When packing snacks for a street journey, I’ve by no means been good at being the mother or father who packs a rainbow of wholesome meals…
Goldfish? sure. The greens I chopped and prepped the evening earlier than? Will not occur. However I’m there’s got here up with a secret weapon snack that has a confirmed observe document of curbing starvation and getting by way of undesirable TSA delays for my two children (ages 5 and a couple of).
That is… a Ziploc bag of cooked pasta.
Sure, that is it. I boil a pound of it the evening earlier than I go away, let it cool, add just a little drizzle of olive oil to stop sticking, and put greater than half in a gallon Ziploc bag. (I go away the remainder in a Tupperware within the fridge for after we get dwelling so there’s one thing to eat.) The bag goes in my bag…typically with an ice pack if it’ll be a very long time.
An enormous bag of pasta accompanied my household by way of the insanely lengthy immigration line in Costa Rica, the six-hour automotive experience to North Carolina, and the three-hour delayed flight to Dallas.
It retains my children full and does not require silverware – that is the place penne or rigatoni is necessary! Simple to seize! For toddlers, it even occupies them for a lot of minutes on finish (minutes are a win in child journey!) as they attain (with clear arms) into an enormous bag to seize a penny.
What it lacks in creativity (and any nuances of style), it makes up for in ease: no sticky fingers or crumbs within the crevices of automotive seats. Penne is straightforward to scrub when a chunk inevitably falls to the ground.
Did we additionally use a bag of pasta after we arrived at our vacation spot? Undoubtedly. A bag of pasta could be jammed into the lodge mini-fridge, and it is also nice when you have not purchased groceries on your Airbnb and your jet-lagged children are hungry at 5 a.m., however nothing’s open for breakfast but. As a result of pasta for breakfast—or any hour—is certainly allowed whenever you’re touring.
What’s your go-to journey snack?
Kerry Polis is an editorial marketing consultant and strategist for meals and life-style manufacturers. She writes a publication: Cheese, e book, restaurant, factor.
PS Tapas in muffin tins and the #1 tip for household journey.
(Prime photograph by Simone Wave/Stocksy. Macaron photograph by Jenny Rosenstrach.)
