15 days, no resupply, trying to plan lunches.

Those thinwich bread rounds will keep a long time without going moldy or stale. I discovered 2 of them in a ziplock at the bottom of my pack after about 3 months in my closet. No sign of any deterioration. Scary enough to put me off them. LOL

Pack any crackers you want into a hard sided container like tupperware. I've had crackers last 8 days in my kayak, but that was as long as the trip was. I think they would've lasted longer. A tall tube like what Pringles comes in would do well for most crackers, especially Ritz and Triscuits.

I rotate PB with foods that don't meet your vegan requirement (tuna, pulled pork). Can't help you there. sarbar can. trailcooking.com/lunch/

One thing I have begun to do is take fresh fruit on kayak trips. Apples last for several days, oranges do better. Garbage is the issue. I've learned to just eat the apple core, spitting out the seeds and stems. I also take containers of nuts. Planters peanuts, cashews, whatever I feel like. I can eat them endlessly.

One of the nice things about my kayak is that it holds twice as many cubic inches as my pack, and I have to haul all of my water. Florida Everglades is my favorite trip locally. If I wasn't hauling a gallon per day, I'd have lots more room for luxuries, but I still fit in a small chair. It makes all the difference in camp.

Good to see you again.

Nutritional, energy needs lead me toward various activity bars for lunch. Cliff etc. It’s worth looking at the ingredients list and liking for things giving you protein and calories and not just roughage.

I tend to repack in ziplocks which I’ll reuse for trash etc as I go.

That salad is good!

I've delayed answering because I've been pondering. For backpacking, I've gravitated toward minimal lunches, such as an energy bar and a packet of peanut butter or piece of jerky. Sometimes it's just the trail mix I should have eaten more of during the morning. When I ate heavier at lunch, it was typically bits of cheese or sausage or peanut butter on a tortilla. If possible swill some electrolyte drink.

However, paddling is different for me. For whatever reason, I get a hungrier on a long paddling trip than I do when backpacking. I'm also likelier to do a paddling trip in mid-summer, when daylight hours are long enough to spend more time at lunch. I would aim for something more like an actual sandwich or something warm like soup or ramen.

The food is packed. 4 home-made dinners, repeated 3 or 4 times each. Burritos, lentils and rice, cashew curry, and tomato-spinach stew with peanut sauce. Oatmeal for breakfasts with some dried fruits and maple sugar to choose from each day. Lara bars and trail mix for snacks. Bagels and pb first 4 days, crackers and hummus or peanut butter , cold-soak cabbage and ramen Asian salad, and a cold-soak approximation of German potato salad for lunches. I made sure the cold-soak salads work and are tasty to me by packing them for lunch for work a few times. The total weight of all my food and food packaging is just over 16 pounds for 15 days. But, for me the quantities seem about right. Last time I went to Isle Royale I had about a third of my food left over. And there is a store at Rock Harbor if I run low after the first ten days or so. After the other topics on this board, I did sneak in one flat can of kippered herrings as a treat somewhere along the route! I eat generally vegan but a little bit of fish once in a while is ok-the choice, for me, is not philosophical or ethical but based on what seems to keep my medical numbers on track.

Idahoan brand premium Hash Browns, 3-oz packet. Chopped green onions (dehydrate at home). Cold-soak for several hours until potato’s are softened. Drain off excess liquid. Toss with Newman’s Own oil and vinegar salad dressing and a few baco -bits for color and crunch. Let sit for a while for potatos to absorb the vinegar flavor. This is 2 servings worth. I tried several brands of hash browns to find one that ends up the right texture after cold-soak. Ymmv.