Food allergies almost put an end to my family's traveling days. But to get back in the swing of things with my son's food allergies, we started by staying at the homes of close relatives. Gradually, we ventured out to hotels and condos. Traveling with food allergies does take more prep...
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How to keep the food frozen?
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008 at 09:50 AMre: How to keep the food frozen?
Gina Clowes
Wednesday, June 25, 2008 at 03:25 PMWe always need a lot of "safe foods" at our destination so I will freeze several meals at a time, for example chili or stew. You can freeze these in freezer bags or in Hefty Ovenware disposable pans. Put several of these heavy frozen meals at the bottom. You can also freeze a bunch of juice boxes, hotdogs, and even water bottles to help keep things cold. Once you have your cooler mostly packed, add sealed plastic bags of ice cubes (less messy than loose ice) and stick those in between items wherever they will fit. If you will be eating cold cuts, yogurts or cheeses during your trip make sure these are the last things packed and put them on top. You can tuck some additional plastic bags on the side of the cooler and refill some new ice bags half way through your trip. If anything on top becomes partially thawed, you can just make that the first nights dinner. However, we usually find that with long trips, even if we add ice only once, all of our food stays frozen the entire time. Good Luck!
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My family is planning a trip and I'm in a panic on how to keep his frozen foods frozen for roughly a 7 to 10 hour drive to our location. Should I use dry ice or regular ice? We will be driving so I could always stop at a store and put fresh ice in. Do I need to pack the cooler a certain way? If you have any suggestions I would greatly appreciate them.
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