I don't
do well eating out. I often find foods
are too salty or greasy for my liking and tend to leave me with that sick, I
wish I hadn’t eaten that, feeling. Not
to mention it can be rather expensive.
Whenever
we travel, even if we are staying in hotels, I always pack a cooler stocked
with beverages, snacks, fresh fruit and items to make sandwiches. We try to keep the junk food to a minimum.
By
eating out once a day and then enjoying a "home cooked" meal at a park
or in our hotel room we are able to maintain a healthier diet, save time and
save some money too.
Freezing
water bottles to use for ice is a great way to keep foods chilled. Once they melt you have plenty of cold
drinking water. I then supplement with
ice from the hotel to keep our food chilled.
It is
not uncommon for me to stop at the grocery store to shop while on a trip
too. Nor is it all that uncommon for me
to haul a slow cooker along to cook a meal on the bathroom counter of our hotel
room.
How are
some ways you save on meals while traveling?
We do love to eat out when traveling but we always take a cooler for drinks & snacks too. My hubby is diabetic so that way we always have things along if he would need it quick. We do always bring along cereal bars for the day we leave to come home to save money on eating breakfast out that last day & also to save time to get on the road sooner.
ReplyDeleteRhonda
Great idea about the cereal bars. I think I might pick some of those up for the kiddos. Enjoy your day!
DeleteWe only bring drinks and snacks on the rare occasion we travel. When we do go somewhere (I've been to maybe 4 hotels in the past decade), it is a rare and special treat so we enjoy eating out then. Something we try not to do so much at home.
ReplyDeleteLike you we find eating out is a special part of going on vacation too. Needless to say we've been indulging quite a bit lately.
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