Don't you guys ever eat at a regular restaurant?

You'd have to talk to the FO's in the majors forum about that one...costs too much for these guys!

When I'm not at work

Heaven forbid a business professional happens to see me with my frozen meals in my lunch box.

There are reasons people have money and spending it at restaurants on overnights is not one of them. I will certainly go out with the crew on an overnight but I probably pack 80% of my meals. If I am spending money on a meal it is at home with my wife.

I usually pack soup. Fits in the bag easily and makes for a quick meal.

Kraft makes a version of Easy Mac packaged in a styrofoam bowl...just add water up to the line and zap it for 3.5 minutes. I'm not a big fan of mac n' cheese, but they also make it with Italian pasta and fettucini alfredo. Those aren't bad. Lots of carbs and sodium though.

Otherwise I pack trail mix, muffins, fruit cups (and applesauce), StarKist tuna salad kits, beef jerky (the real stuff...low fat...not slim jims), soup, crackers, granola or yogurt bars, oatmeal, and lemonade powder.

Depends on what's on them. Deli meat and cheese is usually OK for about a day and a half if you pack it with one of those blue ice freezer packs. But, don't put mayo on them. That can be dangerous if it gets to be room temperature for too long. If you want mayo, just raid the bin of individual mayonaise packages at Chic-Fil-A (no refrigeration needed). Same goes for mustard or whatever else you want.

Bring the bread seperately and pack all your meat, cheese, and veggies in another container. Assemble it all in the cockpit and you'll probably be much happier with the result (compared to having a two-day-old sandwich that has been chilled all together...IOW, you have wet bread).

I usually bring other stuff that doesn't need to be kept cool, just to avoid the problem completely.

We have two large refrigerators in the SAAB crew lounge at Eagle. Since all the trips are out and backs it makes it easy to take stuff that has to be kept cold. I like to get those Deli Select sandwiches, they are about $2.00 at Target. I freeze them at home then throw it in the lunch bag and put it in the fridge at work. Take it in the flight kit out to the overnight and it's ready to go by the time I am at the hotel. I also take some stuff that doesn't need to be refrigerated just incase. You never know. But the fridge is very nice to have around.

for those of you guys that bring bread with you, how do you pack it so it won't go hard after a few days

When I packed bread I got a square tupperware container and brought that along with the bread in it. Kept it fresh no problem.