Thanks to the moderators for moving this to the correct forum.

Wife and I have done a few overnighters recently and are working up to a 3 night stay in Big Bend in September. We're still pretty inexperienced backpacking together though I have backpacked a few times in the past 10 years with friends. As such we've been using my trusty pocketrocket to prep hot meals, coffee and tea .

While no-cook meals during the day are fine, I'm wondering what other options there are for stove cooking instead of hauling 6 of these rather bulky, but tasty, options for our evenings (along with whiskey). Don't get me wrong, some of the meals have been surprisingly good and it's nice to lay down with a belly full of warm food...but...

What are you all doing for meals? Anyone have any favourite freeze-dried meals they'd like to share? Or maybe something you whip up on your own? Any thoughts on lightening to load by using options other than freeze dried meals?