to leave the creature comforts of a forest service campground and the travel trailer...lol.

    I don't remember much food wise except Mountain House seemed like pretty much the standard at the time...the beef stroganoff was ok as I remember. We also took some military MREs once or twice, which are actually really good for getting in a lot of calories. We also found a few dried soups we liked from a local company here...and we took things like Rice A Roni and whatnot. Nothing particularly fabulous, but our primary concern was getting in calories, calories, calories and maintaining our electrolytes so we didn't worry about sodium too much. Be curious about Huel though if we get back into things...most backpacking food is just meh at best.
  • beagletracks
    beagletracks Posts: 6,034 Member
    Thanks, everyone!
  • beagletracks
    beagletracks Posts: 6,034 Member
    L1zardQueen wrote: »
    Move food to ziplocks. Bringing a bunch of water to rehydrate food adds weight too, unless, of course, you have clean suitable water at your convenience.

    Thanks! Yep, we camp pretty heavy with canned goods, water, the works. Just looking for recommendations for better than average instant dried meals to add to the mix.
  • beagletracks
    beagletracks Posts: 6,034 Member
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    L1zardQueen wrote: »
    Move food to ziplocks. Bringing a bunch of water to rehydrate food adds weight too, unless, of course, you have clean suitable water at your convenience.

    When my wife and I were backpackers, we always packed where there was available water and we used a filter pump to pump it out of the stream, lake, or spring. If you're packing everything in and out on your back for three or four days, there's no way you can carry enough water on your person and you want to keep your pack as light as possible.
    beagletracks wrote: »
    I'm thinking about buying Huel Hot & Savory as a healthy, easy-to-make, easy-to-carry hot food to pack with us camping. I like the nutritional values and relatively low sodium compared to other options, and around $3 per serving sounds reasonable.
    • If you've tried Huel Hot & Savory, please tell me what you think and what your favorite flavors are.
    • If you're a backpacker or someone who eats dehydrated meals like instant soup, noodle, or grain cups, please give me your recommendations.

    We typically cook good meals camping, but sometimes when it's cold and wet and you're exhausted you need something hot and hearty that doesn't take much effort.

    Thank you!

    Can't speak to Huel...didn't exist to my knowledge when my wife and I were packers...we stopped when the kids were born, but we've been talking about getting back into it again now that the kids are 11 and going on 9. It'll be a huge adjustment for the boys though having to leave the creature comforts of a forest service campground and the travel trailer...lol.

    I don't remember much food wise except Mountain House seemed like pretty much the standard at the time...the beef stroganoff was ok as I remember. We also took some military MREs once or twice, which are actually really good for getting in a lot of calories. We also found a few dried soups we liked from a local company here...and we took things like Rice A Roni and whatnot. Nothing particularly fabulous, but our primary concern was getting in calories, calories, calories and maintaining our electrolytes so we didn't worry about sodium too much. Be curious about Huel though if we get back into things...most backpacking food is just meh at best.

    Yes, “meh” for sure! Not sure I want to spend the $$ on food that’s terrible. It’s hard to find a straight answer in Huel reviews. I know it’s not going to be great but wondering if it’s better than the overpriced stuff marketed specifically for backpacking. Thanks!
  • beagletracks
    beagletracks Posts: 6,034 Member
    missysippy930 wrote: »
    Jerky.
    Protein bites.
    We don’t care much for freeze dried pre-packaged meals, so I usually prepare meals and freeze them in zip loc freezer bags. It’s cheaper. Keeps the cooler cold, as they thaw, and easy to heat in bag in boiling water. You can do omelettes in bags too with ingredients of your choice. No broken eggs. Use freezer bags though. Quart or gallon size, depending upon how many servings you need and individual tastes. Sometimes the sandwich bags leak😢Some great suggestions from others. Tuna pacs are light and don’t need refrigeration. Sardines.

    Yes to all of this! We’ve got it pretty well down. Planning some trips to more remote areas without a lot of amenities and thinking about adding variety to the instant/easy stuff.

    I like the tuna kits idea — going to grab a couple! Thanks!
  • beagletracks
    beagletracks Posts: 6,034 Member
    edited March 2021
    Well, I made a bunch of camping reservations yesterday and I'm ready for spring/summer!

    I just can't bring myself to buy a product called "Huel"

    Also, it's way too expensive just to try it at around $70 for three huge bags.

    I ordered Mr. Lee's noodle cups and some Soulfull Project hot and cold cereals. And a pop-up sun/rain shade, folding table, new cooler to replace one of ours that finally fell apart, and... I think that's about it. Yesterday was expensive. Bring on the vaccine and summer.
  • StarBrightStarBright
    StarBrightStarBright Posts: 97 Member
    I use the Hot and Savory and it is fine - but honestly needs more salt. I like thai green chili, yellow coconut curry (but I add more raisins to that one), and I thought the sweet and sour was sort of gross and I won't order that one again.

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