Breakfast was pretty boring as it was the hotel's continental offerings. Rather than haul my soymilk down to the lobby tomorrow to eat sugary cereal, I think I'll just break into our big box of Shredded Wheat in the room. It'll be easier and better for me, too.
I spent half an hour in the room prepping our lunch. Since I knew we wouldn't have a microwave in the room today and I really don't feel like trekking down to the lobby to use theirs (again), I used the immersion heater I picked up before leaving home. As long as you remember to never ever plug it in unless it is already in the water, they work like a charm. I have burned out several of these in the past by either forgetting to put it in the water before plugging it in or taking it out of the hot water before unplugging it.
Anyway, I needed the hot water to rehydrate some of the bean spread I made and dehydrated last week. While that was rehydrating, I sliced a tomato I picked up at the market yesterday, set aside some lettuce leaves from home, and put some whole wheat bread (also purchased yesterday) in a bag for today's travels. When the beans were creamy, I added some sliced green onions from home. Snacks today will be Pretzel Thins from Trader Joe's, the last Arizona sweet orange, apple slices with peanut butter, and/or carrot sticks.
I wish more of today's meal was local but I think I'm doing pretty good with the beans, green onions, lettuce, and orange. I hope to get by a local Farmer's Market this weekend to pick up some local fare.
Tonight will probably see us munching on our dehydrated backpacking food again. They are okay for this situation but I wouldn't want to live on the stuff. However, as I recall from my younger backpacking days, darn near anything tastes great on the trail at the end of a long hike!
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Hope your trip is going well!
Sounds like you're doing great! When we travel, we just end up eating out. My hubby doesn't like packed food (he wants burgers and fries) so rather than just pack for myself and bring it into the restaurant, I just choose a healthier option off the menu. I'd much rather do what you're doing - all local or not. Sounds yummy!
Good for you for being so thrify. Did you ever consider bringing along your own microwave oven? I have seen some folks talk about that on the McDougall board. Hope all you passengers in the car are doing well.
I'm impressed with how much food prep you're doing on your trip! You should check out (probably more for when you get back) springpad's weekly meal planner - it's a great way to organize all of your menus and recipes, I think you'd really like it!
This is so great that you are doing it! We normally also get some kind of food with us when we go on vacation, though never to cover the whole vacation or every meal. We are hoping to go camping this summer (first time on our own) and I would like to bring healthy food with us to eat. You are an inspiration.
Um, so I guess I shouldn't say anything about the deep-fried onion rings we're both craving from the fast food place next to the hotel? It's been a very long and quite stressful day. Not sure this area will work out for us yet. More at a later date.
See, I looked away for a moment and you hit the road. Keep up the flora and fauna clues and we can play where in the world is Chile Chews!
What??? NO POP TARTS????
8-O
The immersion heater sounds nice! I always end up using the in room coffee maker for hot water... some models work better than others, though.
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