Hey guys. First post here, and I liked what I have read in these forums from my previous visits. I thought I’d ask around here for some advice.
I’m curious what you others do for food when your out all day at work, taking a trip, on the road, ect.
I’m a hardgainer that works as a sound engineer, so once, sometimes twice per week I’m at a gig from morning until midnight. Basically, I’ll eat breakfast then off I go. We are catered for lunch and dinner, however I still need at least 2-3 more meals in my day, and something more then just peanut butter sandwiches and protein shakes.
Anyone else in this type of situation, or on the road? What kind of portable meal ideas are there, if any?
First of all get a cooler, or one of those you stick ice cubes down the sides to keep the food fresh. Then you can prepare stuff and stick it in Tupperware type containers and take it with you, as in proper stuff you might eat off a plate at home.
If you are a ‘hardgainer’ which is a bit of a spurious term anyway then work out what kind of calorie levels you need to grow and work with that. Besides protein sources like meats and cheese mixed with whatever you might eat at home, also take salads and stuff to make sure you are getting some phyto-nutrients too to keep healthy.
Avoid taking eggs though, they taste ok, but they will smell real nasty unless you have a cool box that you can plug in the mains.
The issue I have is that there’s not always a microwave around when the gigs I do are outside, so I can’t necessarily bring my left overs.
I’ve got a gig tomorrow, outside all day in the heat with minimal time to stop and snack. I’m going to try bringing trail mix, string cheese, grapes, a couple PB sandwiches and some chicken strips I’m heating up now. I probably still won’t be getting enough food but we’ll see how it works out.
[quote]MrPibb wrote:
The issue I have is that there’s not always a microwave around when the gigs I do are outside, so I can’t necessarily bring my left overs.
I’ve got a gig tomorrow, outside all day in the heat with minimal time to stop and snack. I’m going to try bringing trail mix, string cheese, grapes, a couple PB sandwiches and some chicken strips I’m heating up now. I probably still won’t be getting enough food but we’ll see how it works out.[/quote]
Make protein bars, it’s really not that hard and they can be pretty tastey. “Gourmet Nutrition” is an excellent cookbook written by John Berardi with lots of recipes for protien bars.
Other than that, make food that doesn’t need to be heated up, like chicken or tuna salad and bring it in your cooler.