what is your favorite in cab food / portable food ?

Campbells chicken noodle soup and beef ravioli. No need to heat them up, good right from the can.

 

Lean Cuisine Asian frozen meals - quite a variety, usually on sale 5 for $10.

Mushroom soup

Salmon sandwiches

Top Roman soup

Salads made from tomatoes, lettuce, cucumbers

Hot dogs with Kosher Hebrew wieners

Raisin Bran Flakes with fresh fruit for breakfast

Peanut butter with 100% whole wheat bread for a snack

Have to stop now. I'm getting hungry.

 

i gave up on 12V fridges after buying 2 at 100$ a pop in 2 years. now all i carry on hand, for emergency and snacking situations is. planters dry roasted peanuts and beef jerky (preferably frome loves) and a few cans of veeeniner sausages LOL

 

BEANS, there like good for your heart yah know.

 

I like dried fruit with almonds, dried prunes, dried apricots, dried cranberries, dried mango. You don't have to eat very much. . . You don't want to eat too much. . . if you know what I mean. It is good for you and keeps me off the junk food. Helps to save money on meals. You can buy it at Trader Joes. Beef jerky is a good snack too.

 

The fridge is full of diet soda (I know I know I know), cooked chicken breast, and my wife's Pico. I have Hot Sauce, Chunky Soup and homemade tortilla chips in the cabinet. For a quick kick, I have assorted covered espresso beans ready to eat. Those things REALLY work!

 

My company allows me to have a 1500 watt inverter in the truck. They even installed it for me! That's a perfect size for my microwave, as well as an electric skillet.

I have a variety of food that I keep in a LARGE Coleman ice chest. Yes, I do use ice to keep everything cold. My wife and I went for the electric cooler years ago but after going through 2 of them, it was too expensive of a proposition. We thought another team that we met was crazy for keeping everything on ice, but found that it worked extremely well for us.

Here's my weekly food supply list:

* 5-6 uncooked eggs in a large glass Mason jar lined with a paper towel to keep them from breaking.

* 2 bags of lunch meat, like honey ham and roast beef (YUM!)

* a small jar of mayo

* a large Mason jar that holds my milk (and yes, I drink powdered milk a couple times each week; just fix it early in the day so it has time to chill)

* home canned peaches

* A large plastic container available at Bed Bath and Beyond holding flour burritos, home cooked taco meat, lettuce, diced tomatoes, Glad containeras with pot roast/potatoes/carrots, spaghetti and meat sauce, maybe lasagna if I've fixed some recently, chicken parmesan, and whatever else we have in the freezer. I've also started carrying Mozzarella and cheddar cheeses combined for that great morning omelette!

I recommend this container instead of freezer or storage bags as it keeps everything from getting soaked by the melting ice. Once I started doing that, no more soaked food!

I keep home canned soups that my wife has prepared in a steam pressure canner, along with peanut butter, preserves, store bought canned fruit such as pineapple, fruit ####tail and mandarin oranges. I also like tuna salad, but when I want something fast, PB&J usually fills the bill.

Eating out is just getting too expensive so we're trying to cut corners wherever we can in order to save money.

Hope this gives you some ideas concerning what I do. Believe me, I eat extremely well and can do it for a fraction of the cost compared to truckstops!

The key: let your imagination be your guide. If you have an inverter, microwave and an electric skillet, there's no limit to what you can fix! It's all a matter of how big your cooler is...

Thanks,
Mike

 

If you have a freezer (in truck or at home), try a snack of frozen Red Grapes...tasty!

I agree, big time! Lots of the foods listed on here is prepackaged. Basically, anything that comes in a can or frozen (along with many other things) is going to be very high in sodium. That leads to cardiovascular issues down the line (and sooner). My Dad told me a while back that in our family, our brains explode or our hearts explode...lots of cardio issues. Sodium (and other preservatives) really is not good for you at all. When I looked at what i ate (frozen dinners, pizzas, frozen fish, canned soups and other canned goods)...it really hit me what I was doing. Now Im trying to eat a lot healthier.

I know its a big issue for truck drivers, but there are better choices than canned / frozen foods out there.