Food is one of my favorite topics! Glad you asked! Due to the length of the trip, going lightweight was important, but I wanted meals to be satisfying. For breakfast and dinners, all where hot, and all used a freeze-dried components. I repackedaged a lot of the meals, if the original packing was bulky or excessive, in 1 quart freezer bags, and used a cozy for cooking. Lunches were more normal food. For food, I have provided links for where I got some of it (mostly REI and Packit Gourmet). Here's the run down:

BREAKFASTS(FIVE) (doesn't include first breakfast, normal food at trailhead)

1, 2. Freeze dried pre-cooked Scrambled Eggs with Ham and Green Peppers plus whole wheat tortilla, and added tabasco (two breakfasts). The one Mountain House package of eggs lasted me two breakfasts. This was enough for me, but for heartier appetites, I recommend adding instant mashed potatoes and/or salami to the burrito.

3. Quick oats, packaged by me, with added dried milk, freeze-dried blueberries, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg.

4. Packit Gourmet's Jamaican Peanut Porridge, to which, based on prior experience, I added quick oats to the packaging before I left home. Delicious, but with out extra oats, somewhat liquidy.

5. Packit Gourmet's Santa Fe Breakfast Corn Pudding. Delicious, hot and filling, but has a little spicy bite!

ALSO: TEA OR HOT CHOCOLATE EVERY DAY!!!!

LUNCHES (FOUR) (doesn't include sandwich made at trailhead to eat on trail on day one)

1-2: Two lunches were (1) wholewheat tortilla, plus (2)salami, and (3) a couple of tubes of string cheese.

3. One lunch was (1) wholewheat tortilla, plus (2) tuna , and (3) shelf-stable mayonnaise

4. One lunch was (1) wholewheat tortilla, plus (2) salmon-in-a-pouch, mixed with (3) shelf-stable ranch dressing. This is a favorite!!!! (And the ranch dressing adds 210 calories to the salmon salad.)

ALSO: TRAIL MIX!!! I brought two types: (1) a premixed trailmix that I bought at the Berkeley Bowl, with peanuts, dried fruit, other nuts, chocolate chips, etc. (2) a saltier version that I made from smoked almonds and sesame sticks.

ALSO: OTHER SNACKS!! I brought a few Clif shots, a Clif Builder Bar, and a couple of Clif MOJO bars. I also brought extra string cheese and salami as snacks or in case we needed an extra day.

ALSO: ELECTROYLTES: I brought 3 packages of CYTOMAX (used two) and 8 NUUN tablets (used 3).

DINNERS: FIVE

1. Packit Gourmet's Gumbo. I added some salami to it. Delicious but a little spicy.

2. Packit Gourmet's Chicken and Dumplings . Filling and warm comfort food, if a little bland.

3. Backpacker's Pantry Spinach (pasta) puttanesca, to which I added some freeze-dried chicken. Not my favorite meal. Too spicy.

4. MaryJane's Farm Organic Chili Mac. I used the one that supposedly provides 1.5 servings. Hot, filling, not great, not bad, a good standby for me. Does not need repackaging.

5. Backpacker's Pantry Fettucini Alfredo with Chicken. This was the Whitney Summit Day, so I planned to (and did) eat the full two servings myself. Bland, filling and hot!!! (I figured that if for some reason we had to extend the trip, I could also split this in half for an extra meal).

I also had dessert that day (summit day), Packit Gourmet's Banana Pudding. Big meal! Fun!

ALSO: I BROUGHT BOULLION CUBES AND DRY MISO SOUP MIX so that I could have soup when I wanted it.

ALSO: I brought TEA, HOT CHOCOLATE, AND HOT APPLE CIDER MIX for dinners. I loved the HOT APPLE CIDER mix. You can see the product I used here , but I bought them at my local Dollar Store (6 packages for a dollar). I loved the cider (flavored sugar) so much on the trail that, when I got home, I went to the Dollar Store and bought two more boxes for future trips.

I think that's about it! Hope that helps!