Day 1:
Breakfast – ham and cheese croissant from the bakery on the way!
Lunch – homemade vegemite roll + mandarin
Entre – cuppa soup
Dinner – Basil pesto pasta with tuna and parmesan.
We used 1 x packet of Radix Basil Pesto - and added in 2 x basil infused sirena tuna tins, some spiral pasta and parmesan.
This was a heavier meal, with the tins of tuna, but well worth it!
Desert – chocolate bliss balls and a hot chocolate
Snacks – 2 x muesli bars, handful of scroggin and roasted fava beans
Day 2:
Breakfast – Radix Apple and Cinnamon
We aren’t big breakfast eaters so we shared one of these between the two of us.
Lunch – salami, cheese and hummus on cruskits – we love this dehydrated hummus + 1 mandarin
Entre – cuppa soup
Dinner – Radix Mexican Chilli x 1 each + deb mashed potato
Desert and snacks same as day 1
Day 3:
Breakfast – Strive Mountain Muesli
We had one each of these and it was by far our favourite breakfast. We mixed in hot water instead of cold for a bit of winter morning warmth.
Lunch, entre, desert and snacks – same as day 2
Dinner – 1 x double serve Strive Chicken Broccoli Pesto Pasta + parmesan (of course) This was our favourite dinner, so creamy and a really good amount for 2 people
Day 4:
Breakfast – Radix Mixed Berry
Again, we shared one of these between the two of us
Lunch – pouch of tuna on cruskits
Dinner – Radix Lamb, Mint and Rosemary with some rice
Entre, desert and snacks – same as day 2
Day 5: This was a rest day so we planned a bit of a treat for breakfast
Breakfast - Chorizo, scrambled egg and hummus toasted wrap – so excessive but so delightful. We love these scrambled eggs
Lunch - Salami, cheese and hummus wraps
Dinner – Strive Minestrone with the necessary parmesan ;-)
Entre, desert and snacks – same as day 2
Day 6:
Breakfast – Strive Fruit Medley Porridge
We had one each of these and it was a bit too much for us, we could have shared one
Lunch – Salami, peanut butter and hummus wraps
Dinner – Radix Turkish Falafel with deb mash potato
Entre, desert and snacks – same as day 2
Day 7:
Breakfast – Another Radix Mixed Berry
Lunch – massive burger and chips at the Hungry Wombat Café!
*We also had tea, coffee and hot chocolates all week too
On reflection:
The total weight of our food, not including snacks, was 6kgs - not quite 500g each per day. Our snacks were probably another 1kg on top of that and we had 4 mandarins, popped them in as we cleaned out our fridge before we left (it was lovely to have something fresh for the first few days!)
We ended the trip with only a couple of muesli bars and a handful of scroggin left over.
We went to bed with full bellies each night and weren’t craving anything too badly by the end of the week.
The strive meals take a bit more cooking time where-as the Radix meals are simply add boiling water and wait.
It was nice to have a mix of both. If we were in a rush or not wanting to spend too much time on meals then Radix was perfect, the pouches also double as a bowl so no dishes involved.
We did add deb mashed potato and rice to the Radix meals, probably not necessary but it was nice to add a different texture to the meal :-)