cooking in the truck

As sonwhat you can cook your only limited by what supplys you can afford to buy and your emagination. Now for how much food you should take allways keepnin minde you can re stock on food but allways cary some extra justincase your truck breaks down and you dont get help for a few days so allways pack a little extra. Due to space limitations and time limitations look at things that are multi functional or allow you to cook while going down the road like a crock pot start your meal in the am set it on low and just let it go and left overs are lunch for a few days also look at camping gear more specificly back packing gear for example they have pot and pan sets that fit inside eachbother and on average take up no more space than a foot ball. Also pack extra nlankets in the winter incase your heater goes out. Oh and speaking of heaters i know this aint the spot to post thins but checknout mr heater they make a small space heater that runs off a bottle of camp stove fuel
And should be more than enough to keep gou warm with a builtbin tip over shut off and low oxygen shut off as well good luck

 

Welcome to a new turn in life , If you go with a mentor for/under company training for that period of training its up to the mentor how you may be able to eat, because of space, but there will be room for healthy snacks, when you get that solo key and your truck then its all up to you. I do recommend that at least one meal a day be a veggie.

 

I know I'm new here but could you really type more distinctly? I can't really read this post at all.

 

I hit a Walmart Supercenter about once a week to stock up. But always have enough food for a few days in case of an emergency at all times. Always carry extra water. I've been using the same Koolatron cooler since the early 90's. I've replaced the motor once.

 

Right on! I buy ground beef and add sloppy joe mix to it and let it simmer for about an hour or so and eat it with those little Hawaiian buns or you can get the rotisserried chicken at Costco or BBQ ribs and Enchiladas or Mac n Cheese at Sams and put them in the foil pans and heat it in a lunchbox oven and you've got great eats!

 

Hormel makes some pretty good box meals that require no refrigeration. I love the meatloaf and mashed potatoes. Good cuts of meat for "TV dinners" and the potatoes are real, not the "instant" variety. At around ~$2/pc, five of them dont take up much room, and you can store them anywhere. 90 seconds in the microwave, a can of soda, and you've got a hot meal for about $2.25, cant beat that. There are more and more brands of ready-made meals out there, and the quality is wayyyyy better than years ago.

I'm a big fan of the Jack-Links "Jack-Packs" too. Its 2 sticks of Jerky, 2 cheese, and 2 pretzel. I buy em' by the box for around $10, make great hold overs until you can reach a meal.

 

I like to get the Oscar Mayer cracker combos (find them by the lunchables). They run about 2 bucks and come with two different meats, two different cheeses, and crackers. Then a nice little tiny chocolate to round out the processed snack. It works pretty good to hold ya over for a bit..

 

Pulled pork sandwiches. 2.5 pound shoulder roast cooked 5.5 hours in the Burton.

Now I just need some coleslaw.

 

I am not sure if I may be right on this point but I do not think they recommend useing a household or small dorm fridge in a truck as during some of my looking into online has stated that do to them useing freon and all the moving parts that it can quickly become damage from being bounced around like the interstates in Arkansas as they are very bumpy as well as alot of 2 lane roads you will run into thru out the states. I'm still doing research on this so continue asking and researching. who knows your small dorm one might work and last but don't be suprised if it breaks down either.

 

Ours last about a year/year and a half... We have it STRAPPED to the top bunk. We thought it worth the savings 150 vs. 600 to use the dorm fridge. It's the biggest one we could fit up there.