Anonymous wrote:Just back sandwiches in a cooler and eat during the drive. Who wants to drive 6 hours to wait for dinner?

This is what I would do. I do not want to start cooking at 9.

^bring, not back

Just back sandwiches in a cooler and eat during the drive. Who wants to drive 6 hours to wait for dinner?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The fact that this thread is this long is lol.
OP said kids are teens. Many eat a lot. Just cook when you get there. Make them do stuff.

Or, swing by a Chick-Fil-A, grab some grilled nuggets and salads, let the teenagers eat whatever.

The teenagers will be gone in a few years and remember how stingy and uptight Mom was to make sure everyone got 1/5 of a nasty bagged salad and sliver of chicken cooked 2 days back.

This is laughable!! I’m genuinely laughing out loud!😹

Anonymous wrote:Big salad + rotisserie chicken

at 10pm

Anonymous wrote:charcuterie plate - pack all of the items and assemble on arrival while your family brings in the luggage. you can make it as healthy or not as you want.

people love their charcuterie plates anymore on this site!

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Anonymous wrote:OP again. One of my kids and I have IBS, is that enough info for you to understand why I don’t want to stop at Chick Fil A or KFC. It’s a vacation, there will be lots of junk food eaten, don’t worry, since many of you seem consumed with that concern. Which is why when it is easy, I’d like to plan ahead for healthier options. In this case it is easy to do so, and I simply asked for ideas for what to pack, not for fast food options nor edicts to eat earlier. Thank you to those who provided suggestions, I’ll be using one of them.

Maybe if you had mentioned the IBS in the OP people would have different responses. But you acted like a weirdo who wants to cook dinner at 10 PM because they don’t want to get to their destination 30 minutes later and used lasagna as an example of bad for you food. Most families even with teens do not eat at 9 PM/10 PM. And by the way, IBF is not triggered by “bad food, it’s different for each person.

Why did I need to mention IBS? In my original post, I said I didn’t want to stop to eat along the drive, and asked for suggestions for healthy meals to pack that we could eat when we get to our destination. If you didn’t have a suggestion, then I’m not sure why you even replied to my post. I certainly didn’t need posters telling me I should stop along the drive, of course I know I could do that.

And not sure why I keep feeling the need to explain myself to you, but since it is a vacation, and I know there will be some junky eating, I’d rather save the junky eating for good stuff like our favorite beach donuts or fried shrimp than McDonalds along the drive down. We try to eat healthy or at least healthish so as to reduce IBS flares (along with general gut health). And yes, we usually eat at 8:30, our kids don’t even get home from sports practices until around then. So it won’t be any big deal to eat at 9:30.

Sheesh.

- OP

If you can eat a cheesy, tomato-ey frozen lasagna, you can eat Chick-fil-a.

Anonymous wrote:We’re headed to the beach in a couple of weeks. Spouse now has to work the day of departure so we can’t start the drive until 3pm and won’t arrive at the rental until close to 9pm.

I think most restaurants will be closed by then, so I plan to pack food for dinner that night. In the past I’d have brought a frozen lasagna and bagged salad, but we’re trying to eat healthier, and I know the vacation will have plenty of other times we arent, so I’d prefer to start out on a lighter note.

I know I could pack sandwiches but that idea bores me. I dont want to stop for dinner on the drive down both bc we’ll be eager to get there and bc the roadside options will be crap.

Any ideas? Thanks for your suggestions.

Go out to eat. I'm sure Cracker Barrel will be fine for you all.

Anonymous wrote:OP again. One of my kids and I have IBS, is that enough info for you to understand why I don’t want to stop at Chick Fil A or KFC. It’s a vacation, there will be lots of junk food eaten, don’t worry, since many of you seem consumed with that concern. Which is why when it is easy, I’d like to plan ahead for healthier options. In this case it is easy to do so, and I simply asked for ideas for what to pack, not for fast food options nor edicts to eat earlier. Thank you to those who provided suggestions, I’ll be using one of them.

You’re over-engineering this if your family is such delicate flowers that they can’t handle a meal on the go…. And this would be something you’ve solved time and time again over the last decade plus if that were the case. Instead the rest of us think you’re an inefficient communicator and a basket case to boot.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP again. One of my kids and I have IBS, is that enough info for you to understand why I don’t want to stop at Chick Fil A or KFC. It’s a vacation, there will be lots of junk food eaten, don’t worry, since many of you seem consumed with that concern. Which is why when it is easy, I’d like to plan ahead for healthier options. In this case it is easy to do so, and I simply asked for ideas for what to pack, not for fast food options nor edicts to eat earlier. Thank you to those who provided suggestions, I’ll be using one of them.

Maybe if you had mentioned the IBS in the OP people would have different responses. But you acted like a weirdo who wants to cook dinner at 10 PM because they don’t want to get to their destination 30 minutes later and used lasagna as an example of bad for you food. Most families even with teens do not eat at 9 PM/10 PM. And by the way, IBF is not triggered by “bad food, it’s different for each person.

Agree. And she also said there were no good options during the last hour of the drive-as if it would be impossible to stop somewhere before the last hour. I’m calling BS on the IBS. Also, you keep mentioning that it will be vacation food the rest of the time-why does the first night make a difference?

Clocked.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP again. One of my kids and I have IBS, is that enough info for you to understand why I don’t want to stop at Chick Fil A or KFC. It’s a vacation, there will be lots of junk food eaten, don’t worry, since many of you seem consumed with that concern. Which is why when it is easy, I’d like to plan ahead for healthier options. In this case it is easy to do so, and I simply asked for ideas for what to pack, not for fast food options nor edicts to eat earlier. Thank you to those who provided suggestions, I’ll be using one of them.

Maybe if you had mentioned the IBS in the OP people would have different responses. But you acted like a weirdo who wants to cook dinner at 10 PM because they don’t want to get to their destination 30 minutes later and used lasagna as an example of bad for you food. Most families even with teens do not eat at 9 PM/10 PM. And by the way, IBF is not triggered by “bad food, it’s different for each person.

Agree. And she also said there were no good options during the last hour of the drive-as if it would be impossible to stop somewhere before the last hour. I’m calling BS on the IBS. Also, you keep mentioning that it will be vacation food the rest of the time-why does the first night make a difference?

Anonymous wrote:OP again. One of my kids and I have IBS, is that enough info for you to understand why I don’t want to stop at Chick Fil A or KFC. It’s a vacation, there will be lots of junk food eaten, don’t worry, since many of you seem consumed with that concern. Which is why when it is easy, I’d like to plan ahead for healthier options. In this case it is easy to do so, and I simply asked for ideas for what to pack, not for fast food options nor edicts to eat earlier. Thank you to those who provided suggestions, I’ll be using one of them.

Maybe if you had mentioned the IBS in the OP people would have different responses. But you acted like a weirdo who wants to cook dinner at 10 PM because they don’t want to get to their destination 30 minutes later and used lasagna as an example of bad for you food. Most families even with teens do not eat at 9 PM/10 PM. And by the way, IBF is not triggered by “bad food, it’s different for each person.

OP again. One of my kids and I have IBS, is that enough info for you to understand why I don’t want to stop at Chick Fil A or KFC. It’s a vacation, there will be lots of junk food eaten, don’t worry, since many of you seem consumed with that concern. Which is why when it is easy, I’d like to plan ahead for healthier options. In this case it is easy to do so, and I simply asked for ideas for what to pack, not for fast food options nor edicts to eat earlier. Thank you to those who provided suggestions, I’ll be using one of them.

Anonymous wrote:The fact that this thread is this long is lol.
OP said kids are teens. Many eat a lot. Just cook when you get there. Make them do stuff.

Or, swing by a Chick-Fil-A, grab some grilled nuggets and salads, let the teenagers eat whatever.

The teenagers will be gone in a few years and remember how stingy and uptight Mom was to make sure everyone got 1/5 of a nasty bagged salad and sliver of chicken cooked 2 days back.