Doing local deliveries and eating on the road?!

When I ran local I would mix it up a bit. Since I ran "milk runs", meaning the same route each day, I would eat on the road once a week.

The rest of the week I would bring leftovers from home and warm them up in a 12v lunch pail oven. If you pack them in foil trays when putting away dinner the night before they heat up nicely and no mess. I used the same concept before the 12v stoves were common by wrapping food in foil and heating it on my engine exhaust or carrying Thermo bottles of soup or chili to go with my cold sandwich.

Ziploc bags with carrots, celery and other vegetables that travel well make great snacks, better than a bag of chips or a candy bar.

The best thing you can do is stay away from the fast food and truck stop stuff. This job is tough enough on your body, you don't need to be feeding it that crap.

 

That is a great idea as well. I have begun eating those protein bars as a meal replacement, even at home, and they work well, easy to pack , and satisfying. I should have thought of that for my reply.

 

I bought a lunch box cooker when I first started out and still have. lol.

loved that thing,

chop up some leftover meat, veggies, a little water. maybe some cream of mushroom soup, close and it will be done in at least an hour or so.

I was OTR

 

Every day, turkey sandwich, multiple kinds of fruit. I carry also that huge case of H2O(water). No sugar drinks. For the morning start, Black coffee,Banana and peanut butter sandwich. This is for a Local driver.

 

Depends. 12v heater works great for just about anything you bring from home. Otherwise, MREs, freeze dried anything, protein bars, fruit, sandwhich spreads (try some of the argeta import one), stuff like deviled ham ect, canned or packet fruits, tuna or spam pouches ect.

If you cam access a microwave, pretty much anything canned or in a retort pouch, try mixing a can of veggys with some pasta and adding canned meat. Samyang ramen with a hard boiled egg some water chestnuts and a pack of meat of some kind or one of those packs of freeze dried ramen mix ins and a pack of chicken or beef strips is good.

And those are just off the top of my head. youed be shocked what you can make with just a microwave and some freeze dried and what is shelf stable and delecious if your willing to try odd foods. Lot of it is even healthy.

 

I pack a couple sandwiches and snacks, whatever.

I always fuel at Kwik Star, so after a couple fill ups I have enough points to treat myself to lunch.

 

I do local deliveries. Bought a 12 volt warmer off Amazon and use it all the time to heat up leftovers from supper, hot pockets, or whatever you want to heat with it. Works great.

 

Buy a bunch of cold cuts. Make sandwiches. Peanut butter and jelly. Get an insulated lunch box, flexible off Amazon. Plus some bottled water. Buy the 20 pack of small chip bags at Walmart. Take one or two a day with you