Guest guest Posted January 8, 2003 Report Share Posted January 8, 2003 My 14yo daughter is going on a rafting trip this weekend with Girl Scouts. All food is being provided and as I'm sure you can guess, the only thing on the menu she will eat is the fruit. We are packing her meals for the two day trip. Here's the tricky part. This trip is in preparation for a 2 week rafting trip she will be taking out of state this summer. Part of the trip will be spent driving and eating out. That might be workable (salads, if all else fails). However, she will need to take enough food for meals and snacks during the camping portion of the trip (about 5 days, I think). Do any of you have suggestions? She is allowed two bags, so space will be at a premium and cooking utensils premitive. HELP! ~Marvelyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 9, 2003 Report Share Posted January 9, 2003 <PRE>Dried food is usually light weight and easy to eat. There are many trail mixes on the market these days. Also, there are some bars that are easy also. Good luck, Tracy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 9, 2003 Report Share Posted January 9, 2003 It sounds like the 2 bags are for personal items -- the rest of the kids' food will be transported separately, right? Possibly you can talk to the leaders about packing her items with the rest of the food. Karen Marvelyn and Trey Granger [cgranger] Wednesday, January 08, 2003 5:32 PM Need Creative Inspiration My 14yo daughter is going on a rafting trip this weekend with Girl Scouts. All food is being provided and as I'm sure you can guess, the only thing on the menu she will eat is the fruit. We are packing her meals for the two day trip. Here's the tricky part. This trip is in preparation for a 2 week rafting trip she will be taking out of state this summer. Part of the trip will be spent driving and eating out. That might be workable (salads, if all else fails). However, she will need to take enough food for meals and snacks during the camping portion of the trip (about 5 days, I think). Do any of you have suggestions? She is allowed two bags, so space will be at a premium and cooking utensils premitive. HELP! ~Marvelyn For more information about vegetarianism, please visit the VRG website at http://www.vrg.org and for materials especially useful for families go to http://www.vrg.org/family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 9, 2003 Report Share Posted January 9, 2003 I don't know the brand offhand, but there's a brand of freeze dried vegan camping food available. I think it's called SOMETHING like Uncle Joe's, but if you can't find it online, I can look for you. I ordered some a number of years back on a whim and it tasted decent. Sandra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 9, 2003 Report Share Posted January 9, 2003 I don't know if your daughter would eat them, but Boulder Bars are a very filling food! Meant to be used on camping or travelling trips and are a complete meal. They are good and come in varied flavors. Pamela ---- Thursday, January 09, 2003 9:00:16 AM Need Creative Inspiration My 14yo daughter is going on a rafting trip this weekend with Girl Scouts. All food is being provided and as I'm sure you can guess, the only thing on the menu she will eat is the fruit. We are packing her meals for the two day trip. Here's the tricky part. This trip is in preparation for a 2 week rafting trip she will be taking out of state this summer. Part of the trip will be spent driving and eating out. That might be workable (salads, if all else fails). However, she will need to take enough food for meals and snacks during the camping portion of the trip (about 5 days, I think). Do any of you have suggestions? She is allowed two bags, so space will be at a premium and cooking utensils premitive. HELP! ~Marvelyn For more information about vegetarianism, please visit the VRG website at http://www.vrg.org and for materials especially useful for families go to http://www.vrg.org/family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 9, 2003 Report Share Posted January 9, 2003 <<This trip is in preparation for a 2 week rafting trip she will be taking out of state this summer. Part of the trip will be spent driving and eating out.>> I don't know if you remember that there was a conversation on the list a few months ago about the new veggie burgers at Burger King. They're not vegan, and you definitely want to ask for " no mayo " or " very little mayo " (they slather it on), but it *is* an option in a situation such as your daughter will be facing. I'd also suggest bringing lots of GORP (basically, your own mix of nuts and dried fruits) because protein and energy become a big issue when you're outside doing physical stuff all day. Salads won't cut it! There are quite a few decent freeze-dried food purveyors, and much of what they offer is vegetarian (not always vegan, though). The packets are expensive, but they're lightweight and all you need to do is add small amounts of boiling water. Go to any camping equipment store, or check on-line. Liz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 9, 2003 Report Share Posted January 9, 2003 Army surplus stores sometimes have a couple of kinds of vegetarian MRE [meal ready to eat] army food. Camping outfitter stores often have them too; some require hot water. They come in foil/plastic pouches that are fairly small and light. There are also instant refried beans and instant soups, just add water. The book Roughing it Elegantly gives some suggestions about canoe trip meals you prepare at home ahead of time. --- Be kind. Be of good cheer. Dick Ford Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 10, 2003 Report Share Posted January 10, 2003 Yes - Luna Bars and CLiff Bars would both be excellent snacking foods for a rafting trip. Packed with good stuff, small to carry, and a large variety of flavors, and I think they are all vegan (or most flavors at least). By the way - you said the only thing on the menu she could eat was the fruit. Arent they going to be serving any vegetables on the trip???? Rachael , tracyinfo@a... wrote: > Also, there are some bars that are easy > also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 13, 2003 Report Share Posted January 13, 2003 > " smartgirl27us <thesmartfamily3 " > Yes - Luna Bars and CLiff Bars would both be excellent snacking foods > for a rafting trip. Packed with good stuff, small to carry, and a > large variety of flavors, and I think they are all vegan (or most > flavors at least). They're all vegan, just so you know. ~Doh ---------- " I believe reality is a marvelous joke staged for my edification and amusement, and everybody is working very hard to make me happy. " --Terence McKenna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 13, 2003 Report Share Posted January 13, 2003 I have really appreciated everyone's ideas. A friend of mine has offered to loan us her dehydrator, so we will experiment with making our own soup mixes included dried veggies, couscous, and a veggie stock cube. Has anyone done this? > By the way - you said the only thing on the menu she could eat was > the fruit. Arent they going to be serving any vegetables on the > trip???? Rachael - unfortunately, I am not counting on it. This is the menu from the trip she was on this weekend; there's not a single vegetable. This is pretty typical, so I don't expect the next menu to be much different. If they add veggies to the next menu, it won't be enough to live on with the level of activity in store. There may have been some miniscule pieces of veggies in the Ramen, but most Ramen is not vegan. I guess she could have brought her own veggie broth cube to eat with the Ramen noodles. I just now thought of that. Anyway, the few things on this menu that might be vegan are not very nutritious. One of the lessons I keep reminding the kids is that just because it's vegan, does not mean it's good for you. They still have to make wise choices. Breakfasts: Bagels/Cream Cheese, Instant Oatmeal, Banana, juice, coffee, hot chocolate Lunches: Turkey/ham Sandwiches, Cookies, Pringles, Ramen Cup-O-soup, coffee, hot chocolate River Snacks: Apples and Oranges, Hard Candy Dinner: Chile Dogs and Baked Beans Camp Snack: Popcorn over an open fire, M & M smores Since we are only in our second month of being vegan as a family, this has been a real adventure in planning for us :-) Thanks so much for the suggestions! ~Marvelyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 14, 2003 Report Share Posted January 14, 2003 Are you sure that they are all vegan? I was under the impression that Luna bars are all vegan , but not all cliff bars, I think I remember reading the and discovering not all were. I think I was especially disappointed by cliffs newer very interesting flavors but containing honey I think it was. Doh! <dohdriver wrote:> " smartgirl27us <thesmartfamily3 " > Yes - Luna Bars and CLiff Bars would both be excellent snacking foods > for a rafting trip. Packed with good stuff, small to carry, and a > large variety of flavors, and I think they are all vegan (or most > flavors at least). They're all vegan, just so you know. ~Doh ---------- " I believe reality is a marvelous joke staged for my edification and amusement, and everybody is working very hard to make me happy. " --Terence McKenna For more information about vegetarianism, please visit the VRG website at http://www.vrg.org and for materials especially useful for families go to http://www.vrg.org/family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 15, 2003 Report Share Posted January 15, 2003 > Abitof Mystique <a_bit_of_mystique > Re: Re: Need Creative Inspiration > > > Are you sure that they are all vegan? I was under the impression that Luna > bars are all vegan , but not all cliff bars, I think I remember reading the > and discovering not all were. I think I was especially disappointed by cliffs > newer very interesting flavors but containing honey I think it was. Oh, y'know, you may be right. Maybe I extended the Luna Bar vegan status to Cliff. I'm sure the website would say; that's how I found out Lunas were vegan. ~Doh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 15, 2003 Report Share Posted January 15, 2003 The CLIF site lists ingredients. http://www.clifbar.com/clifproducts/ According to this, the LUNA, Clif, & ClifICE appear vegan, but the MOJO line does contain honey. I personally have had all the LUNA ones (enjoying most) and most of the Clif, but never have tried ICE (they contain added caffeine, which I don't want) nor MOJO (the honey thing). HTH, Trin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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