Portable, unrefridgerated dinner to eat on a train please!

[EatsFartsAndLeaves]

I'm taking my 4 year old away from Saturday to Monday, and he'll need his dinner while we're on the train home. There are no shops where we're going, so I want to just pack a meal to take with us on Saturday that we can eat on Monday. I don't want to have to keep it in the fridge while we're there.

So far I'm thinking:

Jacobs crackers
Mini Babybels
A pouch of olives (not as heavy as jars or tins)
Apples

I'm stuck for anything to make the crackers less dry, is there any sort of margerine that keeps out of the fridge?

Might take a whole red pepper which will be fine as long as its not damaged.

Any other good ideas?

Hot food flask with warm food inside? I take one to work with soup, noodles, leftovers ect.
Or could just by something either in or nearby the station when you get there.

You should just accept the packed tea from mil as she will enjoy doing it. Let her do her thing.

You can definitely get tinned tuna pasta/veg salads - I think they’re made by John West.

Your other option is dried ramen noodle things that you add hot water too (from the train) - basically posh pot noodles. Supermarkets have loads of versions of these - cheeses pasta-type ones as well as proper Asian noodle ones.

John West tuna salads that don't need refrigerating?

And a pack of brioche! They travel well because they seem to be even nicer when slightly squashed.

Well, kids love pic-nic dinners. A jelly tub, a jam, or ham paste sandwich, fruit, rice cakes. Loads of finger food things.

I would deffo eat a babybel after a day or two out the fridge.

Croissants/brioche from aldi etc
Carton of juice.
I think I would just take some bread and jam probably and make up a sandwich.
Crisps, apple and jelly and sorted!

Just make a sandwich at MIL's before you leave. Say no thanks to taking Tupperware.

Some salami is ok if not refridgerated. I sent my DH to S America with some in his hand luggage (except the customs people confiscated it and I think they just ate it for their lunch)

You can def decant peanut butter and jam into baggies or little containers.

Another option is to take a cool bag, keep it in your bedroom and sneak cool blocks into MIL freezer and alternate them. It wouldn't be good enough for meat but would be fine for cheese and some carrot sticks

Tins of tuna, pack of crackers, dates, tube of primula? Apples, bananas etc. Or you could take those mini boxes of cereal and buy milk before jumping on the train?

@EatsFartsAndLeaves

It's these ones. They are in the tinned tuna aisle. You might want to try one before though as they are an acquired taste!

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Stuffed vine leaves and rye bread?! You must have a very different 4 year old to me. Mine would be happier with cold baked beans from a tin and a pack of Pom bears!

There must be a really odd family dynamic at play here. You're going to visit family, and you can't ask to make a packed lunch for their grandson? How odd.

This ^
You're making life a lot more complicated than it needs to be.

These pain au chocolat type things are individually wrapped and reasonably edible.

Don’t eat babybel that’s been out of the fridge for days!

Stuffed vine leaves and rye bread?!

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