Dinner ideas considering these variables?

[Anonymous]

If you just need one dinner, everything comes in a microwaveable cup these days- oatmeal, pancake mugs, Mac and cheese cups, cup of noodles.

If you need multiple meals ..we just did this.

We bought bread and peanut butte for sandwiches, and bananas that we sliced up inside them. You could mix it up with individual and different almond butter packets.

Grapes
Jerky
Chips

[Anonymous]

What time do you get there? Would it make sense just to stop and eat in / close to town? Or to buy takeaway and reheat in microwave? Is there a fridge in the cabin? How far is the drive from town? Can you get something hot (roasted chicken) or frozen and microwave it (frozen meals).

Some things you can get:
- noodles - the type that just add water;
- buy a roasted chicken and reheat or eat cold (but only if the drive is not too long from grocery store to cabin).
- buy deli meats / cheese / bread and make sandwiches
- buy pizza on your way to the cabin and eat cold pizza for dinner.
- buy chicken tenders and reheat in microwave.

[Anonymous]

Get a cheese and charcuterie tray (they don’t need refrigeration for a few hours, some fruit, and a screw top bottle of wine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Get a cheese and charcuterie tray (they don’t need refrigeration for a few hours, some fruit, and a screw top bottle of wine.

Add some good crackers or a mini baguette!

[Anonymous]

Fried or baked chicken from the deli counter
Raw veggies
Salad dressing
Bread

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hit the deli area of the grocery store for prepared food
Make sandwiches
Burritos (go veggie or use a rotisserie chicken or other ready meat)
Noodle bowls (add some meat and veggies if you want to be fancy)
Frozen entrees (pasta, pierogies, tv dinners, frozen noodles)
Bagged salad
Beans and rice (use shelf stable rice that is parcooked)
For breakfast grab some bagels and cream cheese and fruit

We will be in the desert with no way of keeping these items cold during our drive, as I said in the OP.

Can you stick an insulated lunch box, one of those soft ones that crushes up small, in your luggage, and then pick up some steam in bag frozen veggies to be an ice pack, and then to eat with your bagel and cream cheese or whatever?

Also, rent a car with airconditioning. Regardless of the food situation.

[Anonymous]

Eat at the airport before you get the car.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Microwave popcorn and fruit. Having a protein-less meal for one meal won't be a big deal.

migraine hell for some of us - we need our protein

[Anonymous]

- Jarred pasta sauce and pasta (pesto or a meat sauce)
- baguette with olive oil
- charcuterie with dried fruit, nuts and meats (like a sausage that doesn't need to stay cold)

[Anonymous]

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Tasty bites

My favorite is kitchen & love meals. They even come with a spoon fork.
Another favorite - Loma Linda pouches of pad Thai, bolognese, and taco “meat” are truly a treat. I could eat the bolognese forever.