Meal Ideas for a Flight Attendant

RE: Meal Ideas for a Flight Attendant Post By xphxfa (Guest Post) (04/11/2008) I used to freeze left over pizza and heat it with the iron in the room. Wrapped in tin foil of course. You can do the same with cheese sandwiches and use flour tortillas instead of bread. I have even been desperate enough to heat canned pasta up in the coffee pot using the "hot plate" in the room. It does take a long time. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Meal Ideas for a Flight Attendant Post By piedmont1fa (Guest Post) (10/16/2007) I usually bring bread in a plastic storage container, bananas (wrapped in foil to keep from bruising) and a couple of packets of mayo.. adn make banana sandwiches. REALLY GOOD, healthy too. I bring dried fruit.. that come in bags at grocery store. Ms Mcfearmans brunswick stew ( sold in grocery store in yellow can. Heat in A/C oven in a metal pan I bring along. Bring sliced cheese put with bread a little butter ( can usually get some off A/C. and make a grilled cheese togo with soup in winter! That's my ideas. I have flown for 20 years.. nd learn something everyday.. from others! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Meal Ideas for a Flight Attendant Post By Jocelyn (Guest Post) (09/19/2007) Let's face it... it just plain sucks. I tend to pack food for the first two days then try to stock up again at a grocery store locally wherever I end up. Unfortunatly I don't have a miraculous answer, but if you do SPEAK UP! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Meal Ideas for a Flight Attendant Post By flygirl313 (Guest Post) (07/03/2007) I know why you are asking. I fly on small planes no ovens or microwaves only a coffee maker. The hotel rooms don't have microwaves or ovens. I know several FA's have gotten clever with the warmer in the coffee maker. I don't know what to eat either. I get sick of the same boxed meal with canned tuna every day. I could use ideas for this situation too. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Meal Ideas for a Flight Attendant Post By James (Guest Post) (05/14/2007) My wife and I are flight attendants in the US and for the past 2 years have been using food cooler bags from CrewColdStorage.com. The bags hold-up incredibly well, but the best is that the ice stays very cold and solid! Not to mention the fact that unlike other bags we've had, it has never leaked on us! I've attached a photo from their website for you! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Meal Ideas for a Flight Attendant Post By Ellie (Guest Post) (05/01/2007) Kayla, I wasn't laughing at you. Just the idea. In fact I've only ever made one long flight, from Melbourne Austraila, to Toronto Canada (and back) The food was pretty okay (or maybe it seemed to be because it was a novelty for me to be on a plane) I really hope you do get some terrific ideas that you can use. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Meal Ideas for a Flight Attendant Post by someflygirl (10) | (05/01/2007) Profile | Blog! | Contact ELLIE- the thing is when you have been flying for 10 years, you get sick of chicken or beef. I'm glad you find it funny but eating that at least 4 times a week, is gross.. Not to mention you have no idea what is in the airplane foods..perservatives...it is so unhealthy and some things have been frozen for years!! If you only knew everything, you wouldn't be touching them either.. thankyou. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Meal Ideas for a Flight Attendant Post By Ellie (Guest Post) (04/30/2007) Kayla I will try to think of something when I stop laughing! If the flight attendant doesn't like the food what hope have us poor passengers got! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Meal Ideas for a Flight Attendant Post By Marlene (Guest Post) (04/30/2007) When our boys were growing up, I made 5-6 kinds of casseroles at a time and froze them in individual portions. If they had to go do fieldwork right away, they could microwave one while they changed clothes, pour a glass of milk and have 1-2 slices of bread or buns - complete meal. For the farm workers, I'd bake many types of cookies and buns. Then I'd pack their lunches and freeze them. This bag might have a bun with summer sausage and 2 different cookies. The next one might have cheese or salmon and 2 donuts - when they were ready to go, they could grab a bag from the freezer and they were off. Made it easier for me and for them. Salads are easy to pack - keep meat and/or cheese seperate so the lettuce won't get soggy and leave the dressing in a seperate cup so you add it at the last minute. Wendy's and Arby's have wonderful salads you can pick up on your way to the airport and if you have a frig., you're good to go! With all the neat assortments of bread now, you can make so many different variations of sandwiches. Make some good homemade soup when you have a day at home and freeze it in one serving containers. You need someone to come in and cook all this for you so it is ready to go, huh?? Report Spam or Abuse RE: Meal Ideas for a Flight Attendant Post By Bex (Guest Post) (04/30/2007) Check out 'Vegan Lunchbox'. It's a blog & has great ideas for food & storage. Also look into how the Japanese pack lunch boxes. Ideas for food are always yummy & you can eat them hot or cold. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Meal Ideas for a Flight Attendant Post By marge (Guest Post) (04/30/2007) if you can use the airplane oven, then a frozen dinner, bought or homemade in those sectioned boxes or plates, will keep in a cooler and be defrosting until you eat on the plane. next, bring hard cooked eggs, yogurt(can probably buy at destination) and crackers. cereals in variety packs hold milk you buy there, so don't need bowls. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Meal Ideas for a Flight Attendant Post by Debbie52 (940) | (04/30/2007) Profile | Contact Kayla, surely you could carry a small insulated lunchbag type thing or the soft-sided kind of cooler. Stouffer's makes good frozen meals that can be fixed in the oven. I don't know how long tho and if you would get to have use of an oven for as long as you'd need. If you could find some foil containers to pack leftovers in and then could heat up on the oven, perhaps that'd work. If you can bring something with to keep things cold, then you could always pack salads. Cottage cheese with peaches or pineapple is always good. I know cold sandwiches get old after a while. If you'd have access to a cooktop, you could heat soup. I don't think soup made hot and put in a thermos would stay hot long enough. Isn't there any part of the airline meal that you could be satisfied with? Then just eat some of it and fill in with things you bring. I don't know if you mentioned what time of day you'd be eating. You could also bring hard-boiled eggs, make up tuna salad or chicken salad. Hope this helps. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Meal Ideas for a Flight Attendant Post by someflygirl (10) | (04/29/2007) Profile | Blog! | Contact hey great idea!THANKS! UNFORTUNATELY, i have no microwave, and most of the time the hotels don't have fridges or a microve there as well.. on the aircraft we only have conventional ovens..that's why i need ideas that i can bring on a plane that won't rot easily nor i need to defrost... any ideas?? thx Report Spam or Abuse RE: Meal Ideas for a Flight Attendant Post By jess (Guest Post) (04/29/2007) I'm really not sure what you have to work with. I'm assuming you have a mircowave on the plane? Here is what I would do -- Buy those plastic plates that are sectioned off. Big box stores sell them. You can also find sectioned plates in the kid part of the store. Then place whatever food you would like in the different sections. Freeze, and then reheat later in a microwave. You are basically making your own, healthy TV dinners. If you don't have a mircowave, you can put snacks like pretzels and veggies into the compartments, and maybe a sandwich. Report Spam or Abuse