Okay Mustachian friends. My hubby and kids and I are taking a train trip this summer - just one day between families. We usually drive but the train was a better deal than renting a car and bonus: my kid doesn't get sick on a train.
Anyway, having taken a couple of Amtrak trips before, what I *do* know is that their food SUCKS.
So, here are the parameters:
1. Spending the night before in a hotel without a fridge or microwave. Plus no free breakfast.
2. Can take a small cooler BAG, but not really anything heavily insulated because it has to go in our luggage on the plane there and back.
3. Reasonably healthy
I'm looking for ideas for breakfast and lunch and a morning snack - keeping in mind that I will be preparing everything the day before, and it will need to stay "good", or cold for overnight in the hotel room (we'll have access to ice for the cooler bag).
Probably won't want to have ice in the cooler bag when we are actually on the train, too messy. May take one of those freezer packs and hope they stay cold.
I'm not averse to snacks and treats (I think we'll have some treats anyway), but I am averse to paying a huge amount for Amtrak treats.
I know I want to have fruit, veggies, maybe some cheese - but I'm also trying to think of good food that is also normal food, that doesn't require much refrigeration. I'm just looking for more ideas I guess than the standard: apples, carrots, peppers, hummus, nuts, and cheese (which would probably be fine too).