for a road trip, i need a lot of snacks.
maybe it is because i have a little problem with control when it comes to food. there are many scary things out there masquerading as food that i do not want to have to eat. or to feed to my children. i am trying to let go a little bit because it is spring break.
tomorrow after we celebrate easter, we are leaving for camp. ski camp. we will drive all night long in vans with lots of loud teenagers plus my own kids. after several stops at fast food places that make me want to pull out my fingernails, we will finally arrive at our lodgings. where i will claim what will be my bunk for the week. and where there will be a large cafeteria or dining hall with food. that we eat. every day for a week. i will not have access to a kitchen, so there are things that i simply must release. that being said, i have spent longer today getting together the food i am taking along in the van than i have actually packing all the other necessary items our family will need for a week of skiing in colorado. since spring break is sort of the season for road trips, i thought you might could use this list as well. or at least you might want the recipe for energy bars. they are so much better than those cardboard things you can buy in the natural foods section of your grocery store.
if you are preparing easter brunch for twenty people like my sister, then you can go over to her blog and beg her to post her menu and recipes from hers. then i guess maybe you could like make it next week or something, since you are probably already done making food for easter, which is tomorrow. she told me everything that she is making today and my mouth was watering while simultaneously my jaw was falling onto the floor at the sheer insanity quantity of the menu. seriously, that woman can throw a party. but she hasn’t posted in forever and so you will have to really beg her because she is not feeling love for her blog right now. which of course is apparent by all the shady comments.
maybe next year i will have an easter brunch, but for now, all i have to offer you is stuff you can eat in your car while everyone else goes inside the fast food establishment and you try not to watch.
chino road trip snacks:
easter chocolate (all dark of course)
chocolate chip cookies
carrots and celery
energy bars (recipe below)
true north pecan almond peanut clusters
clementines
apples
almonds
omega 3 dried cranberries from trader joe’s
organic peanut butter
edamame
whole wheat orzo pasta with roasted vegetables and feta cheese, tossed with olive oil and lemon juice
mixed greens with sunflower seeds, chopped carrots, celery and cucumbers with goddess dressing on the side
various herbal tea bags
i’m sure that at some point my food will run out and i will be forced to eat whatever happens to be available. which we all know will not be the end of the world. anyway, it is so worth it to go to colorado, which is our family’s favorite place on earth.
energy bars
3 cups puffed kashi whole grain cereal
3/4 cup slivered almonds
3/4 cup creamy organic peanut butter
1/2 cup brown rice syrup
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (optional)
mix cereal and almonds
bring peanut butter and brown rice syrup to a boil in a saucepan. allow to boil for 30 seconds. pour over cereal. mix well and press evenly into a greased 8 inch pan. bake for 10 minutes at 350 degrees.
sprinkle chocolate chips on top while pan is cooling. let the chocolate melt (5 minutes or so) and then spread evenly. allow to cool completely. you can speed this up by putting them in the fridge. turn out onto cutting board and cut into squares.
(this recipe originally called for dried fruit which you can add if you want. i took out the dried fruit and added chocolate chips which i’m sure takes the healthy factor down a notch or two. but it’s worth it. hello. chocolate while driving all night is so necessary!)
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March 23, 2008 at 1:43 pm
beeps
and here i was thinking- man, that doesn’t seem like a lot of chocolate in those bars. i’ll try mine with mini-chips to get double the impact.
March 23, 2008 at 4:14 pm
and we’re out… - the dramatic
[...] the kids, the food freak, and about 65 others are off to ski in Colorado - maybe I’ll hunt down a computer and post [...]
March 23, 2008 at 6:33 pm
Suzy Oakley
wow, i can’t wait to make those bars. thanks for another great recipe.
… and do you really think it will do any good to beg anna to post?
March 23, 2008 at 9:30 pm
alicia
SKI CAMP!!! Oh the memories! if you’re trying to stay awake while driving try remembering the words to Bette Midler’s song on Beaches…oh i can’t remember the name of it…do you remember? we stayed up late on the bus listening and stopping the “walkman” so we could write EVERY word to that crazy song about, well, brassiere’s!!! (sp?)