No-fridge lunches/snack ideas

[Jalapeñomel]

What do you pack if you know you will be out over lunch time, and you don't have a fridge/cooler?


EDIT: I do have an insulated bag!

[DarcyLongfellow]

Do you have an insulated lunch box? I'm a walking lunch cart anytime I leave the house with my kids. I usually bring an insulated lunch box (just an old character one from Target that DD1 used in preschool) with an ice pack. It keeps things like yogurt and cheese cold for hours, even in the Florida heat.

So, I'd probably bring something that would be better if kept cold, like a salad or a turkey sandwich and just keep it cool.

But if that weren't an option, I'd probably pack myself a PB&J.

You meant for you, right? If it's for the kids, probably string cheese, sliced apples, yogurt, crackers, and a couple PB&J's, which would have about a 50% chance of being eaten.

[6fsn]

If we're all together I use their freezer yogurts as a cold pack for my yogurt, cheese sticks, turkey slices (my kids hate sandwiches), hummus and veggies, a sleeve of saltines, and some sort of fruit. When they were little I did a lot of frozen waffles. 90% of the time I have a bag of trail mix in my car- nuts, craisins, mini marshmallows and mini M&Ms, peanut butter chips.

[dcn]

I do an ice pack, but a pb&j and an apple, or crackers and pb. I keep the little jif to go cups and crackers at my desk for snacks and lunch if I forget or don't have time to grab something.

Almonds, fruit leathers, real fruit etc.

[Jalapeñomel]

May 25, 2015 20:04:59 GMT -5 DarcyLongfellow said:

Do you have an insulated lunch box? I'm a walking lunch cart anytime I leave the house with my kids. I usually bring an insulated lunch box (just an old character one from Target that DD1 used in preschool) with an ice pack. It keeps things like yogurt and cheese cold for hours, even in the Florida heat.

So, I'd probably bring something that would be better if kept cold, like a salad or a turkey sandwich and just keep it cool.

But if that weren't an option, I'd probably pack myself a PB&J.

You meant for you, right? If it's for the kids, probably string cheese, sliced apples, yogurt, crackers, and a couple PB&J's, which would have about a 50% chance of being eaten.

Sorry the kiddo!  I do have an insulated bag!

[babyrn]

My kiddo is a horrible eater but our go to meals/snacks for when we are out are usually packages of peanut butter crackers, applesauce pouches, and raisins. I typically keep those in each diaper bag and my purse so we always have something.

[nextbigthing]

I'm hanging my head in shame admitting that I regularly take an uncrustable for non refrigerated lunch.

Also fruit, hummus and chips or veggies, hard boiled eggs, nuts all do well also (I work from my car most says)

[AlpineSlide]

crackers
granola bar
pouch
pb or cheese sandwich
cheese stick
raisins
goldfish
puffs, cereal

[anna7602]

Quinoa, black bean & avocado salad is my go-to have-to-be-out-and-about-on-the-streets-of-NY-all-day or traveling-on-an-airplane meal. 

[Deleted]

Money?

No idk depends on what we have but a milk box, banana, apple sauce pouch. B eats anything but I try to keep easy tantrum quellers on hand.

[darnkatz]

PB or cream cheese with a banana in a tortilla (you can slice it if that is easier)
Pasta salad (pasta, diced bell pepper, diced olives, cubed mozzarella cheese, Italian dressing)
PB&J
Yogurt and granola with berries
Extras - carrot sticks, cucumber slices, apple slices, dried fruit, cubed cheese, olives, etc.

[Deleted]

When we are out, like this weekend at a local petting zoo/splash pad I usually pack the following:
Sunbutter sandwhiches
freeze dried fruit like apples, strawberries, mango
raisins
Kashi cereal bars
Happy Creamies (freeze dried fruit/veggie/coconut milk snack melt things)
pouches
Kashi clusters cereal

I don't usually bring a cooler bag but if I did I'd bring some deli turkey or ham too.

We are working with dairy, egg, and peanut allergies so that influences our choices. I prefer the freeze dried fruit for when we are out and about because it's less mess and I'm not worried about it getting smashed while carrying it around.