We've written about our road trip here already, but what we didn't include was the elaborate planning that went into getting ready to take a toddler on a multi-day car bound adventure. I was a little worried about the food situation. We eat vegetarian and most of the road food available for vegetarians is some form of a deep fried potato or some form of cheese. Not so healthy.
Instead of hunting around the gas stations for the least worst option, we just decided to make a bunch of stuff to bring. For the road trip, I made:
- Non-garlicy hummus
- Homemade white bread
- Two large loaves of banana nut bread
- Homemade granola bars
- Fresh fruit
- Nuts
The hummus is from our own standard recipe that I just eye ball. The banana bread was actually from a recipe from a Martha Stewart cookbook that called for buttermilk instead of sour cream like the recipe I linked to above. Also, I accidentally left the granola bars in the oven for an extra 30 minutes with no harm done.
Believe it or not, this held us all the way through the 5 day road trip with some main meals supplemented at restaurants. The banana bread and the granola bars were the big stars. And Mr. J managed to get through the whole road trip without a single french fry!
That is really impressive. We have a pretty hard time eating on road trips although most of our trips are 1/2 day drives to stay with someone at their house so at least we have access to a kitchen. Still, between being vegetarian and Asher's allergies to corn and soy, it's a challenge. We usually make a loaf of bread and some pasta and take fruit and granola bars as well.
ReplyDeleteI didn't get to try the hummus but I can vouch for the banana bread and granola bars. They were perfect for filling us up AND cheering us up! Thanks for doing all of that Jenny.
ReplyDeleteI thought that cherries would travel better than they did.... We'll think of something better next time.
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