Feeding Yourself On The Road

I eat a lot of Uncle Ben’s flavored Rice with Wal-Mart special canned roast beef, canned meat balls, or canned chicken. Heat up the roast beef, meat balls, or chicken in a plastic container for a couple of minutes in the microwave, then dump in the heated rice. I also heat up cans of corn, various beans, boiled flavored cabbage, or sweet potato casserole to make a complete meal.

I also eat a lot of heated up chicken flavored Ramon Noodles with a small cans of canned chicken breast dumped in it. It makes for a pretty decent tasting and quick chicken soup.

I also buy a lot of John Soules’ fajita beef and fajita chicken that I eat with Uncle Ben’s Rice with either corn, various beans, boiled flavored cabbage, or sweet potato casserole on the side.

I also buy a lot of Wal-Mart baked whole chickens as well. To go with my rice and other stuff as well.

I also eat a lot of those Hormel Compleats, as they make for relatively quick meals and are pretty tasty.

For breakfast, I eat a lot instant oatmeal zapped in the Microwave, and for snacks a lot of microwave popcorn.

All in all I save about $300 a month by eating out of the truck.

 

Now that's how you get it done.

My woman trapped me into becoming the family chef with her oh I don't know how to peel a potato speel bringing home instant great value mashed turd flakes.

Sad part is I fell for it... Shes so glad I'm back now.... I can tell she's been eating out a lot. Too much...a lot too much XD

 

I cook at home and prepackage the food in one serving ziplocks. I cook a meatloaf, that makes 4 servings, 1 package of chicken breasts cut in half make 5 or 6 servings. I cook some plain for salads and bread a few and bake them, or stir fry a couple with peppers and onions. Then I bake or grill a few pork chops for 3 servings. Usually have 12-14 servings frozen flat before I leave.
I set my fridge on the coldest setting and it keeps the food frozen. I just microwave a bag for dinner.
Then I get salad and fruit and drinks(water soda tea) and put in my Coleman 12v cooler.
I buy some baked potatoes, a couple packages of single serve rice, a few cans of soup, and a couple snacks.... cereal, oatmeal, granola bars, coffee, half and half, ect.
I probaby spend $100 for 3 weeks food + $25 to restock salad and drinks at Walmart somewhere....
I stay out 3 weeks and can eat every meal in the truck.. I usually get a meal out once a week anyways.
I eat like a king. Lol
Havent had fast food in weeks.... when I eat out its at a sit down place or a pub thats near a truck stop.

 

That reminds me of a joke.

I was doing some spring cleaning and I was cleaning my BBQ grill and my wife came out side to plant some flowers, she bent over and I looked at her back side and said " have you been putting on some weight, you but is as big as my grill"..she replied "no, baby we are spending shoulder to shoulder time behave".... well a few hours later she bent over again and this time I got out my tape measure from the garage and measured the grill and her back side "Wow I said your back side is as big as my grill" ....She was not happy to say the least. Later that night, getting ready for bed, I kinda leaned over and said "Want to have some fun" She replied "You think I'm gona fire up this big ##### grill for just ine tiny little weenie you are mistaken"

 

I like some of the ideas you all have mentioned so far!

I like to cook. Therefore, I have a 1.5qt slow cooker, small toaster oven, microwave, igloo ice less cooler,old propane setup thingy that I use in couple with my cast iron skillet for OUTSIDE cooking only!

I keep tortillas on hand b/c they are versatile. I use them as wraps, mini lasagnas/pizzas and make chips (cut them in 4s) for dips/nachos when I fry them. To avoid losing my religion, I only cook outside my truck when I am at a rest area off the highway vs a truck stop .

Also, I try to keep some type of dried beans/lentils, uncle ben's rice, peanut butter,jelly,crackers, instant oatmeal, quinoa, dried fruit, nuts, water and, packaged dry noodles as staples. Tons of meals can be made with them in hardly any time at all.. etc. I buy fresh fruit, frozen veggies, salads, greens and whatnot as I need them.

So much can be done with one whole rotisserie chicken from your favorite chicken spot, some canned meat like tuna and FREE meat like roadkill deer, hog, wild turkey,etc.. Don't play, that meat is good! -so long as some one else does the butchering. And last but not least, I mostly drink water, and tea. Whenever I feel for something sweet to drink, I make iced tea with whatever I have on hand.

Don't get it twisted. I also treat myself every once in a while to eat at places like Cracker Barrel, Logan's, Iron Skillet or one of the restaurants on the list that I made from my trainer's suggestions. He is a big ole country guy from Georgia that knows how food is supposed to taste so, I trust him!

I'm typing this from my phone so, just get the jist and ignore the errors.

 

Always brought food from home that my wife was cooking for the week, breakfast was all bran mix with corn flakes.
One thing that i really liked was bringing a big bag of frozen fruit such as blueberry raspberries cranberry strawberry and every morning i put fruits, apple juice, plain yogourt in my magic bullet "mini blender" and make myself a delicious smoothie.
The bag of frozen fruit was still frozen after 3.5-4 days it also gave a boost to my coleman cooler.
For snacks i had popcorn, nuts....
Once a week i was eating out mostly mexican food "huge fan"
I am still driving but local and my diet is pretty much the same.
My diet might be boring but after 22 years of trucking i gain only 5lbs.

 

A friend of mine posted this link on Facebook to a solar powered cooker. I'd like to think that this would be ideal for cooking on the road while watching crews empty your trailer. http://www.gosunstove.com/

I'd like to know if anyone has seen this or has something similar. I don't like the idea of carrying a traditional camp type stove due to the fuel and not wanting to risk a fire.

 

Bring a big bag of cooked rice. A bunch of cans of baked beans. Mix, heat and serve. Cold cuts, and lots of fruit.

 

Get a cheap 700 watt microwave oven at Wal-Mart. It's much faster and far more versatile.

 

I'm not familiar with that type of parabolic oven bit seems like a great alternative . If you get one, come back and tell us about it.

I use a sun cooker at home during the summer ref it gets too hot in my house when cooking or baking. http://www.solarovens.org/..solarovens.org/ . The cooking time is reminiscent of a slow cooker and it never burns my food.