Food while travelling? - Please help

Bettyboop · 27 March 2008 at 10:14AM

Hi Everyone,

We are leaving in the early hours of tomorrow morning to go to France. I have to organise something for breakfast, lunch and dinner. In the car we will have an electic cooler box to keep our drinks cold and some food.

What ideas do you have for travel friendly food? for adults and children? We will be going on the first ferry in the morning but I can recall from past experience that the food being served isn't very nice.We have a long drive ahead of us but will stop to have something homemade if at all possible.

Please share your ideas and tips.

Thanks

otterspasm · 27 March 2008 at 10:18AM

How about some pesto and cheese pinwheels....roll out batch of bread dough into big square...spread with pesto and put on some grated cheese. Roll up like swiss roll and cut into sections. Flatten onto greased baking sheet spiral side up and put a little more cheese on top if you like. Cook at 190 for 15-20 mins.

Bettyboop · 27 March 2008 at 10:21AM

otterspasm, the pinwheels sound delicious. Have just texted my husband to get some bread dough on his way back from work.....hope I don't rund out of time. Thanks.

claireabelle_2 · 27 March 2008 at 10:30AM

How about bagels for breakfast? I wrap mine up and take it to work in the morning, normally marmite and cream cheese, sounds urgh but it is divine!

Bettyboop · 27 March 2008 at 10:37AM

I like bovril instead of marmite and the combination with cream cheese I would eat....but not my husband or little girl. All the ideas so far sound very easy and not messy in anyway for the car.....in case we don't find anywhere to stop... Thanks.

nickyc_2 · 27 March 2008 at 10:43AM

for a snack...taken from tray bake thread. these are great. You can use whatever you have in the cupboard really. (if you use peanut butter suggest you melt it with the butter & syrup, it's easier to mix in then)

Chewy seed health bars

200g butter
200g golden syrup
300g porridge oats
50g pumpkin seeds
50g sunflower seeds
50g dessicated coconut
50g plain flour
150g brown sugar
150g chopped dried apricots
125g peanut butter (crunchy)
1 tsp vanilla extract

Melt butter and syrup in a saucepan. Add all remaining ingredients into a mixing bowl and pour in melted butter and syrup. Combine thoroughly. Pour onto a baking tray lined with greaseproof paper. Cook for 20-25 minutes in pre-heated 160C oven. Cut into pieces and allow to cool before removing, else they break up.

You can also vary the seeds and fruit used to any of your choice. Try prunes, sultanas, sesame seeds, etc.

sallyrsm · 27 March 2008 at 10:51AM

As soon as you stop somewhere in France you will find the most FABULOUS food. You know motorway service stations over here? Yuck. French motorway service stations serve up their "Poulet de Bresse" which is their roasted chicken and some of the finest chicken in the world. Factor in some amazing breads and cheeses... their service stations are a breed apart. A couple of years ago we drove from London to Marseille... picked a town just off the motorway near Reims that we knew we wouldn't get lost in or out of and found a local brasserie for lunch. The steak I had that day was the finest I have ever eaten. If you've got a european map, or even better a Sat Nav, then just pull off the motorway. You'll find the most lovely food. Jealous! Wish I was coming with you!

Jammygal · 27 March 2008 at 11:06AM

I make pizza and sandwiches for travelling with my kids......one of mine is also nut allergic so we can not buy food easily on route. I also take fruit, crisps and flapjacks....have you tried twinks infamous recipe???? Good luck J x

Bettyboop · 27 March 2008 at 11:15AM

Jammygal, what is twinks recipe? I have never heard of this? Thanks.

champys · 27 March 2008 at 11:57AM

I still make the same thing my mother used to make for us in the '60s when we were travelling. It is a simple sandwich with a fried egg as filling, but the eggs are just very lightly beaten before cooking (not as much as for an omelette), so they stay compact and sit nicely between the slices of bread. A drop of ketchup or fruity brown sauce for those who like. Nice and filling, cheap, and because we only ever eat it when travelling, for me this tastes like holidays..... :-)

moanymoany · 27 March 2008 at 12:10PM

As well as food, there is boredom. I don't know how old your children are, but these can be filled to suit the age and liking of the child.

A bag, I used to use paper bags as they had them in those days. I then put bite sized bits in them. All savoury or all sweet I would make sandwiches - cheese usually as that was their preferred filling - and it sticks together. I cut them into small pieces. Then I put bits of other savoury things they liked, bits of sausage, bits of carrots. They spent hours sifting through the bags.

I didn't include crisps as they go soggy.

The sweet bags had mostly fruit, grapes, satsuma segments, bits of cake.

I know that it is nice to stop and have a picnic, but the bags - we used to devise ways of securing them round their necks to stop them dropping them - fill gaps. I'm bored, I'm hungry -

Have a lovely holiday.

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