Fixing Yourself Healthy Meals While Out on The Road

[Crunchyknees]

HI All

My new next door neighbor is an OTR driver. I asked him what he ate everyday out on the road and its pretty sad. There is only so much Im gonna sacrifice when out on the road. He told me if the DOT would pull me over with alot of kitchen type cookware that they could shut the truck down.

Is there anyway to make scrambled eggs in a Pan? Could i use an electric skillet?

How bout boiling a pot of water? Can that be done with a portable electric grill/stove?

I dont like Microwave cooking at all. Would I be able to use a toaster oven with a rotisserie?

If i can eat well and healthy at least 75 % of the time I think I can be happy. However, if I have to survive on balogna sandwiches and pringles like my neighbor I wont make it.......................

Crunch

[TomB985]

I simply bought a $20 coleman camp stove at walmart, and a $5 pot to boil water with, and I've been able to get along pretty well.

I buy cans of soup and throw them in front of my diesel powered cab heater to heat them up, sometimes heat water for oatmeal or coffee on the stove, and eat cereal for breakfast.

There's no reason you can't cook out here

[Crunchyknees]

HI Again

Wheres the edit button here?? Horrible misspell in the title....

thanks

[jayburd]

Well my cousins wife fixes him "home-made" T.V. diners for the road when he comes home for his next trip.
He stores them in the compact cooler/frezzer and tosses them in the microwave at diner time.
Breakfast is cereal and breakfast bars and sandwiches for lunch.

[Ridge Runner]

HI Again

Wheres the edit button here?? Horrible misspell in the title....

thanks

The edit button is on the top-right corner of your post. Not sure if YOU can edit the title BUT I can. :wink:

[Ridge Runner]

I sorry to say I don't know much about your situtation but you may be limited as to what you are allowed to carry on the truck by company rules. They do vary greatly from company to company. Not to worry tho as there are many ways to achieve the same goals. There is NO reason why anyone can't eat healthy while out on the road. Once you know what your company will allow, check out camping and RV supply places for what you can use to cook the kind of things you like. Just about every type "plug-in" kitchen devise now comes in a DC version.

[driver1989]

I don,t see nothen wrong with yer spelling . hehe I used to stay out for 10-12 weeks and lived on hormel dinners , oatmeal with apple sauce added, 10 boxes of cup cakes or ding dongs . Fast food at service plaza,s , when there,s a problem at a customer I would walk to a dinner . I hauled alot of chcolate , so I would get free candy or discounted. I was a runner and didn,t have time to sit down for a good meal , when in route . You can ask on the cb , were a greasy spoon is and there,s some great places out there . Like dinner bell in the south east , the east coast is loaded , Chicago.

[Crunchyknees]

I sorry to say I don't know much about your situtation but you may be limited as to what you are allowed to carry on the truck by company rules. They do vary greatly from company to company. Not to worry tho as there are many ways to achieve the same goals. There is NO reason why anyone can't eat healthy while out on the road. Once you know what your company will allow, check out camping and RV supply places for what you can use to cook the kind of things you like. Just about every type "plug-in" kitchen devise now comes in a DC version.

My friend made it sound like alot of this stuff that is used in RVs would actually be against the law for big trucks. Doesnt sound right to me. Even if you were driving a tanker or transporting explosives the cargo would be separated by partitions. Do u guys see being pulled over and your truck shut down because u have a couple of burners in sight?

[bullhauler]

just goggle lunch box stove and there you go ,all kinds of stuff to make and keep healthy food on a truck.
I feed myself on the road for less than ten bucks a day.

[Crunchyknees]

just goggle lunch box stove and there you go ,all kinds of stuff to make and keep healthy food on a truck.
I feed myself on the road for less than ten bucks a day.

I read about that unit. It only gets up to 300 degrees. Is that actually hot enough to cook or just warm things up??

Crunch

[Rockee]

I think your friend does not know what he is talking about. Probably the only thing you should be concerned about is if your pulling some sort of hazmat and having an open flame around, even with partitions Im not so sure I would be frying up a hamburber or meatballs if I had a few thousand gallons of fuel or something behind me. Otherwise I think there are no worries

[bullhauler]

I think your friend does not know what he is talking about. Probably the only thing you should be concerned about is if your pulling some sort of hazmat and having an open flame around, even with partitions Im not so sure I would be frying up a hamburber or meatballs if I had a few thousand gallons of fuel or something behind me. Otherwise I think there are no worries

What I said was goggle it the sites that come up have every thing from fridges to slow cookers all work in a truck.
the lunch box heats up to 350, you can slow cook boil water just use your brain.

[driver1989]

Old timers used to wire a stew kettle on the engine . I,ve used the lunch box heater tins , put a hormel dinner inside it , put it on top of the exhaust manefold .

[flood]

can you cook in a truck....? YES but as Ridge Runner said

you may be limited as to what you are allowed to carry on the truck by company rules.

we can have up to a 1750w inverter so we can have just about anything to cook with. a real frige, miro, crockpot,(throw away cooking bags) forman grill, coffee maker, (works great for hot water) xpress 101 http://tinyurl.com/ytvlpx we have the big one for the house and the small one for the truck.

a 1500w invertor will run just about anything you use on the counter at your house so it is realy up to your company how big of an invertor you can have and how much room you have for things like an electric skillet, electric grill, toaster oven, and the like. also you need to think about how you are going to clean them (truckstop bathroom)

grilled chicken breast on a bed of rice with steamed vegetables soup & saled and ice cream is whats for dinner tonight and cleanup will take 10 min.

we can cook almost everything on the road that we can cook at home so you can cook realy well on the road IF you want to,

[tbogle05]

Ive always used a small propane grill to cook steaks and porkchops chicken hamburgers etc. I used small throwaway tin pans to heat veggies or beans. a microwave does make mash potatoes and rice well. i dont see why you couldnt use a crock pot and just bungee cord (rathcet straps work as well) it down and the lid on and cook some nice stew or such as your going down the road. The only problem I had was the cooler getting to warm someplaces in the summer and some meat going bad.

No worries about getting more grocieries, most grocery stores and super centers dont complain much if you park just long enough to shop and get out as long as you let them know what your doing and not trying to park overnight.

You can eat as healthy as your imagination and a few bucks at a store. Keep in mind some plastic plates and bowls as well as a few spices and silverware is a nesessity(sp) to eat. I would also invest in a small folding table and chair (More comfy than sitting on the ground)

Even a runner can cook this way Its usually just as fast as going into a sit down, you gotta take 10 anyway. a Whole setup might run you 150$ plus food at walmart or so depending on how fancy you get. Some guys spend that in a week eating at the greasy spoons. the initial investment is the biggest part but i bet if you use it and not let it collect dust itll pay itself off in no time.

[Crunchyknees]

can you cook in a truck....? YES but as Ridge Runner said

you may be limited as to what you are allowed to carry on the truck by company rules.

we can have up to a 1750w inverter so we can have just about anything to cook with. a real frige, miro, crockpot,(throw away cooking bags) forman grill, coffee maker, (works great for hot water) xpress 101 http://tinyurl.com/ytvlpx we have the big one for the house and the small one for the truck.

a 1500w invertor will run just about anything you use on the counter at your house so it is realy up to your company how big of an invertor you can have and how much room you have for things like an electric skillet, electric grill, toaster oven, and the like. also you need to think about how you are going to clean them (truckstop bathroom)

grilled chicken breast on a bed of rice with steamed vegetables soup & saled and ice cream is whats for dinner tonight and cleanup will take 10 min.

we can cook almost everything on the road that we can cook at home so you can cook realy well on the road IF you want to,

How be damn

A civilized truck driver. SO NICE TO KNOW THERE IS AT LEAST ONE OUT THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Rockee]

No need to repeat yourself bullhauler I read what you said. I was responding to Crunchyknees about having an open flame around certain kinds of loads, and not worrying about it with other loads. You can cook almost anything in a truck that you can make at home you just have to be a little creative. When I was otr most of our meals were cooked in the cab instead of eating in the truckstop/diner etc...