RV Travel Day Lunch & Dinner Ideas

Welcome back to Making My Abode on the Road! In today's video, I'm sharing some fantastic lunch and dinner ideas perfect for those busy RV travel days. As RV travelers, we know how challenging it can be to find the time to prepare meals when you're on the move. That's why I've put together these quick and easy lunch and dinner ideas that are not only delicious, but also perfect for the limited time and space we have in our RV kitchens.
Whether you're traveling solo, with your partner, or with your family, these meal ideas will keep everyone satisfied and make your travel days a breeze. From simple sandwiches to hearty one-pot dinners, I've got you covered. Plus, all these meals are designed to be prepared with minimal ingredients and cooking equipment, making them perfect for our RV lifestyle.
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PIMENTO CHEESE RECIPE:
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
¼ cup chopped pickled jalapeno
½ cup chopped roasted red peppers
½ to ¾ cup mayonnaise
¼ tsp garlic powder
¼ tsp onion powder
½ tsp old bay seasoning
¼ tsp salt
¼ tsp pepper
Combine all ingredients and enjoy on soft white bread, dip with tortilla chips or veggies, or spread on crackers! **This also makes an INSANELY DELICIOUS pimento mac n cheese!!
HOMEMADE PANCAKES:
1 ¼ cup flour
1 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
4 tbsp melted butter
1 large egg
1 cup milk
Combine the dry ingredients. Add the egg to the milk and whisk in melted butter until well combined. Add the milk mixture to the flour mixture and stir just to combine. Lumps are okay! You don’t want to over mix because that will prevent the pancakes from being fluffy.
Cook over a hot griddle!
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[@MakingMyAbodeOTR]

Hi there! 👋 What are your “go to” meal ideas for travel days? Comment your favorite travel day foods and snacks and any travel day food hacks you have! Let's help each other out! 🥰😁🫶

[@Karen-ch1dy]

I love the bento box idea! These can even be made the night ahead for a nutritious meal. We always stop for lunch on our travel days. It just takes the stress down so many notches!

[@Opsthehim]

You need to remind people to subscribe! You have very useful ideas, recipes etc!

[@soldonrvlife]

On travel days we also like to pack a lunch. Sandwiches and chips are always good. I love hummus and flour tortillas. For quick breakfast I make sausage biscuits and muffins ahead of travel days and freeze them. I will also cook up extra ground beef and freeze it for quick tacos, or spaghetti sauce for quick stops between destinations. Nice recipes, will have to try some ❤LauraD

[@MakingMyAbodeOTR]

Great ideas, thanks!

[@allisonprusa8747]

Great food ideas for travel days! I love easy recipes👍

[@dianen6638]

My favorite thing to air fry is bacon! No mess, cooked to perfection ❤

[@MakingMyAbodeOTR]

🫨 I haven't tried that yet!! 🤯 What time and temp?

[@dianen6638]

@@MakingMyAbodeOTR I put the bacon in right at the beginning on airfry setting. Few minutes after the temperature says add food my bacon is usually done😉

[@tiffmercer4306]

Thanks for the ideas. I need to get a lot better about food on travel days.

[@judyross182]

You forgot to mention ".......and healthier." I'm diabetic so I can't eat bread and pasta and things with sugar, but by using healthy KETO substitutes for these items and fixing my meals I keep to the plan. Keeping the ice keeper in the towing vehicle with cold drinks makes travel days much nicer. The recipes you suggest are all good. Because I'm sure you travel during the morning, do you prep for the next day's meals the night before? Often while fixing the evening meal I get other household members to sit at the table with a cutting mat to peel and chop veggies and meat for the next day's meal. Then when I am ready to cook (and tired) that part is done and I find it makes my life easier. I learned to do that from Peg Bracken's: "I Hate to Cook" book. Ziploc bags are your friend. I even got an adjustable bag stand that holds the bags open so I can fill them. Have you found a need for something like that? Your bento boxes are genius. I've never seen those before. It is smart to travel no more than 4 hours a day. How long does it take you to load up to leave and to set up to stay the night? I just got an air fryer and don't know where I would be without it now that I live full-time in an RV. It is the best cooking tool ever devised. I have a dual air fryer. I made some oatmeal/pecan bars using parchment paper boats to bake them (using the bake feature) and they came out great. Do you ever use liners in your air fryer for baking? Give us more air fryer ideas when you have time. Is your Microwave also convection? Have you done a video about that? Also, how often do you use your propane stove? Thanks for this video.

[@MakingMyAbodeOTR]

@judyross182 Sorry I'm just now getting around to responding, yesterday was a travel day 😁. Definitely healthier! I do meal prep sometimes for travel days unless I already have a very easy meal planned. Super helpful to have things ready to go! I have seen those bag fillers but have never really saw a need for my kitchen. I just use my glass measuring cup to hold the bag I want to fill. Recently I've made a few changes that have sped up our take down and set up! It takes only about an hour to be fully hooked up and ready to go. As for set up about 30 to 45 minutes depending on the leveling situation. 🙃 The airfryer is the best isn't it!! Sounds like you have a fancy one 🤣 I keep telling my husband when our current one dies I'm getting a new one IMMEDIATELY! I was using the parchment air fryer liners but I had one catch fire because it came loose from under the food because of the force of the air. That freaked me out so I bought a silicone liner with little handles from Walmart. Works great! Regarding the microwave...it's just a regular old microwave not convection. I pretty much just use it to store my bread 😅 We use the propane stove and oven EVERY day, sometimes 3 times a day! I love it! I love to cook and nothing beats a gas stove 😊

[@judyross182]

​ I have two kinds of parchment paper air fryer liners. I have an 8-quart dual Ninja and I can cook two items at different settings at one time. The parchment paper boats can be put under the grate to contain dripping grease or on top of the grate to contain batter, eggs, and other runny stuff that I want to bake. Another handy air fryer gadget is a dehydrator rack that I don't use for dehydration (yet) but I did use it to cook a three-level batch of sausages. It would be good for cooking chicken, fish, hamburgers, and any larger quantity of foods that are flat. I put a parchment paper boat on the bottom and the three racks hooked together inside with the food. ***I also use the racks individually to hold down foods that are lightweight and will be blown around so that was how I solved the food/liner blowing around and catching fire issue that you mentioned.*** They make these for single-drawer air fryers, too. This is what I use in my dual: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09P17YPT8/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 The other parchment paper liners are flat with holes in them and they go on top of the grate so things don't stick to it which they don't. Anyway, your tips are useful and appreciated. Thank you.

[@wallashakalla]

Good ideas!

[@patriciacooke886]

Hello from central Colorado, love your meal suggestions. I think I will pre make a few of those yummy dishes. Plan on site seeing each day, bring our lunches and have pre made dinners ready to go at night. Hope you got away from Galveston before all the scary weather was going thru Houston/Galveston.

[@MakingMyAbodeOTR]

We did!! We're in Missouri now...possible weather later this week but we're ready! I can't wait to get back home to Colorado for the summer!!

[@lynettebaumgartner6201]

Hi fellow Coloradian. I live north of Denver. Nice video.

[@MakingMyAbodeOTR]

@lynettebaumgartner6201 👋 Hi 😁 Thanks!

[@patriciacooke886]

@@lynettebaumgartner6201Hi, are you related to the Baumgartners around Keenesburg?

[@lynettebaumgartner6201]

Yes. They are fifth and sixth cousins.

[@christineconley7903]

My mom always used to put butter on her peanut butter sandwiches and I always thought that was so strange.

[@MakingMyAbodeOTR]

@christineconley7903 😆 Have you tried it? My grandpa always did, and I thought it was strange until I tried it 😁

[@christineconley7903]

@@MakingMyAbodeOTR I think it would be too much for me. When I eat peanut butter, it needs to be spread thin. Can't stand jelly on it either. Too thick and gloopy.

[@marilynmilam9004]

What is the cooler you are using in the vehicle on travel days?

[@MakingMyAbodeOTR]

We picked it up at Walmart. The brand is Igloo it's a backpack style. I couldn't find a link for the exact one but there were others like it. 😊