Food for flight ideas

amother

OP ↓

Sun, Jan 05 2025, 9:28 am

I have an early morning flight so I need to take along breakfast and lunch that I will prepare the night before. What can I take that will stay fresh? Will a tuna bagel prepared and refrigerated the night before still taste good?

MiracleMama

Sun, Jan 05 2025, 9:29 am

Breakfast can be anything since it will be eaten early. Lunch I tend to go with PBJs.

amother

Bisque

Sun, Jan 05 2025, 9:32 am

You can freeze a cheese snack or yogurt for breakfast.

lunch can be schnitzel or cold cuts and put it in a roll.

amother

↑ OP ↓

Sun, Jan 05 2025, 9:42 am

amother Cream wrote:

For the benefit of your seatmate plz don t take tuna!!!

I would probably be eating it at the gate and not on the plane, but how aboiut an egg salad sandwich? Can it be prepared the night before, then refrigerated? Will it taste good?

amother

↑ OP ↓

Sun, Jan 05 2025, 9:42 am

amother Bisque wrote:

You can freeze a cheese snack or yogurt for breakfast.

lunch can be schnitzel or cold cuts and put it in a roll.

No fleishigs.
Yogurt isn't filling enough.

amother

DarkRed

Sun, Jan 05 2025, 9:43 am

amother OP wrote:

I would probably be eating it at the gate and not on the plane, but how aboiut an egg salad sandwich? Can it be prepared the night before, then refrigerated? Will it taste good?

My thoughts about egg salad are the same as Amother Cream expressed about tuna. But if eaten at the gate, no problem.

amother

Whitewash ↓

Sun, Jan 05 2025, 9:44 am

amother OP wrote:

I would probably be eating it at the gate and not on the plane, but how aboiut an egg salad sandwich? Can it be prepared the night before, then refrigerated? Will it taste good?

Egg salad on the plane is worse than tuna.
It can definitely be prepped the night before though.

amother

↑ OP

Sun, Jan 05 2025, 9:46 am

amother Whitewash wrote:

Egg salad on the plane is worse than tuna.
It can definitely be prepped the night before though.

Any other suggestions that aren't as smelly?
I'm actually surprised at these comments- aren't cold cuts just as smelly?

amother

↑ Whitewash

Sun, Jan 05 2025, 9:49 am

amother OP wrote:

Any other suggestions that aren't as smelly?
I'm actually surprised at these comments- aren't cold cuts just as smelly?

Cold cuts are not smelly.
I usually do peanut butter sandwiches or cream cheese & cheese sandwiches.
You can also take sushi, crackers with hummus & veggies, a filling salad, pasta.

amother

Kiwi

Sun, Jan 05 2025, 9:52 am

Pretzels. Tortilla chips with guacamole. Bagel and cream cheese. Dried fruit. Crackers. Sliced apple. Applesauce cup. Rice cakes. Cheese sticks.

amother

Skyblue

Sun, Jan 05 2025, 10:26 am

I just do cream cheese sandwiches, squeeze yogurts, sliced apples

ra_mom

Sun, Jan 05 2025, 10:50 am

amother OP wrote:

Tuna sandwich from the fridge. Don't worry about seatmate. It's one cold sandwich, not being opened drained and mashed then, and likely you'll be eating it in the airport, not on the plane.

Take veggie stix to munch on for the flight. Some pretzels, nuts, Kind bars or protein bars.

Cold cuts sandwiches for lunch.

amother

Calendula

Sun, Jan 05 2025, 10:52 am

Since you're being considerate of seatmates, don't PBJs post an allergy risk? As does hummus/tehina?

amother

↑ Cream

Sun, Jan 05 2025, 11:14 am

amother Calendula wrote:

Since you're being considerate of seatmates, don't PBJs post an allergy risk? As does hummus/tehina?

Pb is an airborne allergy for those that are extremely sensitive, but Tchina and hummus are not airborne

patzer

Sun, Jan 05 2025, 12:12 pm

Keep in mind that many of the foods suggested here are at risk of being confiscated by TSA agents. It very much depends on the day and on the whims of whoever's on duty then. But I've definitely heard of yogurt and cheese snack being considered liquids. Squeezy applesauce seems risky, too, as do containers of dips like hummus and guacamole. Depending on your luck, any of these things may pass - or they may not.