Guest guest Posted June 19, 2001 Report Share Posted June 19, 2001 I'll be going on a cross-country trip in the car, Michigan to California, for about 3 weeks. Our plan is to eat breakfast and dinner at restaurants, and have lunch in the car on the road. I've been trying to come up with some healthy ideas for good lunches that can be fixed in the car (moving car, that is). I can bring my old standard PBJ, but I'd like to eat healthier most days and incorporate some veggies, etc. So...does anyone have any ideas for some good sandwiches I can make, or anything else? Doesn't have to be a sandwich, just something that can keep in a cooler/car for a little while and be healthy and reasonably easy to fix. I'm drawing a blank, here. Thanks! ~Jen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 19, 2001 Report Share Posted June 19, 2001 How about burritos or one of my favorites is mushed up black beans on a whole wheat pita. I make my husband sandwiches with the fake deli slices but that's too much work. With these you just need cans and a can opener. That's all I can think of at the moment. .. So...does anyone have any ideas for some good >sandwiches I can make, or anything else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 19, 2001 Report Share Posted June 19, 2001 Jen, we love celery with a filling (nut butters or other). You can make them ahead of time, and they are cool and crunchy. We also froze things ahead of time and put them in the cooler frozen (pasta salad, etc.). When they thawed, we'd eat them. Do you have a cooler? We just bought one that plugs into the cigarette lighter, so you don't need ice. We'll try it out on our vacation. - jrsongbird Tuesday, June 19, 2001 5:32 PM Help! Veggie car lunch ideas? I'll be going on a cross-country trip in the car, Michigan to California, for about 3 weeks. Our plan is to eat breakfast and dinner at restaurants, and have lunch in the car on the road. I've been trying to come up with some healthy ideas for good lunches that can be fixed in the car (moving car, that is). I can bring my old standard PBJ, but I'd like to eat healthier most days and incorporate some veggies, etc. So...does anyone have any ideas for some good sandwiches I can make, or anything else? Doesn't have to be a sandwich, just something that can keep in a cooler/car for a little while and be healthy and reasonably easy to fix. I'm drawing a blank, here.Thanks!~Jencontact owner: -owner Mail list: Delivered-mailing list List-Un: - no flaming arguing or denigration of others allowedcontact owner with complaints regarding posting/list or anything else. Thank you.please share/comment/inform and mostly enjoy this list Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 20, 2001 Report Share Posted June 20, 2001 I do this for my breakfast on most mornings. But it may keep well for lunch. I start this the night before and leave in refrigerator. It is something I don't have to cook or deal with in the morning. For 2 servings of oatmeal - 1 8 ou nonfat flavored yogurt, 1 cup old fashioned oatmeal. Put the yogurt and oatmeal in plastic bowl that has a lid. Fill the yogurt container 3/4 with water and add to bowl. Stir, cover and put in cooler until lunch. I add a banana and raisins before eating. Also if you stop at a truck stop you may find, like I did, a lot of kitchen gadgets that can be plugged into your cigarette lighter. I stopped at the Pilot Truck stop in Palm Springs, CA and saw a great selection. Here in Pilot's website.http://www.pilotcorp.com/ Christy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 20, 2001 Report Share Posted June 20, 2001 Hi Jen & all. Some of the items I include in the cooler for road trips are: Hummus- great on bagels, rolled up in tortillas or even on a slice of bread, also can use as a dip for veggies or tortilla chips Yogurt-just make sure it doesn't have gelatin, add granola for crunch Veggie lunch " meat " or veggie burger sandwiches Fruit - oranges, apples, container of fruit salad, blueberries, grapes crackers or tortilla chips (with salsa) cheese Cream cheese & bagels (add tomato slices or sprouts to spruce it up) containers of pasta salad Enjoy your trip! Crystal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 20, 2001 Report Share Posted June 20, 2001 You can keep all different kinds of hummus in a cooler and eat it with crackers, carrots, celery, pitas. Have fun on your trip. Laura , jrsongbird@a... wrote: > I'll be going on a cross-country trip in the car, Michigan to > California, for about 3 weeks. Our plan is to eat breakfast and > dinner at restaurants, and have lunch in the car on the road. I've > been trying to come up with some healthy ideas for good lunches that > can be fixed in the car (moving car, that is). I can bring my old > standard PBJ, but I'd like to eat healthier most days and incorporate > some veggies, etc. So...does anyone have any ideas for some good > sandwiches I can make, or anything else? Doesn't have to be a > sandwich, just something that can keep in a cooler/car for a little > while and be healthy and reasonably easy to fix. I'm drawing a blank, > here. > > Thanks! > > > ~Jen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 1, 2001 Report Share Posted July 1, 2001 What is HUMMUS? We are moving across country at the end of this week, of which I'm overly delighted, HOWEVER, My Dr. has suggested a Vegerarian diet for (me) and it would be so much easier if I could introduce some fun things into my sweet husbands diet as well to make food prep. a little more easy for us. ALSO this is " VERY NEW " for me, so I'm more then likely going to ask several questions along the way. Our computer is being turned off on Wed. and being packed for our trip, so it will prouble be 2 weeks before I can get back on line again, but any travel tips and recipes we can take along with us and us would be greatly appreacheted. TIA JEanarie , cdipietro@w... wrote: > Hi Jen & all. Some of the items I include in the cooler for road trips are: > Hummus- great on bagels, rolled up in tortillas or even on a slice of > bread, also can use as a dip for veggies or tortilla chips > Yogurt-just make sure it doesn't have gelatin, add granola for crunch > Veggie lunch " meat " or veggie burger sandwiches > Fruit - oranges, apples, container of fruit salad, blueberries, grapes > crackers or tortilla chips (with salsa) > cheese > Cream cheese & bagels (add tomato slices or sprouts to spruce it up) > containers of pasta salad > > Enjoy your trip! > Crystal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 1, 2001 Report Share Posted July 1, 2001 > What is HUMMUS? We are moving across country at the end of this week, > of which I'm overly delighted, HOWEVER, My Dr. has suggested a > Vegerarian diet for (me) and it would be so much easier if I could > introduce some fun things into my sweet husbands diet as well to make > food prep. a little more easy for us. ALSO this is " VERY NEW " for me, > so I'm more then likely going to ask several questions along the way. > Our computer is being turned off on Wed. and being packed for our > trip, so it will prouble be 2 weeks before I can get back on line > again, but any travel tips and recipes we can take along with us > and us would be greatly appreacheted. TIA JEanarie Hi We are also new! I'm starting our first vegetarian week this Monday to be exact. I used www.fatfree.com to find a week's worth of recipes and we went shopping today. The only things my regular store seemed to not have (or have hidden!) were bulgar wheat and nutritional yeast. If anyone is interested I can post the recipes as we try them, although I can't promise they are all quick! I am making the roasted vegetable stock right now that is in Ornish's book. You roast carrots, celery, leeks (first time buying & using those), 2 kinds of onions (red & yellow.. tho I threw in a vidalia too), and 2 bay leaves. Roast at 450 for an hour, cover with 2 quarts of water and boil then simmer and it keeps for about a week. The veg stock is used to 'fry' a few of the ingredients in the recipes I'm doing this week. Tomorrow we are having potato gnocchi (fatfree.com recipe), sauce, and sweet vanilla polenta (also a fatfree.com recipe) for dessert. Tuesday I'm making asparagus risotto and potato balls from the website. My doctor highly recommend Ornish as a way to 1. lose weight and 2. deal with low energy levels. I can't wait to try some of our new recipes. We are giving this a 3 mos trial ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Bridget in SC * Bridget Mommy to Charlotte (5), Bethany (3), & James (1) http://sahmu.com founder -- Come Enter Our Contest! http://GuaranteedHomeBusiness.com -- How to Work From Home Only 30% of the 17,000 chemicals have been tested for their negative effects on our health. What is this doing to our children? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 1, 2001 Report Share Posted July 1, 2001 Hummus simply wonderful, and in so many flavors... It's like a dip... you can add it to crackers and pita bread... it is so yummy. I hace even made my own.. I am sure you will enjoy it! -------------------------------~*Mary*~Co-Founder of "The Nuzzled Network"www.nuzzled.net "Our day will come if we just wait awhile"-Ruby and the Romantics "If you won't eat your cat, why eat a cow?" - Me > What is HUMMUS? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 2, 2001 Report Share Posted July 2, 2001 Houmous is a mixture made from chickpeas and tahini (sesame paste) mixed until spreadable, very versitle can be used as a main staple, for sandwiches or as a dip... personally I love it. Sylent --- Wisteria_Angel wrote: > What is HUMMUS? We are moving across country at the > end of this week, > of which I'm overly delighted, HOWEVER, My Dr. has > suggested a > Vegerarian diet for (me) and it would be so much > easier if I could > introduce some fun things into my sweet husbands > diet as well to make > food prep. a little more easy for us. ALSO this is > " VERY NEW " for me, > so I'm more then likely going to ask several > questions along the way. > Our computer is being turned off on Wed. and being > packed for our > trip, so it will prouble be 2 weeks before I can get > back on line > again, but any travel tips and recipes we can take > along with us > and us would be greatly appreacheted. TIA JEanarie > > , cdipietro@w... wrote: > > Hi Jen & all. Some of the items I include in the > cooler for road > trips are: > > Hummus- great on bagels, rolled up in tortillas or > even on a slice > of > > bread, also can use as a dip for veggies or > tortilla chips > > Yogurt-just make sure it doesn't have gelatin, add > granola for > crunch > > Veggie lunch " meat " or veggie burger sandwiches > > Fruit - oranges, apples, container of fruit salad, > blueberries, > grapes > > crackers or tortilla chips (with salsa) > > cheese > > Cream cheese & bagels (add tomato slices or > sprouts to spruce it up) > > containers of pasta salad > > > > Enjoy your trip! > > Crystal > > Get personalized email addresses from Mail http://personal.mail./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 2, 2001 Report Share Posted July 2, 2001 Tomorrow we are having potato gnocchi (fatfree.com recipe), sauce, and sweet vanilla polenta (also a fatfree.com recipe) for dessert. Tuesday I'm making asparagus risotto and potato balls Quick...set another place at the table...I am on my way...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 2, 2001 Report Share Posted July 2, 2001 > Tomorrow we are having potato gnocchi (fatfree.com recipe), sauce, and > sweet > vanilla polenta (also a fatfree.com recipe) for dessert. Tuesday I'm > making > asparagus risotto and potato balls > > Quick...set another place at the table...I am on my way...... LOL! Well.. we ended up having cereal with polenta for dessert. My gnocchi turned into mush in the pot. Hmm.. I think we didn't knead it long enough so we will try it again! This wasn't a very good start to our 3 mos vegetarian trial hehehe Tomorrow should be better!! (although the kids were thrilled by cereal for dinner and DH found the whole thing hilarious ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Bridget in SC * Bridget Mommy to Charlotte (5), Bethany (3), & James (1) http://sahmu.com founder -- Come Enter Our Contest! http://GuaranteedHomeBusiness.com -- How to Work From Home Is the Air in Your Home Making You Sick? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 3, 2001 Report Share Posted July 3, 2001 Bridget, Hopefully this will be encouragement for you. I have been the only vegetarian in my family for eight years and it is tough to start out because you don't know what to make or how to make it. And the worst part is when you meals go flop in the pot, i once made a potato soup that was so runny it was more like potato broth, but the beauty of vegetarianism is that it doesn't have to be hard. When things don't go the way you planned have a back-up mean ready like pasta with a hearty spaghetti sauce or pesto. Maybe some hummus and veggie pita pockets. These safe alternatives can turn disasters into successes in no time. Hopefully that will help so that these three months don't seem like three years. Good luck! Chris ----Original Message Follows---- "Bridget Bragg @ Techroad.Com" RE: Re: Help! Veggie car lunch ideas? Mon, 2 Jul 2001 22:50:29 -0400 > Tomorrow we are having potato gnocchi (fatfree.com recipe), sauce, and > sweet > vanilla polenta (also a fatfree.com recipe) for dessert. Tuesday I'm > making > asparagus risotto and potato balls > > Quick...set another place at the table...I am on my way...... LOL! Well.. we ended up having cereal with polenta for dessert. My gnocchi turned into mush in the pot. Hmm.. I think we didn't knead it long enough so we will try it again! This wasn't a very good start to our 3 mos vegetarian trial hehehe Tomorrow should be better!! (although the kids were thrilled by cereal for dinner and DH found the whole thing hilarious ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Bridget in SC * Bridget Mommy to Charlotte (5), Bethany (3), & James (1) http://sahmu.com founder -- Come Enter Our Contest! http://GuaranteedHomeBusiness.com -- How to Work From Home Is the Air in Your Home Making You Sick? Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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