Food Ideas

How to live out of a hotel room and NOT spend too much on food.

Assumes you have a refrigerator in your room - otherwise, buy a couple of those styrofoam ice chests - hotels have ice available.

Bring or buy cheap ones when you get there:
· Paper goods: plates, bowls, cups, forks, spoons, knives, napkins and/or
paper towels.
· Serving bowls to hold things like fresh fruit and other snacks so they
are available for easy grazing

- can opener, sharp knife

Meals
· Salad fixings and dressings
· Veggies: red peppers, carrots, cucumber etc for dips, plain snacking, or
add to salads
· Bagels and cream cheese
· sweet rolls
· muffins
· Box cereal and milk
· Peanut butter and jelly (or honey or whatever)
· cucumber, avocado, and sprout sandwiches
· Cheeses (Babybels or string cheese come individually wrapped for easy
snacking)
· Hard boiled eggs
· Cold leftover pizza
· Tuna salad, or egg, chicken, or ham salads as an alternative
· Cottage cheese
· Yogurt
· Add-ons for yogurt or cottage cheese: Honey, jam, cinnamon (can also be
a dessert fruit dip)
· Pasta salads: add bagged greens, fruit, or tuna, diced chicken or ham,
or grated cheese
· Some good brown mustard and a bit of curry powder: either in plain
yogurt (or mayo) makes a spread, dip or salad dressing (really jazzes up hb
eggs)
· Cold cooked chicken
· Fruit
· Dried fruit--raisins, apricots, cherries, mango, pineapple, etc.

Simple (cook with hot water)

· Ramen or other things you can pour hot water on
· Couscous and cracked wheat (bulgur) are ready in about 5 minutes after
pouring hot (near boiling) water on.
· Indian food entrees in foil pouches could sit in hot water
· Oatmeal 

- Mashed potatoes

Drinks
· Juice boxes, or larger bottles plus paper cups
· Bottled water
· Instant hot chocolate
· Instant shakes

Snacks
· Granola bars
· Trail mix
· Nuts: add sunflower seeds, almonds, pumpkin seeds etc. to salads,
cereals, yogurt or eat plain.
· Cereal bars
· Your favorite crackers
· Breads
· Protein bars
· cheeses
· Crackers and humus