Foods to bring traveling No Fridge needed
Posted by portabellobella on May 10, 2007 · Member since May 2007 · 3 posts
I'm going away for a few days without access to a fridge, supermarket or much in the way of veg dining options (maybe fries if I'm lucky). There will be no kitchen or cooking equipment at all. I'd love suggestions of things I can make ahead to keep me from going hungry. I already plan on bringing whole fruit, pretzels and nuts but I'm stumped on what else to have. What would keep for four days without refridgeration?
Will you have a cooler? Maybe you can make a beautiful salad. Bean salad. Quinoa salad. Peanut butter sandwiches (yum).
Lara bars!
Water, whole fruits, carrots and other veggies, nuts and seeds, dried fruit, hummus, sliced bread or pita bread, jar of peanut butter, bars (larabar, clifbar/zbar, odwalla- whatever your favorite is), carton of soymilk, cereal/granola... You can take a few things for preparation like a knife, plate/tupperware, bowl,fork, spoon, cutting board, etc, because if you cut the fruit up already it will start going bad and will stay fresher whole.... REI has a lot of cool camping stuff, like camping cookware (you could take beans and make campfire chili) and they have this spoon/fork/knife in one and other useful gadgets....check out their website!
I would make sure to take a little coffee press because I love to have coffee in the mornings!
Have fun on your trip! :)
I posted a similar question not too long ago - titled something like "help for the nomadic veg*n" - my computer is giving me trouble, so I can't search for the link -but it was 3-4 weeks ago.
I've been working with this situation for a while. I bought a hotpot (Proctor Silex makes a very good one, whereas the Rival one has crevices and posts for food to get caught in)
There is a great book - "Apocalypse Chow" by Jon and Robin Robertson. It is all vegan recipes made from pantry staples. It is intended for use during hurricaines and other natural disasters, but is also good for hotel travel, and college dorm use.
I've been delighted so far with Morroccan Vegetable Stew, Curry in a Hurry, and an Italian-inspired stew. It is amazing how good the recipes turn out, when they take about 10-15 minutes to make and are from cans and boxes of food.
Check it out from the library, or order in from the web - it's a great book for this type of need!
There is a great book - "Apocalypse Chow" by Jon and Robin Robertson. It is all vegan recipes made from pantry staples. It is intended for use during hurricaines and other natural disasters, but is also good for hotel travel, and college dorm use.
I never heard of the book, but I love the name of it-- "Apocalypse Chow"! ;D
"I love the smell of tofu scramble in the morning...the smell...you know that garlicky smell...the whole kitchen. Smelled liked......breakfast."
-QOD (Queen of Digression)
This might be a bit of a cheat on the no-fridge-healthy-vegan-eating-nuts-and-fruits norm, but Trader Joe's carries some vacuum-sealed Indian entées, I think three of which are vegan (eggplant, chickpeas, and the lentils). You'd have to eat it room-temp, but it would beat eating trail mix all the time...
http://www.ourvegankitchen.com/index.php?option=com_rapidrecipe&page=viewrecipe&recipe_id=38
Make these without the apple juice concentrate and add liquid sweetener, like agave or maple syrup instead. They will last awhile out of the fridge and are a wonderfully tasty way to get energy and nutrition.
Can you get the no-refrigeration yogurts there? Here in Spain they sit happily on the store shelf or in your cupboard until the seal is broken. They have several fruit flavoured ones. It's made by Pascual here but I'm sure would be another brand outside Spain.
I loved the Pascual yogurt in Spain, hmmmm you can't find it here in the states and I really miss the apple flavor that I ate when I was studying in Barcelona
This might be a bit of a cheat on the no-fridge-healthy-vegan-eating-nuts-and-fruits norm, but Trader Joe's carries some vacuum-sealed Indian entées, I think three of which are vegan (eggplant, chickpeas, and the lentils). You'd have to eat it room-temp, but it would beat eating trail mix all the time...
I second that. I bought some of these vacuum sealed meals (some are Thai noodle) also can soups along with a lots of fruits to a conference back in March.