I can understand the impulse to ask advice about the best meals out there, but people differ so much about what makes a meal good or bad that whatever advice you get needs to include some clear guidelines about what standards are being applied. This includes the kind of stove and cook kit one carries, how much fussing about one tolerates either before or during the hike, how available or expensive the ingredients are, and so on.

I tend to favor suppers with more vegetables, complex carbs and dietary fiber because my normal diet at home leans that way and my digestive tract rebels if I switch gears on it too rapidly. But some hikers get along eating nothing but snack foods and energy bars.

The key advice here is: your mileage may vary.