Road Trip Tip #2: Car Food

My kids' favorite thing about road trips is food! We've gone on lots of long road trips, so now we have our favorite road trip food.

Favorite snacks:
Jerky (sometimes homemade)
Dried fruit - apples, mangos, craisins, yogurt covered raisins
Trail mix
Nuts
Crackers
Teddy Grahams
Pretzels

Cold snacks:
Fruit- grapes, sliced apples
Cheese rectangles or sticks
Yogurt - with straws to drink it with
Frozen juice boxes

We like to pack a lunch so we can eat while we drive and not have to stop. Or sometimes we stop at a park and picnic and let the kids get some wiggles out

Lunch:

Peanut butter sandwiches
Chicken salad sandwiches
Pepperoni bread
Cold pizza

Other things I like to bring:

Scissors
Plastic cups (perfect for filling with snacks to hand back to the kids)
Paper plates (for their lunch)
Ziploc bags - big and small
Bag clips
Straws
Plastic utensils

On my next road trip, I'm bringing a few more things:

IKEA trays - for making sandwiches on my lap, kids to hold things on their laps
Dust buster - vacuum up crumbs
Windex and cleaning cloth - cleaning the smudges off of the inside of the windows

What are your favorite road trip foods?

Check out my road trip tip #1 here.

One Hour Rolls

These rolls are amazing! I've been making these rolls since 2001 when I was a newlywed and my sister-in-law shared the recipe with me. The rolls are light, fluffy, easy to make and they only take one hour! And delicious too! I've made these rolls more times than I can count, so I've perfected the art of making them. Here are some step-by-step instructions with pictures for you. Here's what you'll need. I buy pretty much all of the ingredients in this recipe at Sam's club, thus the huge containers. You need warm water, yeast, oil, sugar, salt, egg and flour. In the mixer bowl, add warm water (not hot), oil, sugar and yeast. Mix together. After ten or fifteen minutes the yeast mixture should be puffed up like this. Time to add the salt and beaten egg. Then mix in the flour. (I've used a mixture of half wheat and half white flour successfully.) Keep adding flour until the dough is manageable. It will be a little sticky, b

Havreflarn (Swedish Oat Crisp Cookies)

We had some teenagers over for a Swedish themed dinner last night. They were participating in a "missionary for a day" activity. They were paired up into companionships, like the official missionaries for our church and were assigned to a family for dinner. They ate with us and then taught us a lesson about Heavenly Father's plan for us. My husband served a mission in Sweden. He lived there for two years and loved it. Swedish meatballs are a staple at our house. (They're super easy to make and my pickiest eater's favorite!). When we visit IKEA we usually stock up on the cream gravy packets and jars of Lingonberries. We were out of lingonberry, but after a few phone calls, I found some at one of our local grocery stores. We ate meatballs, gravy, lingonberry, mashed potatoes (I ran out of time, other wise I would have steamed little red potatoes from our garden) and green beans (though my husband doesn't remember eating them in Sweden

The Best French Bread I've Ever Made

This is the best french bread I've ever made. I got this recipe from my friend, Nikki, who gave us some of this bread as a thank you for my hubby helping them move a piano. I remember it being delicious and we gobbled it up fast. I was intimidated for some reason by the recipe and waited a few years before I made it. We needed some bread for to make some turkey, provolone, avocado sandwiches, so I made some of this bread and it was perfect! We sliced one loaf like they do at Subway. Then later I made normal shaped sandwiches with the rest of the bread. Delicious... light and fluffy and yummy! Update 2/22/12: This is still my favorite bread after making it for a year! It turns out perfect every time and it's gone in a flash! printable recipe French Bread recipe from my friend, Nikki Yield: 2 loaves Ingredients 2 c. warm water 1 pkg (or 1 heaping Tbsp.) yeast 1/4 c. granulated sugar 1 T. olive oil

What is on your menu this week?

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