My approach is different...I put Ramen in the food, not food into the Ramen.

Seriously, virtually all my hot trail meals are dehydrated and reconstituted FBC-style and I often use Ramen as a filler (it goes particularly nicely with chile). Peas, corn and Ramen is OK but a little light on calories...it use to be my regular Monday night meal intended to make up for the weekend's calorie sins.

These days I'm experimenting with doing without a formal lunch meal. I use to carry pepperoni and cheese but now I rely on the same gorp I snack on throughout the hike. It's heavy on mixed nuts, dried fruit and yogurt raisens. It doesn't have chocolate but often has bits of caramel. I carry it in baggies and neither it nor I last long enough on the trail for me to notice any off-putting staleness.

FB