Need ideas for take-along food for travel

[RapidBreath]

You can drink half a bottle of water and then place it on its side in the freezer the night before, then on the day you plan to go fill it with water. The water will be drinkable and the ice will melt keeping it cool longer. You can freeze iced tea or juice for a little more calories. You can also freeze your grapes; cantaloupe and carrots freeze well too. Those are fun to eat frozen.

Just, what are you doing out there in the desert? It sounds like working on a film crew. I used to work films, 20 hour days/6 days/week in 130 deg. heat. I remember one time, my binder melted onto my leg. I was lucky though, we had a craft services department that took care of the food. After a few years of that, I burned out and had to come home. Now, I'm looking for a normal, human type job thats less than 14 hours a day Do you use a frozen neck kerchief? I know that many ultra runners use that to help keep their core body temperature down. How about a cooling vest to keep your skin temp down? They aren't cheap, but a lot of people get improved performance wearing such a thing.

I noticed that others had posted about the sealed meat packets, I do think that would be very helpful. Also, the jerky can be home made with less salt. Don't worry so much about the sodium, you need it to get the fluid into your cells, its critical to your overall health in that kind of heat. How about some of those kale chips?

 

[kathryn]

I'd suggest an easy-to-mix protein smoothie mix (I like Vega Shake-n-go smoothie in choc-a-lot) that you can add to water and shake in a bottle (I use stainless steel water bottles).

Also, take along some chia seed to add to your water (add a spooful to a quart of water, shake and let sit 10 minutes, shake again, then drink). It will help keep you hydrated, and provide omega 3's and protein and antioxidants.

I'd also pick up some bananas to eat along with the trail mix, and be sure to take lots of water if the other foods you are eating are rather dry.

 

[Shadowpup]

Ditto on the chia - try mixing in a little dried peppermint leaf, too.

Most of my staples for lengthy airline travel wouldn't make it in that amount of heat. Would a Bento Box work for you? This one is great for a single day's worth of food:
Amazon.com: Zojirushi SL-JAE14 Mr. Bento Stainless Steel Lunch Jar: Home & Garden


Other that might survive a hot day in a car (in addition to the dried fruit):
carrot sticks, Kashi bars (as opposed to my favorite cliff bars, which would get melted chocolate everywhere), greek yogurt if you eat it in the morning (in the small containers), string cheese (for your room, not the car), fruit rolls (I make mine), home made oatmeal cookies - freeze them at home, slightly drier than usual, and put them in a ziplock bag.

I have experimented with reconstituting frozen steel cut oatmeal too, by mixing in a little protein powder and a smidge of water after it warms up. It isn't bad, just not quite as firm.