I made this 3000 cal solid soylent "recipe" to use while bicycle touring/camping/backpacking, where you might need 3000-4000 calories during a day's ride, and then eat 1000 calories for dinner. The goal is to carry 2+ days of complete extreme workout nutrition without much weight, little prep and no refrigeration, then refill at any grocery store. Almost free compared to traditional food. It's also light weight.

Peanuts and wheat together give you lots of complete protein. You get 144% of complete protein for the average adult male if you eat 3000 calories.

I tried this on a 3-day ride, and it works great! I keep a butter knife for spreading in the bread bag. Man sanitation: you don't even have to wash the knife. Just wipe it off well with a napkin. The bread gets smooshed in my loaded panniers, but it doesn't matter...peels off fine.

For variety, add some hazelnut spread or jam sometimes. I tried hazelnut on every sandwich but became sick of it...too sweet. Peanut butter is a great flavor alone, and crunchy/chunky has good texture, and now use sandwiches made only of peanut butter and whole wheat bread that for all my outdoor adventures.

Bring the pills from home. The very small fraction of vitamin K pill per days means you could crush a few day's worth and stir into one of the jars. If you're using this just a couple weeks a year, skip the DHA/EPA, choline and K-vitamin.

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See all my recipes: Oat-Rice, Oat-Whey, Oat-Wheat, Corn-Oat-Wheat, and High Protein Wheat. They each taste very different and offer complete protein. Samples are available for some. I also developed a simple solid soylent for activities like backpacking and cycling tours.

Background

In 2014 my family used official Soylent (now Complete Foods) versions 1.1 through 1.4 for about 5 months, about 2 meals a day. As an incurable do-it-yourselfer and a scientist, I couldn't help researching nutrition and experimenting with my own recipes which I knew I could make much cheaper than commercial meal replacements. I matched the official Soylent nutrition, and found sources to buy ingredients at low cost by buying in bulk. In Feb 2015 my rice protein recipe was a hit with the family, who said it tasted better than the official product at the time. I developed other recipes, and now rotate between recipes.