What do you eat on the road?
Our top 10 Make-Ahead Recipes for Road Trips, Travel, and Picnics
Leaving home doesn’t mean leaving homemade food behind.
What if your next road or plane ride included crave-worth, nourishing meals and snacks that are ready to go before you even pack the car?
Say goodbye to soggy sandwiches and overpriced airport food! This week’s episode is your guide to easy, delicious make-ahead meals and snacks for road trips, beach days, and airplane adventures. Whether it’s a 3-ingredient cookie you can bake days in advance, or a thermos full of a refreshing homemade slushie, we’ve rounded up recipes below that are designed to travel well and taste even better on-the-go.
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What’s your favorite on-the-go food?
RECIPE ROUNDUP
Breakfast:
Alison Roman’s blueberry muffin recipe, and Smitten Kitchen’s even more perfect blueberry muffins
Banana nut breakfast bars from Sohly El-Waylly for NYT Cooking
Lunch:
Quinoa patties by Heidi Swanson of 101 Cookbooks
Lemony kale avocado sandwiches by Dirty Gourmet for Sunset Magazine
Snacks:
Coconut date balls by Feel Good Foodie
Chickpea & cherries snack mix from Well Plated
Sweets:
3-Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies from All Recipes
English flapjacks from Smitten Kitchen
Beverages:
Watermelon slushie by From My Bowl
Good juices (like the ones from JJ’s Lone Daugther Ranch), frozen and used as ice packs
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