Comments on: Kitchen Talk: Road Trip!

By: Jackie

Jackie — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 01:38:54 +0000

This past weekend, my boyfriend and I, along with a friend of ours, made the two-hour drive up to Boston for an event, and rather than getting fast food along the way, I decided I’d make food to pack. I baked two loaves of bread (one regular sandwich bread, one cinnamon-swirl); the regular bread became turkey-and-cheese sandwiches, and the cinnamon-swirl bread became peanut-butter-and-Nutella sandwiches. I baked a pumpkin-bread Bundt cake with maple glaze, cut several slices, and wrapped them in plastic wrap. Those, some juice boxes (apple and grape), a bag of clementines, and some fun-size chocolate bars, were our road trip food. (In retrospect, I may have slightly over-prepared… especially since we went out to dinner with friends right before our return trip.) But it was tasty!

By: AngAK

AngAK — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 00:56:01 +0000

My Mom always made apple turnover type pockets for our road trips. loved those things. we could never have books or crayons or crafts of any type because I would get terribly car sick. just looking out the car window games. same thing now. I love audio books now and we listen to one each time we go to our fishing cabin 3 hours away. we can usually finish a short book on the round trip. popcorn and packets of trail mix or nuts is our standard car snack for this trip. if it’s longer, I’ll pack a picnic—no matter the weather. love picnics

By: KrissyC EsMommy

KrissyC EsMommy — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 21:04:25 +0000

We don’t really do long road trips, but we do make a 400 mile round trip (200 miles up then 200 back again) to my family’s place a few times a year. That 3-4 hours in a car is enough to drive me insane but only because I hate small spaces! Someday we’ll do longer but for now, its short. lol. BUT for trips we usually get hungry there and back again due to being hurried in the mornings and the nights being very late, so I always pack sandwiches made with rolls, bags of chips, popcorn, cereals, and dried fruit to with them. I pack lots of juices and water and activities like color books (even I love to color), word searches, puzzle books, maze books and such. Plus my daughter plays her ds a little bit of the time as well. We sing, laugh, talk, share stories, and just enjoy the scenery. Good luck on your upcoming trips!

By: jan g

jan g — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 19:13:28 +0000

Your road trips sound far more exciting than ours… but when we’re taking short weekend trips, i always make a big batch of Chex mix (all from generics, sorry Chex), in the microwave because it takes a total of 9 minutes, so that the spousal unit can munch and stay awake. Must reserve bag for return trip.

By: Melissa G

Melissa G — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 10:52:48 +0000

I just came back from a 9-day road trip, and it turns out I like the idea of a road trip much more than the actual “road” part (2650km round-trip, I was the only driver!). The best thing I packed, food-wise, was breakfast food. A packet of cereal, a loaf of bread, butter, peanut butter, milk, coffee and sugar meant that we were able to feed ourselves in the morning and that was one less meal to budget for. I also took a carton of Coke, easy to stick a couple of cans in the fridge on arrival at our nightly stop, another saving. And apples, so that there was something other than the never-ending stream of chips and lollies to munch on!

By: Jenny

Jenny — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 04:42:36 +0000

I like to make stromboli for road trips. We slice it up and keep it in a cooler and its a family tradition as my daughter makes it for road trips as well. Favorites are pepperoni and mozzarella, ham and Swiss cheese, and salami and cojack!

By: Sonjia

Sonjia — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 03:41:24 +0000

The day after Thanksgiving every year, my family takes a 7 hour drive from Dallas, Texas to Eureka Springs, Arkansas just to enjoy the cold weather and the beauty of this tiny victorian mountain town. We are up before the sun and on the road by 6am. I make bacon and egg breakfast burritos for the drive. We always stop half way there for lunch at a rest stop in Oklahoma. That’s when I break out the crockpot full of warm chili, that cooked overnight. When we get to our hotel, I clean out the crockpot and set it up with irish oats, sugar, cinnamon and apples. I plug this in when we go to bed. We have a hot breakfast waiting when we wake up the next morning.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 21:26:07 +0000

I have a bad habit of mindlessly eating on road trips, so I pack a lot of veggies!

By: Iris Tate

Iris Tate — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 19:43:09 +0000

A long time ago, we took our 3 kids and 6 foster kids on a huge tour of western USA in a station wagon….. I gave each kid $5.00 in quarters, and whoever made a gripe or negative comment or started a fuss had to give up a quarter. Only one boy lost one quarter, and I the Mom, lost one. The rest they could spend on souvenirs. It was a pleasant trip.

By: Mary O.

Mary O. — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 19:20:15 +0000

Best line ever! “Plus you get to remove your shoes and your belt because you want to, not because you have to.”