eating healthy living in a truck ??

Chris3131 · Mar 8, 2011

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I carry a Coleman cooler and but a lot of groceries when I can get into a Walmart. I do cook in a road-pro stove(the one that looks like a lunch box). In a couple of hours I can cook a small roast in an oven bag(much less clean up) in this thing. Just add the meats, seasoned to taste, veggies and a little water and plug it in. Then drive. Makes the truck smell great and you have a good meal when you stop for a lot less than you will spend in a truck stop. You can make stews, soups, bake potatoes and any number of other meals with this cheap cooker and the lid snaps shut so you do not have to worry about spills,like i have had with a crock pot. I can eat for a week on about $100. And I know it will taste great.

Google roadcookin and get some ideas on how to be healthy on the road. While they are not truckers, they have worked with truckers for years. Don is a cook, with 20 years experience in the materials handling industry and Pam is a nutritionist. Lots of great ideas and recipes for free on their site, even though they also have services you can pay for. You can also hear them on the trucking channels from time to time on satellite radio.
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Thanks I just looked up the lunch box on amazon and read nothing but great reviews there. I also just added roadcookin to my favorites so will have to read it later.

Thanks for the tips, I just started truck driving school yesterday and felt I have gotten pretty lucky with this school because this teacher seems to really bust his butt in teaching you everything and boy is it alot to learn. The teacher is pretty dang heavy and a big smoker and staring at him has made me realize once I get out there i gotta not be like him. I don't smoke for one but gotta eat good and gosh I can see how you could totally do it if you put some effort into it.

Thanks again for tips

Chris

NTMD8OR · Mar 9, 2011

Chris3131 said: ↑

Thanks I just looked up the lunch box on amazon and read nothing but great reviews there. I also just added roadcookin to my favorites so will have to read it later.

Thanks for the tips, I just started truck driving school yesterday and felt I have gotten pretty lucky with this school because this teacher seems to really bust his butt in teaching you everything and boy is it alot to learn. The teacher is pretty dang heavy and a big smoker and staring at him has made me realize once I get out there i gotta not be like him. I don't smoke for one but gotta eat good and gosh I can see how you could totally do it if you put some effort into it.

Thanks again for tips

Chris
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You are very welcome

Chris3131 · Mar 10, 2011

Just past my written test today it took me 4 days of school and i past it, thank God, will start the driving part Monday.. can't wait

Tennessee Trucker · Apr 19, 2012

Heres a tip I am doing low carbs, and low calorie, I bought a small BBQ grill for 10.00 at Walmart, It folds up and fits in the side box of my Freightliner Coronado, I cook on my 10 hr break, It fits on my catwalk, I cook for that meal and the next day. 2 Rbieyes 1" thick at Walmart are $10-$12. The same meal in the truckstop is $22.00, and a guarantee you you get a better meal, and it is healthier, I eat cottage cheese instead of potatoes, and get individual sized veggies I cook in my microwave.

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