Healthy-ish meals made with a kettle?

tightwadman

I am reading this thread and wondering who the hell you work for? Have Squeezyjet or Ryanair started flying to the States then? Your employer is surely responsible for your welfare and should be feeding you. If you have to buy your own food why not ask the limo/ bus driver to stop off at a 7/11 or other garage on the way as they all sell food and you have to pass at least one, better still ask to go by a Walmart or Target or Publix and buy in bulk. I wouldnt like to fly with your employer if they treat their staff like they seem to treat you and food in the US is cheap, cheap cheap for gods sake! You can also order in food like pizza which is also a fair price when delivered from outside.

5foot6

Camping shops such as Milletts sell complete meals in a packet. I would advise shopping around, as prices can vary and they may seem pricey for what they offer. Bananas are a good alternative.;)

gobustergo

You can hard boil eggs in a kettle (use eggs at room temperature as refrigerated eggs can crack).
Put your whole eggs into your kettle and boil the kettle twice for boiled eggs with runny yoke.
With bread, Breakfast sorted.

gobustergo

You can hard boil eggs in a kettle (use eggs at room temperature as refrigerated eggs can crack).
Put your whole eggs into your kettle and boil the kettle twice for boiled eggs with runny yoke.
With bread, Breakfast sorted.

letterboxer

Take a thermos flask - make up some quick packet soups with boiling water, add some small types of pasta, not the chunky sort, to pad it out. Leave for a few hours and the pasta will be cooked.

geekgirl

after the iron pitta bread thread watch this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06LFbsv_W8s

aloiseb

Birds low-fat instant custard (in sachets) with a sliced banana....yummy pud.
At college, we used to boil eggs in the kettle, although it can be tricky to override the automatic cut off + give it the full 4 mins! Might be a good move to have your own special travel kettle to do this, though, in case it makes the tea taste funny afterwards.
Also we used to make toast on paperclips arranged across the bars of the electric fire.....not many modern hotels have electirc fires now, though.
My own personal "emergency lunch" (which I bring out constantly to save money motorway cafes, much to the children's disgust!) is a packet of Cornish Wafers and a wheel pack of Dairylea cheese triangles. You can make the sandwiches totally without cutlery, just open the cheese up and squash between the biscuits! in winter tomato cuppa soup would be good with this (Batchelors is the best I reckon)

theamazinggem

when i travelled round australia we ran almost completely out of money, and one of the more healthy things i used to make was a broth out of 10c noodles, some chilli (ground or fresh if you've got it) and a green tea bag. then if you have managed to get hold of any veg (we used to cut up brocolli very small) you can chuck that in too. i just used to cook it by leaving the lot in the bowl with boiling water poured over it for a few minutes (take the teabag out after 2 min or so though else it can go a bit bitter). you can chuck miso in there as well if you've got it.

we also used to carry a small plastic bottle of sweet chilli sauce around and just mix that with the boiled noodles sometimes, tho that's probably not good for you unless you can get sachets from somewhere...

theamazinggem

we also used to get through long bus journeys eating dry crackers, but i don't really recommend that one...

mitziwaltz

Hi there:
The thing that will save your bacon is an immersion heater: See http://www.amazon.com/Voltage-Valet-Immersion-Heater-Water/dp/B000AXS0UE for a typical example. Watch out if doing a general web search for one, there are home water heaters and gas-powered giant immersion heaters too. What you want is just a coil on a cord.
And if you want some recipes, these are what US prisoners use to cook in their jail cells. There is even a cookbook: one single copy is available on amazon.com at: http://www.amazon.com/Convict-Cookbook-Convicts-Washington-Penitentiary/dp/0976082500/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198145117&sr=8-1 or at an independent bookshop at: http://auntiesbooks.com/product_info.php?products_id=78211.
You can see a story about the kind of stuff the cons make with one of these at:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2004-11-11-prison-cookbook_x.htm
Boil-in-bag omelettes and all sorts.
Of course, it DOES say something about your employer that you're having to resort to prison cooking techniques!:rolleyes: