Healthy-ish meals made with a kettle?

acjc

You say the hotel isn't close to the shops. But what about shops at the US airport. Can't you pop in before you go to the hotel?

mouseymousey99

Hello, don't they feed you on these trips or give you some allowance???
What is everyone else doing? Maybe a lot easier to club together also if you are miles from anywhere at least you would have some company?? Find out where the hotel staff are eating - maybe they have a canteen or something??
Best wishes Mx

D&DD

I'd be tempted to source some MRE's (meals ready to eat)seeing as you will be in the states these are more readily available there in camping and surplus stores..
You can find them over here too but they are much dearer.

These look quite cool too http://www.hotcan.com/?gclid=CI7p3JaUkpACFQgsQwodnHz3-g

Guapa1

Wow! some really great ideas, I knew I could count on you lovely people. Thank you so much:j

Pandora123 wrote: »

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Edit: or how about one of these? Can be used for heating tinned foods as well as boiling water, and only weighs 1.5 lbs.

Toastess MultiPot

I've had 2 already and they always seem to short out after a couple of months. They are fab though, get hot really quickly.

sandy2 wrote: »

What about tinned tuna, corned beef and instant mash. If all else fails there's Complan
Surely there must be a local food store close to the airline's hotel

We stay in places sometimes that are in the middle of the highway, or the equivalent of our business areas minus the little express or local shops. Sometimes we stay slap bang in the centre and have many options like in NY there is a deli on every corner. Not in Phoenix though. This month I have the 'middle of no-where' places.

acjc wrote: »

You say the hotel isn't close to the shops. But what about shops at the US airport. Can't you pop in before you go to the hotel?

When we go through arrivals there are only sweet shops.

mouseymousey99 wrote: »

Hello, don't they feed you on these trips or give you some allowance???
What is everyone else doing? Maybe a lot easier to club together also if you are miles from anywhere at least you would have some company?? Find out where the hotel staff are eating - maybe they have a canteen or something??
Best wishes Mx

We do get paid an allowance, but it makes up my wages as the basic pay is very low in fact it can more than double it! As I have been off for so long with no allowances money is very tight and I have to watch the pennies until February when I get paid this months allowances.
That is a good idea about the canteen, I'll have a nosy when I'm out there.

carebabe

some slimfast

champys

guapa i have been thinking about you and hotel life and the food problem! in the early nineties i had to spend time in hotels regularly in remote parts of russia and always had to take food because you were never quite sure you'd find any when you needed it. my staple food pack was something like this:

- salami
- little packed cheeses (like the 'vache qui rit' ones)
- crackers or ryvita
- tin of sardines or tuna
- tin of mixed vegetables (for a 'salad')
- hard boiled eggs
- nuts and dried fruits
- a selection of tea bags

if i had to do it now, and would shop in the UK i would probably bring a tin of baked beans (i like them cold) or a tin of mixed bean salad. also some tinned potato salad.
maybe some of this would work for you? none of the above requires refrigeration really, which can be useful.

belfastgirl23

What about instant porridge? quick and light

I'd be wary of hummus (much as I love it) - in my experience it does tend to go off fairly fast if not refrigerated. If you do want to try it tho Marks do packs with three little pots rather than one big one.

If all else fails those pasta n'sauce ready meals might be better than nothing?

pollyanna24

belfastgirl23 wrote: »

If all else fails those pasta n'sauce ready meals might be better than nothing?

Gosh, I could live off these! But from what I remember, they need cooking on the hob or in the microwave.

belfastgirl23

pollyanna24 wrote: »

Gosh, I could live off these! But from what I remember, they need cooking on the hob or in the microwave.

Maybe you're right it's been a long time since I used them...probably since I was a student in fact...

scrimpingbadger

when I was a student intrepid types used to puncture a tin of beans and put a bit of water in a kettle, leave the lid off and boil the kettle up a few times. Make sure to never leave it's side though!! (and definitely make a hole in the tin!). I believe they even boiled eggs in there! (though not sure how)