Following on from the Snacks question, what have we all found to be the best food to take out and about?
I'm rarely found without raisins about my person, which I'm not sure is such a brilliant thing as they are really just a big wallop of sugar, aren't they? Likewise rice-cakes, just the plain Cow & Gate ones and Moon Biscuits or oat cakes. They're the sort of things that live in my buggy bag for emergencies.
We are, I'm very glad to say, back to eating carrots so I often chop them up and bring them out. I have in desperation bough a bag of carrot batons at the supermarket but was most perturbed to see that the instructions said that you should wash them before eating them, which was not at all practical so Babybear and I lived most dangerously and scoffed the lot.
Cucumber is a straight no, banana a yes so long as she isn't eating in the buggy as it's tricky to get out of the upholstery. I'm trying madly to think of other things as we don't really take out lunch any more unless it's just a wee sarnie but I have fond memories of Moomin's Onion Bhajis on the move.
Anything else? There must be loads of foods that I've forgotten about that were great for those endless maternity leave coffee mornings...
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Re: Recommendations for food on the move
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Jeni
on Wed 18 Apr 2007 08:38 BST | Profile | Permanent Link
with you on the rice cakes, we also have some humzingers (or whatever theyre called), josh loves them.
ive not really found anything else that doesnt make too much mess for when were out so will be looking back at this with interest for some more ideas. im also looking for ideas for stuff to take to the park with us when we go for a picnic. josh doesnt really do sandwiches yet, which leaves me a bit short on ideas. Re: Re: Recommendations for food on the move
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carrie
on Wed 18 Apr 2007 15:35 BST | Profile | Permanent Link
I'm a raisin, dried fruit, organix biscuits, rice cake stashed in the buggy kind too, but have been known to add babybel to my repertoir....Talking of the humzingers (or however they are spelt), where can you get these from??? I saw in the BLW yahoo group they are in the supermarket, but can not find them, what aisle are they down?
Mind you if it is lunch on the hop the obligatory sandwhich, cheese on toast or lentil cake, fish cake, bean burger, sweetcorn pattie or fritters/rosti etc. I did used to do sticks of roast veggies - but my DS has decided that veggies on their own (apart from sweetcorn) are the devil and are quickly cast aside! Re: Recommendations for food on the move
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Anonymous
on Wed 18 Apr 2007 10:12 BST | Permanent Link
For snacks we use rice cakes, breadsticks, dried figs, dried apricots, dried apple rings (spotting a theme here?), melba toasts.
Dried apple rings are brilliant because although she doesn't actually EAT them, she will happily spend hours sucking and chewing them and they don't make any mess at all. Re: Re: Recommendations for food on the move
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Anonymous
on Wed 18 Apr 2007 10:14 BST | Permanent Link
Oh, have also found cold frittata is fantastic for a picnic type lunch but then my little one will eat absolutely anything eggy.
Re: Recommendations for food on the move
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Mij
on Wed 18 Apr 2007 11:49 BST | Profile | Permanent Link
Breadsticks, grapes (a bit sticky and runny but keeps IzzyMouse occupied for ages), pitta bread pre-cut into sticks and spread with your LO's filling of choice. Muesli bars, bought or home-fashioned as is your want. Those weird not-cheesy-wotsit organic thingies. We love moon biscuits but find they're too messy for out and about. IzzyMouse turns them into a face pack in seconds.
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Mij
on Wed 18 Apr 2007 11:50 BST | Profile | Permanent Link
Oooh, forgot cold potato wedges or chips, as long as they're made with relatively waxy potatoes.
Re: Recommendations for food on the move
Food on the go:
Snackwise we have banana, museli bars, babybel, grapes (juice everywhere and I think causing a sore chin at the moment - chuh), gingerbread men, organix faux cheesy wotsits (even though I hate them - blimmin' orange stuff everywhere). Lunchwise we rely on chickpea burgers (so I don't fret about E. coli in her lunchbox). To be fair we can eat out with not to many restrictions these days, as we do both gluten and dairy. Get us! Debenhams child's meal was demolished by my 15 month old. I was so proud... Re: Re: Recommendations for food on the move
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carrie
on Wed 18 Apr 2007 20:16 BST | Profile | Permanent Link
chick pea burgers sounds interesting - was thinking of trying falafel for Xavier too - great tip!
Recommendations for food on the move
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Rowan
on Wed 18 Apr 2007 20:45 BST | Profile | Permanent Link
My cereal bars are pefect snack food [sulk]!
We get a 6 hour train to my mum so I am practised in snack food! We take apples (bite for mummy, bite for Munch), satsumas, raisins (in the box for an extra 10 minutes peace) Banana cereal bars, cold potato wedges, cream cheese sandwich, humzingers, chick pea burgers and those veggie nuggets (Fiona's) after being chilled oevrnight are great. Re: Recommendations for food on the move
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scary
on Wed 18 Apr 2007 21:22 BST | Profile | Permanent Link
Absolutely nothing of interest to add. But have I missed something . . . what are humzingers???
Re: Recommendations for food on the move
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scary
on Wed 18 Apr 2007 21:24 BST | Profile | Permanent Link
Absolutely nothing of interest to add. But have I missed something . . . what are humzingers???
Re: Re: Recommendations for food on the move
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Jeni
on Wed 18 Apr 2007 22:10 BST | Profile | Permanent Link
humzingers are like fruit sticks, they say theyre 100% fruit. josh absolutely loves them :)
we ound them in sainsburys but asda where i do my normal weekly shop dont have them yet. Re: Re: Recommendations for food on the move
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lynds
on Wed 18 Apr 2007 22:18 BST | Profile | Permanent Link
Aren't humzingers those 100% fruit bars? Get them in Tesco I think(don't really do any other supermarkets). Was at a friends and Angel (nearly 3) was given a blackcurrent one. Just fruit mushed but in a wrapper, good snack I would have thought, for a blw baby.
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Alison
on Fri 20 Apr 2007 19:32 BST | Profile | Permanent Link
Yes - Humzingers are in Tescos and Waitrose - found in the baking aisle, near all the other dried fruit - about £1.75 for 10. LittleE adores them and is extra careful not to drop any. Jamie Oliver does a 'recipe' for Dried Fruitgums in his 'Happy Days with the Naked Chef'book, which seems to involve whizzing up dried fruit in a Magimix then slowly cooking it which i guess would give a similar result. I will have a try at it and give them to LittleE to see what she thinks and report back. To be fair though she really is a little dustbin and will eat anything so the results may not be overly helpful!
We also take out Yeo Valley yoghurt (in a tube)(buy one get one free in Sainsburys) - a bit like those tubes of Fromage Frais (Froobs??) but a bit more healthy. She is fairly good at not spillling them too, wheras if we let her loose with a pot of yoghurt........ Re: Recommendations for food on the move
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tracyj
on Thu 19 Apr 2007 20:25 BST | Profile | Permanent Link
Rowan, fear not. I have done your cereal bars and very tasty they are too. Have saved me a fortune on the Organix ones. Pumpkin gets so excited when she sees them.
I meant to post a comment but forgot. Sorry..... Re: Re: Recommendations for food on the move
I MUST do those fruit bars, thanks for the reminder. and am now delighted to report that my poxy cheesy pitta fingers make an excellent on the move snack.
Re: Re: Recommendations for food on the move
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wandalun
on Tue 01 May 2007 16:19 BST | Profile | Permanent Link
Hi new to this so please excuse me- I cant figure out how to post a new topic, so am tailing it here!!
Not really a new topic, but... we have to stick to a gluten free diet- what are your suggestions for eating out and about? Everything, apart from rice cakes and Humzingers (which we already have) seems to contain gluten. Any ideas? DD is 7 months old and we started BLW with her last week- she is devouring food, but we arte going onto lunches this week, as she seems keen, but what do I do when we go out? She has older sisters and it was never an issue before? Thanks for any ideas Re: Re: Re: Recommendations for food on the move
hi wandalun,
there are quite a few things like beanburgers and bhajis made with gram flour (your new best friend) on the recipes section. Moomin's wee girl was gluten-free so her name is a good one to look out for. welcome to the blog, by the way. Re: Re: Re: Re: Recommendations for food on the move
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wandalun
on Tue 01 May 2007 21:02 BST | Profile | Permanent Link
Thanx- I spotted the recipies after I posted! Still tough going, but it doesnt seem impossible! Will now trawl through and have a good old look!
Thanx again Re: Recommendations for food on the move
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CSWS
on Sun 29 Apr 2007 22:15 BST | Permanent Link
I seem to have not been on here for ages, so only just seen this post. Most of my staples are already listed, but had to add corn on the cob (as long as we know in advance that she will need a snack whilst we're out). I just boil or steam it for a few mins before we go, then wrap it in tin foil, and give it to her whenever needed.
She only has 4 teeth so far, but 2 top and 2 bottom seem to be enough for this. It keeps her busy for ages too! Re: Recommendations for food on the move
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Lin
on Mon 30 Apr 2007 08:14 BST | Profile | Permanent Link
We made Humzingers at home this weekend and they worked quite well. I was driven to this because Small will only take one or two of the commercial Humzinger varieties and scorns the cherry & blackcurrant ones.
Basically I chopped up a load of dried fruit (dates, figs, prunes & blueberries) until it was a fine-ish sticky gloop. Then rolled them into fingers and left them to air-dry (though this could be done in a low oven as well). I did roll a couple in fine oatmeal to combat stickiness but they didn't really need it. They look like owl-turds but Small didn't seem to mind & devoured a couple after lunch yesterday. Re: Re: Recommendations for food on the move
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Eleanor
on Mon 30 Apr 2007 08:37 BST | Profile | Permanent Link
Hey, thanks, Lin - I was just wondering about homemade humzingers. P likes the commercial pear ones, but I was annoyed to read the fine print and discover they contain sulphur dioxide, despite the front of the pack saying "100% fruit!" (Not that I think the odd trace of SO2 is going to kill her; just the pedant in me thinks they should be forced to label it "99.99% fruit!" for accuracy.)
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you'd have to check that the dried fruits you were using were unsulphured, i take it? i bought babybear some dried pears the other day without realising they had sulphur in. (and also without realising they were Revolting.)
Re: Re: Re: Recommendations for food on the move
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Lin
on Mon 30 Apr 2007 13:53 BST | Profile | Permanent Link
Dried pears are grotesque! I thought, given she's now up to eating whole fresh pears, dried ones would be a great on-the-move-snack but she virtually buried it in digust.
The beauty of the Mumzinger (as DH has christened them) is that you can choose the ingredients yourself - non-sulphured, organic...whatever you feel comfortable with. And given that blueberries are Small's newest favouritist thing in the world, I bunged some dried ones of those in too. They do look disgusting - whatever goes into them. Re: Re: Re: Re: Recommendations for food on the move
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cloviscat
on Mon 30 Apr 2007 19:09 BST | Profile | Permanent Link
My dh calls our version 'Jobby Sticks'!!!
Does anybody have one of those snackpots they sell in oncy-poncy catalogues, the ones that have a lid with slashes across it, so the baby can get their hand in and pull out a bit of food, but the food can't spill? (I'm on a different 'pooter, so hopefully there's a link there) I've never seen one in real life and can't decide if they're worth it. But I'm anticipating some long car journeys in the next months, and Beeble is still in the habit of upending any cups or bowls... Any thoughts, please...? cloviscat Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Recommendations for food on the move
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cloviscat
on Mon 30 Apr 2007 19:10 BST | Profile | Permanent Link
Nope - no flippin' link It was to something called a snack catcher on jojomamanbaby
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they sell them at the baby shows, i saw one last year. were they called snack traps?
and i think mumzinger is a nicer name than jobbie sticks... Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Recommendations for food on the move
they sell them at the baby shows, i saw one last year. were they called snack traps?
and i think mumzinger is a nicer name than jobbie sticks... Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Recommendations for food on the move
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cloviscat
on Mon 30 Apr 2007 20:40 BST | Profile | Permanent Link
A nicer name: oh for sure - I was happy eating them myself till he started calling them that! But as I do make them with prunes it was waaay too evocative... Don't know if I can stop him now though - after 5 years it's become second nature :-P
His name for pureed spuds was 'potato snotters' - at least I don't have to deal with that one any more! (He's a nice, sweet-natured chap usually... honest) Re: Re: Recommendations for food on the move
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carrie
on Mon 30 Apr 2007 19:10 BST | Profile | Permanent Link
Love the home made humzinger idea - defo going to try that one...as after searching forever in our local Tescos, I finally found them, sadly to find that they had Sulpha in the small print, so did not buy them...going to give them a go on my next cooking marathon.
Stopped off at a motorway service on my way back from up north and Xavier tucked into hash browns from the greasy spoon cafe there...happy to report they will be our new fav food on the move! Re: Re: Recommendations for food on the move
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Eleanor
on Mon 14 May 2007 11:14 BST | Profile | Permanent Link
Just had to add that I drew my husband's attention to the above-stated resemblance between Humzingers and owl-turds, and he promptly rechristened them Bumzingers.
(puerile? us?) Re: Re: Re: Recommendations for food on the move
[snigger]
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Spingle
on Tue 15 May 2007 18:55 BST | Profile | Permanent Link
A variation on Mumzingers which completely avoids the sulphur issue is fruit leather. I opened a bar for the Nome today, and it reminded me of someone making apple leather on Blue Peter, of all places, ages ago. Anyway, a quick google for "fruit leather" brings up tons and tons of recipes, and the beauty is that you use fresh fruit, so that you don't have to hunt down expensive organic unsulphured dried fruit. You do have to puree (!) but I guess that's another answer to what to do with all those ice cube trays full of pear puree. The Nome and I will do some kitchen testing of a few recipes, and report back...
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