Food for a week in a hotel

jallen76

We are traveling and will be spending a week in a hotel with two kids.  I am not looking forward to eating out all those meals.  Both on my stomach and my wallet.  Can anyone give any suggestions for some easy "hotel" lunches.  Easy meals we can eat in the hotel that I wouldn't have to cook, besides PBJ.   Just looking for more ideas.

TIA

Lulobug22

Peanut butter, honey and banana on a tortilla rolled up. If you have a mini fridge in your room or bring an ice chest you could make some homemade lunchables and eat those during the week.

mrswright2006

Do you have a mini-fridge/microwave at your disposal?  We did, which made a huge difference in what we could and couldn't make We did 10 days in Denver, and ate out of the hotel maybe twice with the kids. The hotel offered free continental breakfasts, so we utilized them to the fullest.  We ate SO much at breakfast.  It was our biggest meal of the day.  We always brought back 1-2 small carton of milk, and 1-2 individual packs of cereal from the breakfast for the kids to eat as snacks or as part of a meal later in the day.  We bough lunch meat, cheese, sandwich bread, tortillas, salad greens, a small bottle of ranch dressing, and lots of fruits and veggies to round out our meals.  The kids and I were on our own for lunch, and I would usually make a salad for myself, and the kids would eat a sandwich, cheesy rollup (tortilla microwaved with cheese inside), or occasionally DD would ask for a salad like mine. 

Dinner we would usually have DH bring us food (although most of the time the kids ate a repeat of the lunch choices, because DH was getting home past their bedtimes).  

dizzycooks

Go through the grocery store and see what's shelf stable.  We went to the Black Hills last summer for a week and while we were camping, we made all of our own food most of the week.

Applesauce cups (pouches?? )

Canned fruits

Pouches of tuna or chicken to mix with mayo packets for sandwiches

Bread

Peanut butter, nutella

apples, oranges

easy mac, just add water soups, other fast lunch noodle mixes that just need hot water (get hot water from the coffee maker) 

oatmeal packets

dried fruits

If the hotel has a microwave you can use (sometimes there is one in the lobby) that opens a whole new avenue for food.  Also, sometimes you can rent one for the week from the hotel for pretty cheap.  Most hotels have mini fridges and again, then you can get some deli meat, cheese and veggies.  Just get creative.  There are lots of options!