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How to survive at a homeschool conference with starving children in a hotel room where
all the food is way too expensive for your budget.
by Nancy Friedland
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Bring:
· Ice chest (refill with the hotel ice)
· Paper goods: plates, bowls, cups, forks,
spoons, knives, napkins and/or paper towels.
· Serving bowls to hold things like fresh fruit and other snacks so
they are available for easy grazing
Main course type foods
· Salad fixings and dressings
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Veggies: red peppers, carrots, cucumber etc for dips, plain snacking, or add to salads
· Bagels and cream cheese
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Sweet rolls
· Muffins
· Box cereal and milk
· Peanut butter and jelly (or honey or whatever)
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Cucumber, avocado, and sprout sandwiches
· Cheeses (Babybels or string cheese come individually wrapped for easy snacking)
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Hard boiled eggs
· Cold leftover pizza (or get take-out)
· Trader Joe's Just Chicken/Shrimp
· Tuna salad,
or egg, chicken, or ham salads as an alternative (can pre-make at home)
· Cottage cheese
· Yogurt
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Add-ons for yogurt or cottage cheese: Honey, jam, cinnamon (can also be a dessert fruit dip)
· Pasta salads: add
bagged greens, fruit, or tuna, diced chicken or ham, or grated cheese
· Some good brown mustard and a bit of curry
powder: either in plain yogurt (or mayo) makes a spread, dip or salad dressing (really jazzes up hb eggs)
· Cold
cooked chicken
· Fruit
· Dried fruit--raisins, apricots, cherries, mango, pineapple, etc.
Cook
with hot water (from hotel coffeemaker or bring an electric teapot)
· Ramen or other things you can pour hot
water on
· Couscous and cracked wheat (bulgur) are ready in about 5 minutes after pouring hot (near boiling) water
on.
· Indian food entrees in foil pouches could sit in hot water
· Oatmeal packets
Bring
a toaster oven for:
· Frozen waffles
· Gardenburgers
· Leftover pizza
Drinks
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Juice boxes, or larger bottles plus paper cups
· Bottled water
· Instant hot chocolate
· Instant shakes
Snacks
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Granola bars
· Trail mix
· Nuts: add sunflower seeds, almonds, pumpkin seeds etc. to salads, cereals, yogurt
or eat plain.
· Cereal bars
· Trader Joe's Soy and Flax chips
· Your favorite crackers
· Breads
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Chips and other junk food
· Protein bars
· Cheeses
· Crackers and humus
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