What to bring for easy, healthy dinners at the pool?

[Anonymous]

I am trying to refrain from ordering pizza at the pool for dinner, but I struggle with what to pack for dinner that is easy and decently healthy and doesn't require too many utensils/accompaniments. I like to bring pasta salad with veggies and chicken in it, but am looking for inspiration for more ideas. Thanks!

[Anonymous]

hummus and pita bread
fruit/veggies
sandwiches
other pasta kind of salad, use rice or couscous to mix things up
tortilla wraps

[Anonymous]

We did tuna salad on crackers with fruit and carrots last week. Homemade burritos?

[Anonymous]

Its tough because I try to minimize my processed carbs. I do a lot of cold bean salads or cold quinoa salads that I make once a week and have in the fridge.

[Anonymous]

What a dilemma - dinner at the pool.

[Anonymous]

Chicken salad or tuna salad - as wraps, sandwiches (using diff types of bread), or with crackers.

Deli sandwiches or wraps

[Anonymous]

I'm all about making it easy, so I don't usually make things in advance but throw into the cooler:

- tub of hummus
- container of peanut butter
- bag of baby carrots
- several yogurts
- hunk of cheese and knife wrapped in dishtowel
- roll of crackers and/or package of wraps
- container of fruit or apples with a slicer

Everything can be eaten quickly, in the 15 minute window of adult swim. I only make whatever the child in question wants to eat now - 3 PB crackers, a wrap with hummus, 3 crackers with cheese - so nothing goes to waste. Everything can easily be put back in the fridge when we get home and everyone is tired and I need to get them showered and into bed quickly.

[Anonymous]

I was going to post this exact question. Op, you should x post in the food forum. My go-to is an Italian white bean salad with tuna, black olives, capers, diced tomato, etc.

[Anonymous]

goldfish...release them in the pool and make the kids catch them...

[Anonymous]

We do chicken salad on croissants a lot, plus a bunch of grapes, and chips of any kind (tortilla chips mostly) and either hummus or salsa

[Anonymous]

Cut up veggies, fresh fruit and burgers made earlier in the day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:goldfish...release them in the pool and make the kids catch them...

awesome. just like sushi, yes?

[Anonymous]

i bake/broil chicken legs in the oven in the pre-swimming pool time, add carrot sticks, hummus, cut up fruit and a baguette.

dinner is served.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
goldfish...release them in the pool and make the kids catch them...


awesome. just like sushi, yes?

It will get your kid into Harvard!

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[Anonymous]

I just brought a chicken, rice, lemon, pine nut salad tonight. Recipe from food & wine. Very tasty and refreshing. Even my kids loved it.

BUT as we were leaving someone walked in with a hot pizza. Omg - it smelled incredible. So maybe we won't completely give it up.