Looking to pick your brain

BeesKnees181

So, here's the deal:

I travel a lot in the Spring, Summer, and early Fall for work. And, for the most part, I am in very unpopulated places (i.e. no health food stores, Whole Foods, Trader Joes, etc.). So, in order to be g-f, I have to plan ahead and pack breakfast, lunch and dinner options. I am usually in a hotel, but spend days in the field/mountains/desert. Sometimes, I have access to a hotel fridge, but many times I just have a cooler packed with ice. Last summer, I exhausted my tolerance for tuna within 3 weeks. And by July I almost wanted to vomit from the sight of a protein bar. I am just looking to pick some brains here, so I can start planning ahead for my next field season. Any meal ideas that you think would work well with my situation?

pdworkman

I'd take fresh fruits and veggies, along with protein dips like peanut butter and hummus, and nightly at the hotel I would make some sort of soup or stew dish in the microwave, and eat it cold for lunch. Chili, curry, bean stew, etc.

Breakfast: eggs, yogurt/tofu, fruit, chia pudding, baked potato, miso soup, cooked cereal in the microwave (eaten either hot or cold with fruit - rice, grits, buckwheat, quinoa, whatever you can have.) PB with rice cakes or bananas is nice.

I'd probably take a rice cooker, if I could. There are some small ones.

Pam

BeesKnees181

Thanks Pam! You have some great ideas in there. I think a rice cooker would be great. Time to hit Amazon...:happy:

pdworkman

On of the bloggers I follow uses a rice cooker on vacations, and she has some great ideas:

http://gingerlemongirl.blogspot.com/2010/05/easy-gluten-free-rice-cooker-meals.html

Pam

Gosser

That's a brilliant idea, excellent for my holidays abroad when I have to go prepared to supply my own food.

mini rice cooker with steamer attachment added to shopping list :happy:

That blog is excellent, who would have thought you could do so much in a rice cooker

er1nya

You could also buy a small crock pot and plug it in at the hotel! Then you can pretty much throw whatever you have in there- like quinoa and veggies - Soup (if you don't mind eating it cold) and all kinds of stews and stuff. I literally just throw in whatever I have laying around and it comes out as some kind of soup/stew/chilli. It's always good to me! Also bean salads with veggies could be useful too.

BeesKnees181

So many great ideas! Keep em coming!