For our stay on the glacier we tried to figure out the perfect food system. Our requirements on the food were that it had to be cheap, light weight, high caloric, healthy, easy to cook and tasty. This meal satisfies all requirements and can easily compete with commercial available freeze dried meals. We used the following ingredients which are easy to get in Chamonix.

Couscous with dried fruits

Ingredients (for two persons)

- 200gr cheap couscous (Super U)
- half a chorizo
- half stock cube
- dried chili
- random herbs (mint would be very good)
- two hand fulls of raisins
- a hand full of peanuts or other nuts
- 200 ml water

Mix all ingredients except the sausage and water in a sealable sack in advance. On the bivi spot you will have to cook the water. In my Jetboil stove it only took three minutes, or a bit longer if you have to melt snow. Put the mix in the boiling water, turn the stove off and leave it for a couple of minutes (preferably five, less if you are hungry). While waiting you can devide the sausage and either eat it apart or mix it in the meal. Enjoy. Approximate cost: 2 euros.