Non refrigerated work snacks/meals

Kind of depends on your goals! Mine are Quest bars mostly..also almonds.

make up regular lunches and pack up in dollar tree containers and just freeze solid. by the time lunch rolls around they are defrosted and ready for the microwave. Yogurt cups are great this way too.

I like to mix nuts (walnuts, cashews, pecans are my favorites) with a high fiber cereal.

Peanut butter and wasa crackers! Yum!

I love fiber bars! The 90 calorie ones!

I love dried fruits, unsalted or lightly salted nuts or seeds, and Luna protein bars. A garden salad with a vinegrette or lemon squeeze should hold pretty well. I love avocado and take one whole and add it to a salad at the last minute.

In reading your post - is it just on the bus that you won't have refrigeration or also at work? Do you have a microwave or hot water at work? An Icepack designed for lunches (often blue) that is reusable will help, as will an insulated bag. I have other ideas but they would be higher in sodium (Jerky, some canned foods). Good luck.

Cliff Bars, Go Picnic packages... google Nature Box, they have lots of tasty healthy snacks and "Go Picnic" are light lunches already packed with nuts, dried fruit, crackers, etc. I work "out in the field" and these are some of what I eat. Also, I like green beans and can eat them plain... I either open a can and take half of them in a sealed cup, or Libby's packs them in convenient "to go" cups as well. The former necesitates refrigeration (or cool environment), but the Libby's prepacked cups don't.

As for refrigeration, I would suggest getting a small cooler and Igloo bars and or a thermos for food. No way I would have survived all these years with "brown bag" lunches if I couldn't have cool food once in awhile.. f you don't like beans straight, you can make a bean salad with green beans, wax beans, garbanzos, and kidney beans (or others), add a little vinegar (balsamic is nice) and you're good to go. As an alternative to vinegar, I may use olive oil. Maybe a dash of parmesan when it gets boring. You can also make a cold pasta salad,... just add whole wheat pasta to your mix... cook up some zucchini and squash and add it to your pasta... or zucchini, squash and rice noodles.

Anyway... if you can't use a cooler or thermos... just look in the store for pre-packed shelved lunches... another option (shelf safe, non refrigerated) is Chicken of the Sea or Bumblebee Tuna and crackers, or chicken and crackers. A good protein "go to" when you are on the run.