Slow Cook'n & Truck'n

My hubby and I did our trailer truckin' from Shaky Town (Los Angeles) to the great white north of Toronto, Canada. We took care of our eating needs by purchasing the 12 volt cook pots (available at any TA, Flying J or Petro).

We also bought a Kool King cooler directly from the manufacturer and had an extra big fan/cooler motor put in it. The cooler fit right under the sleeper bunk and doubled as a dinner table.

When we were home I would cook up meals and freeze them as soon as they were done in foil. Because the cooler worked so well we would get our perishables the day we left so we could have milk, fresh salad mixings, cottage cheese, lunch meat etc.

When we knew we were getting ready to park for the night we would plug in the 12 volt pot or pan, put the frozen dinner into it IN THE FOIL and put the lid on. By the time we stopped the dinner was warmed up and all we had to do was make a salad.

We would do the same thing with frozen veggies, but make sure to line the pot with foil...sure makes clean up easy. We figured we saved about $400+ a trip just in food savings.

Breakfast was cereal and milk or fruit. Lunch was sandwiches or something light because we could take our condiments with us. We would take walks every day and between us my hubby's weight stayed the same and I lost 30 pounds on Weight Watchers. One dinner I would make was:

2 Lean pork chops
1 can pineapple, chunk or ring
dash celery seed, ground or seed
salt and pepper to taste