Food for a train

[Anonymous]

I am taking a 2 hour mid week train trip with a spouse and teenager - and returning within a few hours. Departure is early and there will be no time to grab lunch before the return. What easy meals can I pack that will:

- be lightweight (prefer no ice pack but could bring one if need be, prefer no no thermos)

- can last from around 5 a.m. until around 1 pm when they will be eaten

- will be tasty and relatively healthy (and filling for the teen).

Thanks in advance for suggestions!

[Anonymous]

Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Apples. Cheese. A tomato and mozzarella sub.

[Anonymous]

Sandwiches. Pack with ice bags in a ziploc and throw those away once you get to your destination. Sandwich will be safe to eat if not chilled for an hour or two.

[Anonymous]

Trains have food cars. It won't be amazing but you won't have to lug anything with you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Apples. Cheese. A tomato and mozzarella sub.

You would eat a tomato and soft-cheese sub that's been sitting in a warm backpack for 8 hours?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Trains have food cars. It won't be amazing but you won't have to lug anything with you.

Obviously I considered this, but don't want this option. Thanks, though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Apples. Cheese. A tomato and mozzarella sub.

You would eat a tomato and soft-cheese sub that's been sitting in a warm backpack for 8 hours?!

Yes.

[Anonymous]

PBJ, whole apple, salty snack.

[Anonymous]

I would do anything to not lug the food, personally. There has to be somewhere you can grab something. The train station will surely have a grab and go place.

[Anonymous]

whole fruit and/or veggies: clementines or apples or grapes in a small container or snap peas or grape tomatoes

something with protein, peanut butter is the easiest: PB filled pretzels, bars, uncrustables or PBJ

chips or popcorn

moon cheese or whips

dried fruit or fig bars

treat: chocolate or gummies or packaged cookies

I assume you can get a drink on the train, but if not consider tea or juice frozen in the AM

[Anonymous]

PB&J, apple or pear, mixed nuts, dried mango, pb pretzels, water.

[Anonymous]

Wow. I completely miss-understood what this was about based on the title. Thought this was more for the relationship forum.

[Anonymous]

Sometimes I take a fresh sliced bagel to work with a single serve PB and a single serve tiny bon mamman jam (like from the advent calendar, or a brunch place), bring a knife to spread.

That with some fruit, potato chips, and maybe some snap peas and grape tomatoes with shelf stable ranch would be great!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:whole fruit and/or veggies: clementines or apples or grapes in a small container or snap peas or grape tomatoes

something with protein, peanut butter is the easiest: PB filled pretzels, bars, uncrustables or PBJ

chips or popcorn

moon cheese or whips

dried fruit or fig bars

treat: chocolate or gummies or packaged cookies

I assume you can get a drink on the train, but if not consider tea or juice frozen in the AM

Listen I absolutely love Peanut butter but I truly don’t know how it ever got the reputation of being a “high protein” food. There is typically 8 grams of protein in 2 tablespoons. Literally almost anything else you choose to put on a sandwich will have more than that. I mean it’s delicious but high protein it is not. For context, 1 single slice of cheese has 7 grams of protein and most people use 2 slices in a sandwich.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:whole fruit and/or veggies: clementines or apples or grapes in a small container or snap peas or grape tomatoes

something with protein, peanut butter is the easiest: PB filled pretzels, bars, uncrustables or PBJ
chips or popcorn
moon cheese or whips
dried fruit or fig bars
treat: chocolate or gummies or packaged cookies

I assume you can get a drink on the train, but if not consider tea or juice frozen in the AM

Listen I absolutely love Peanut butter but I truly don’t know how it ever got the reputation of being a “high protein” food. There is typically 8 grams of protein in 2 tablespoons. Literally almost anything else you choose to put on a sandwich will have more than that. I mean it’s delicious but high protein it is not. For context, 1 single slice of cheese has 7 grams of protein and most people use 2 slices in a sandwich.

There is no world in which I would eat a warm cheese sandwich.