Guest guest Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 We always take along a large soft sided cooler, as well as a backpack for non-perishable items. I am also about to invest in one of those coolers that plugs into the car cigarette lighter, for longer trips. Here are some items we pack: In the cooler-- grapes plums bananas celery sticks baby carrots cherry tomatoes sugar snap peas broccoli florets cauliflower florets peaches (these squish easily--put on top) dips for the veggies, in plastic containers apples (an apple corer, and a peeler would be nice) other things to consider, if you eat them--hard cooked eggs (in shell), cheese sticks, slices, or cubes, tofu cubes, " salads " made from tofu or eggs (in plastic containers) In the backpack-- nut butter crackers rice cakes jelly popcorn trail mixes pretzels granola bars Don't forget napkins, cutlery (plastic?), paper towels, plates (paper?), handi wipes and/or wet washcloths in ziplocs for washing sticky hands and dirty faces, gallon sized ziplocs for stashing garbage, peels, and wet washcloths. Also, bring along frozen juices and/or water. It will thaw as you travel and be nice and cold. It will also help keep the fruits and veggies cold while it thaws. I also bring a thermos of ice water and/or ice tea for myself and dh. Don't forget cups (paper or sippy)! Marilyn **************Get fantasy football with free live scoring. Sign up for FanHouse Fantasy Football today. (http://www.fanhouse.com/fantasyaffair?ncid=aolspr00050000000020) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 We may be taking a small road/camping trip coming up here and I am looking for easy simple meals that we can eat while driving. PB & J is a given, but as my hubby is somewhat sick of it, are there any suggestions? We want to avoid fast food as much as possible while on the road. I know burritos are good, but we will be driving in rural areas, so there is no way to heat something up. Plus, I have a 2 year old and and an 8 year old (who seems to have a hole in his chin at times) and want to avoid big messes. Thanks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 Bring a cooler; this will give you better options. You can bring yogurt, hommous, crackers, cheese, cut veggies, wraps (whole grain tortillas, hommous, grated veggies). Anything that you would send for school, work or camp lunch that doesn't need to be heated. Robin “I cook with wine; sometimes I even add it to the food.” –W. C. Fields --- On Wed, 7/23/08, itshotinjt04 <itshotinjt04 wrote: itshotinjt04 <itshotinjt04 Road trip foods? Wednesday, July 23, 2008, 12:20 PM We may be taking a small road/camping trip coming up here and I am looking for easy simple meals that we can eat while driving. PB & J is a given, but as my hubby is somewhat sick of it, are there any suggestions? We want to avoid fast food as much as possible while on the road. I know burritos are good, but we will be driving in rural areas, so there is no way to heat something up. Plus, I have a 2 year old and and an 8 year old (who seems to have a hole in his chin at times) and want to avoid big messes. Thanks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 Kid A (age six, but just barely) loves fresh fruit and some vegetables. pretty much any " kid-sized food " and he'll eat it. raisins, grapes, any of the small tomato varieties, occasionally baby carrots, strawberries, any berries really, etc. he doesn't have nut allergies, so that tends to do well also. trail mixes (GORP and the like) do really well on the road. my mum has gotten really good about packing a snack for him if they're going to be out for more than an hour. he loves fruit rolls (we both fight over the Fruitabu smooshed apple). when we go on day trips, i keep a cooler in the backseat (i bought it from AVON years ago - it's got a hard top which doubles as a surface that he can eat or play on). i tend to keep a couple of quick and easy cold foods in it - i'll keep cold noodles for me and an assortment of sandwiches for him. i have a handy press and seal contraption that keeps the innards inside of the bread (and if we're going anywhere where my son must be presentable, we drive with him in a simple undershirt until we arrive at our destination - or a few blocks short so that he can be cleaned and combed). although he hates it, i pretty much hold him to drinking through a spill-proof cup or not at all which helps keep messes down too. -- HAIKU --- Drag queens are the rea- Son I pluck my eyebrows. It's The least I can do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 Hi, We don't go on long road trips, but for 2-3 hour trips, we bring string cheese, crackers, pretzels, granola bars, nuts, fruit, raw veggies, and it's like a buffet of snacks. And, we bring out a new snack if our son gets bored or impatient. We have a new joke that any time he's not eating enough veggies or grains, we just go run our far-away errands or visit a friend/family member far away and bring the recently-avoided-foods - he'll eat anything while he's in that carseat. :-) And we've also made a project out of solar heating things in foil on the dash board or back window area - which is funny to our son. As long as it just needs to be heated a little and not cooked, it works out fine. And really, he isn't that concerned about the heat of the food when it's done - as eating something off the dashboard is the funniest thing in a car to him. :-) And we have to make it be something on the quick side - heating up last night's fries for a few minutes is better than baking a potato, which would take a couple hours. :-) Imagine how we look on a day when the diapers weren't completely dry before we left, or the shoes or change of clothes, and those are drying in the sun in the back window of the Prius, while we cook on the dash board. :-) We're like the green Beverly Hill Billies. :-) Have a great trip! Lorraine On Behalf Of itshotinjt04 Wednesday, July 23, 2008 10:21 AM Road trip foods? We may be taking a small road/camping trip coming up here and I am looking for easy simple meals that we can eat while driving. PB & J is a given, but as my hubby is somewhat sick of it, are there any suggestions? We want to avoid fast food as much as possible while on the road. I know burritos are good, but we will be driving in rural areas, so there is no way to heat something up. Plus, I have a 2 year old and and an 8 year old (who seems to have a hole in his chin at times) and want to avoid big messes. Thanks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 24, 2008 Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 Here's a URL that has lots of ideas called Road Trip America - I'm going on a road trip really soon and am also thinking about what to bring for the kids to eat, they have lots of nice ideas on this website, the ANZAC cookies look great if you click on Snackin' Better on The Road on this webpage http://www.roadtripamerica.com/recipes/recipes.htm Atma -- Atma K. Khalsa 951.696.9063 ext. 105 http://www.yogamurrieta.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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