Have Tupperware...Will Travel

My favorite tupperware: bento box

I just came back from a vacation with my family over the Thanksgiving break.  One could say this was a strategically planned vacation to keep me from having to cook on Thanksgiving or that I wanted to take advantage of super low airfares for traveling on a major holiday.  It was a little of both.

I have to tell you...it was absolutely dreamy traveling on Thanksgiving!  The airports were empty and the flight crews were happy and celebratory.  The stress was off because I suspect everyone had already gotten to where they were going.  We usually have Thanksgiving on the beach near our home.  It's a magical event because like the airports...the beach is empty and for almost the entire afternoon - ours.   I look forward to doing our next Thanksgiving dinner back at our beach.

The super salad tupperware with built in silverware

I haven't traveled for awhile and I certainly haven't done any air travel with my two kids and husband for over a year.  With all the changes happening with bags and snacks and food charges, I put a lot of planning into our trip.  I was going to have to pack some low carb snacks for myself, so why not pack some for all of us.  We would be traveling for almost 17 hours (cheap airfare - usually means at least 1 stop) plus we decided to drive to a major airport, which for us is four hours a way - this time San Francisco.

The packing snacks got out of hand and I ended up packing breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks. I planned every travel day meal except for Thanksgiving which I'd let my kids eat out in the lovely New York, JFK airport.   How the heck did I get all that food through security? Especially sauces, butters, anything liquid based.   I did pack mayo, mustard, salad dressing, peanut butter, salsa, sour cream, and jelly.  The security screening is okay so long as the items are under the 3 oz limit on each container and they are in a quart size bag and each passenger.  So we had 4 - quart bags, each packed with food stuff along with toothpaste and shampoo. 

The 2 oz. containers in a quart bag

In the end, I saved an incredible amount of money on food.  Our total expenses on the way was $3.00 which was my break down to buy headset on the flight - long flight, forgot my book :-(.  On the way back we spent $100 on a nice meal where everyone got to choose their own appetizer, entree and special drink!  I was surprised how inexpensive that dinner was.  What did I choose?  I had a BACON CHEESEBURGER on a half bun with a glass of wine!  30 carbs!  WooHoo!

Here's a look at my special tupperware which made it easy for me to serve meals on planes and in airports.

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