Here's my very specific answer, including size and weight.

http://myselfreliance.com/my-solo-cooking-system-for-camping-canoeing-and-hiking/

maybe ive got an interesting outlook on things for you. I meet up with a travel partner, who comes  from a different area of the province that I do. She prefers a kayak, I prefer a solo canoe. We pack indepently of each other and as our meal requirements are different, we cook independently too, but meet at the access point after making plans all winter and share the campsites. Her needs are 1 large household cooking pot and 1 large pot for coffee in which she makes everything from soup to combination meals out of pre-dried (not necessarily bought) foods. I travel with a light weight set of pots, including frying pan,and prefer a lot more fresh foods and bread, therefore i make pizzas, buns etc in the back country, and dont shy away from bringing things like chopped up peppers,frozen meat (for the first couple of days).cheese and dried sausage. there are lots of instant pudding mixes to be had if you like desert ( i carry milkpowder, I like the puddings, mashed potatoes(and bread dough) much better that way then made with water alone)
Sharon prefers camp coffee, I prefer bringing powdered flavoured coffees which i mix at home with instant coffee to make them stronger.
I am not dependent on meat and dont mind doing without, or, ill bring a bag of jerky. I dont travel particularly light in the food department, but then, we dont normally push ourselves to the limit in a traveling day either, nor do we do a lot of portaging in any given day. 
We prefer to take our  time and enjoy,explore and if the route can be done in 3 days, we often take 5 or 6 so theres never a push or late set up. We enjoy our food and coffee too much to minimalize.
So, a lot will depend on your traveling distances, especially the amount of portaging in a day, which demands a lot of calories and maybe a shortened version of lunches and evening meals and their weight, as well as space, if the days are long. A more leisurely trip will allow you to make changes to your meals.
But above all, dont sell yourself short if you like food, why go on a trip if your food is not enjoyable?
wanda

My 'cooking bag' consists of:

Kettle (MSR Titan)
Twig Stove (Bushbuddy)
Likely the same java press you mention (GSI Personal Java Press)
A titanium spork that folds in half
A collapsible bowl

That's it. After the first night's meal which is cooked on the grill over a campfire, I'm only boiling water for oatmeal and coffee for breakfast, and dehydrated dinners. 

Don't feel bad about the java press: coffee is important. 

Hey thanks everybody. I was pretty sure this topic would draw a lot of differing approaches and you didn't disappoint--from Steve's full-on pot-and-pan set to Kurt's tomato can and seemingly everything in between!

My Self Reliance -- Thanks for that breakdown. I've been to your site a few times but somehow missed that section. I was looking at the Kelly Kettle system on the Canadian Outdoor Equipment site but couldn't understand how it collapsed into a package. Did the stuffsack come with it or did you add your own? How do you fare with the twigstove in wet and rainy conditions?

ShawnD - I want to come for coffee at your campsite! Thanks for the tip on the collapsible cone. I may return the Java press and go for one of these as it looks lighter and simpler. As for grinding, I've always just pre-ground the coffee and brought it along in a nalgene bottle. I guess I lose some flavour but it's always tasted pretty good to me in the early morning chill. Not really anxious to add anything more but I wonder if a grinder is worth it--hmmm.

Wanda (tentsterforever) - Thanks for that perspective. In general I agree with slowing down and taking your time for sure. I just wish I had more vacation to enjoy longer trips so I could go further while still traveling at a nice leisurely pace. On my spring trip this year I've decided to ramp things back up a bit, so I'll be traveling fair distances most days. I'm just anxious to go revisit some of my favourite spots and at this point need to keep the weight down to do it.

kayamedic - Not quite following re. your outback oven setup. Are you taking the full oven or only specific components from the kit? From the description it looks like you can only use these with specific stoves where the fuel canister is separated from the burner. Have you figured out an alternate setup to make it more adaptable? I'm really looking to eliminate liquid fuel stoves from my kit entirely.

Uppa - Are you able to nest your stove in your kettle for transport? I've been looking closely at the Titan as it seems to get rave reviews. I assume you concur with those? And yes, same personal java press from GSI.

Kurt - you are a true minimalist my friend. I'm afraid that's beyond my comfort level for sure.

Thanks again all!

I bring a 1 litre lightweight aluminum pot (MSR) and swap out the handle and lid with a silicone pot gripper and sheet of aluminum foil respectively. Add in a plastic spork and mug and I'm all set! As for coffee, the Starbucks instant VIA packages do the trick for me (Nescafe instant works for me too). If I'm out for a few days and only boiling water for meals, I use a cat food can stove with methyl hydrate fuel to further cut weight down in the food prep department...

Last trip I took:

*Primus Litech Trek Kettle: 900 ml capacity, tiny frying pan lid, good for one egg and pre cooked bacon cut in half--but not both at the same time!
*Primus French Press that goes on that pot
*2 insulated plastic bowls (GSI) for rehydrating.
*alcohol stove for cooking (Trangia, Brasslite, Atomic, Fancy Feast, Catfood can)
*windscreen

Bonus: If I choose to bring it, the Solo Stove (Bushbuddy stick stove clone) will fit inside the Trek kettle (as well as the GSI Soloist pot, MSR Titan kettle, etc.). So alcohol burner goes in the solo stove, solostove goes in the Trek pot, Trek pot fits into the GSI bowl. Lid for GSI bowl goes under it all, all packed in a tall cylindrical stuff sack.

That set up works for a mainly rehydrating style of cooking. If I were frying more, cooking bannock or fish, I'd bring a proper frying pan over 8.5" (20cm) diameter. Just not my style right now.

This year for solo camping, I'm going to experiment with an MKettle (BackCountry Boiler clone), kind of a mini Kelly Kettle.
For coffee, I might go back to coffee in tea bags. :-(

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for a quick summer weekend with dehydrated food I can get by with a sierra cup, nylon spoon and my white box stove, but if I'm doing any cooking at all I'll throw in my little Bluet stove, a 1l pot, a second cup and spoon, and my 4cup perc.

I dont bring the two pie plate thingys from the OO. Just the hood and the diffuser. My temp gauge long ago lost the print. I have had OO for more than 20 years

I use an MSR Windpro