What type of food do you take and what do you pack it in? Looking to save some money on first year pay.

I started packing food to control my crap food intake, but it does work for saving $$$ as well. I use a small softside cooler.

4 PBJs, 2 microwavable soup/chef boyardee cups, 2 cups natural applesauce, wheat thins, powerbars, granola bars, bananas and/or apples, almonds, dark chocolate pieces.

TUNA TUNA TUNA oh and also some crackers. oatmeal (sticks to the ribs)

The soup does not need to be kept cold, so save it for the last couple days of a 4-day trip when your ice packs have thawed out.

Some guys are very good at this, but even I have become fairly good at making it through a 4-day trip with buying very little food.

I bring some stuff from the deli in a grocery store, like a pasta salad and a pound or so of tuna salad and some crackers. I also bring cheese and yoghurt. These obviously need to be kept cold. Lots of granola bars.

I have a bag from Ebags which fits on the rails of my PNT rollaboard. The bag will pay for itself in about 2 trips.

But the true unforeseen bonus of bringing your own food is not having to really hustle to stand in line for really crappy food at airports. You fly in and have a 30 minute turn and are starving. Not a worry if you have your own chow along.

HOLY SH!T man,, 1 POUND OF TUNA!!!!

Don't forget to take some fruit and yoghurt if it is available at the hotels breakfast.

A pound of tuna salad from the deli ain't that much, is it? At least not for a 4-day trip.

Oh, and I eat it with onion crackers just to mask the finely scented cockpits we have at AWAC!!

WORD!!

Take whatever is free. Eat breakfast whereever it is available.

4 or 5 sandwhiches, apples, yogurt, carrots or celery, beef jerky, trail mix, nutrigrain bars. It saves alot of money, and it is alot healthier.

And for those of you that hate tuna or just dont want to stink up the cockpit try the cans of chicken, still healthy minus the stinch.