queenie Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 We are going to Williamsburg for a week and we plan on eating out once or twice but the rest of the time we will make our meals. We are staying at a condo so we will have a full kitchen but will be packing lunches and snacks to take out and about with us. Does anybody have travel go to snacks and lunch ideas? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baseball mom Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 We are boring ;) We take a loaf of bread a jar of peanut butter - sometimes plain sometimes the one with jelly in it , peanut butter crackers chips nuts jerky little debbie cakes jello cups fruit cups cooler with lunch meat and cheese, mayo & drinks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carriede Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 Apples Mandarin oranges/clementines/tangerines Almonds/other nuts Cereal bars for the kids Raisins/dried cranberries Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amber in SJ Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 We did something similar at Disneyland. We drove there with a cooler full frozen meals like you'd make at those assemble & freeze places. The night before we'd take something out to thaw and the next afternoon when we got back to the condo (exhausted) we'd throw it in the oven and by the time everyone took a refreshing dip in the pool and changed dinner would be ready. For packable lunches the favorite was filled breadsticks: This is the recipe/ method we used Filled Bread Sticks from Real Food for Real People website (This recipe is for Bread Makers, but any good bread dough may be used) Dough: 1 cup water 2 Tblsp. Margarine, softened 1 egg 3-1/4 cups Flour 1/4 cup sugar 1 tsp. salt 3 tsp. regular or quick acting dry yeast Place all dough ingredients in bread pan in the order listed. Select SWEET dough cycle. Grease cookie sheet, and divide finished dough into 12 equal pieces. Work each piece into a rectangle about 2-1/2 to 3 inched wide by 4-1/2 to 7 inches long. Place desired filling along center of dough, leaving room on ends for closing. Fold dough over and pinch sides and ends closed. Place on cookie sheet, seam side down. Cover & let rise about 20 minutes. Bake in 350* F. oven for 18 - 20 minutes or until golden brown. Brush tops with vegetable oil if desired. May be served hot or cold. Filling: Choose from the following fillings, or be creative and make up your own! Thin sliced ham & cheese of your choice, rolled up String cheese (Mozzarella is a nice low fat cheese) with turkey pepperoni Shredded pork roast OR shredded cooked chicken or turkey, mixed with barbecue sauce. The BBQ chicken ones are fantastic. My kids also liked to assemble wraps before we left the condo. HTH, Amber in SJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 Soft rolls or croissants Cheese chunks or string cheese Fruit, (esp. grapes, cherry tomatoes) Hard boiled eggs Cookies or granola bars When we took a 2 week trip to Philly, D.C., and Williamsburg, this was our go-to take-along food. No preparation or utensils needed and very little clean-up and trash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie G Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 We usually do wraps when we're out because they transport better than regular sandwiches. No worrying about smashed bread! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justasque Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 Hummus w/ good bread or pita chips Apple slices with peanut butter Fruit Cheese Cream cheese Pistachios Refillable water bottles Yogurt Applesauce Chocolate chips Oatmeal raisin cookies Banana chocolate chip walnut muffins Small ziploc each of pretzels, m&m's, peanuts, raisins (GORP) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justme824 Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 I'm posting because I am gathering road trip ideas for an upcoming trip :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pod's mum Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Fritz and sauce sandwiches. When my neice and nephew were little they called these 'bush sandwiches' because no bush roadtrips occured without them. (Fritz is a very regional sandwich meat.) Last big road trip I did with dd, we regularly bought a 1/2 cooked chook and 2 big green salad bags for no fuss road-trip meals. Works well as roll-ups with flat bread too. Maybe pack some icebricks/bags to pack with your daily lunches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Eggs/ Hard boiled eggs Cheese and/ or cheese sticks Nut butter with bread or good crackers Pasta Lettuce and other items for salad ( garbanzo beans, avo, feta, olives etc) Hummus and veggies Apples, bananas and other fav fruits Waffles Sparkling water Cooked chicken Frozen burritos ( we like Amy's) Shrimp ( easy to cook quickly) Yogurt 'Baby' carrots Nuts, pumpkin & sunflower seeds etc Good tortilla chips with cheese, salsa, can or two of black beans for the microwave Avocados Turkey or beef dogs with buns Milk & cereal if your family eats it Ice cream or ice cream treats from the market. If you want to be decadent and not healthy, chocolate chip cookies and a tub of vanilla ice cream is much cheaper than eating ice cream in tourist areas Popcorn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kateincali Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 We would do Pita Pockets! fill them with chicken salad or whatever the kids love. It tends to be less messy and easy to take. Anything we took we always wrapped generously with seran! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skimerinkydo Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 Our go-to travel sandwich is an everything bagel with cream cheese and a slice of ham. They are filling and travel well in backpacks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuanitaL Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 Our go-to travel sandwich is an everything bagel with cream cheese and a slice of ham. They are filling and travel well in backpacks. That sounds good. My boys like cream cheese and slices of sandwich pepperoni. One of our travel/hotel dinners has always been a bag of frozen meatballs and a jar of cheap spaghetti sauce in the crockpot (I almost always travel with the crockpot, it takes up very little space and it's very handy) eaten on hotdog buns with a sprinkle of mozz. cheese. I'll also pick up a big cheese/cracker/meat tray at someplace like Sam's Club, it's less expensive than eating out and because I don't normally buy something like that it seems like a "treat". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lily_Grace Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 Depends on the weather and what you have access to. :) Around here, lunches would be something like a heavy salad (lots of veggies, dates, and apples) with cheese and precooked chicken strips on the side and a small container of dressing. Throw it all together when you get there and life is good. :) Even better with flatbread and hummus thrown in the bag, too. We also like Lunchable type meals or doing a pasta salad for the main and lots of fruit and yogurt - especially if you can get the Organic Valley Gogurts. Man, I miss those! You could also make a seven layer dip and serve with chips, like cold nachos. Course, if the weather there is anything like here you may want to bring a thermos full of soup! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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