Ideas for lunch box

[JT in MD]

Greetings.. I work a job that requires me to be in a car for 12 hours (0830 - 2030).. I can get out but the day is largely unplanned. I carry a large lunch box/cooler with me and I'm looking for ideas as to what to toss in there for essentially 2 full meals. Of course I can stop and grab stuff on the go, but I'm looking for some foods/meals that are fairly loaded to aid my caloric needs (4500-5000 / day). Normally, I have 1 PBJ, 2 roast beast/cheese sandwiches, 1/2 gal milk, and some fruits.. Any ideas?

[Mr.City]

You can't go wrong with beef chili.

[JT in MD]

You can't go wrong with beef chili.

mmm.. my mouth actually watered when I read that. No bullshit.

[Tim Lofton]

Tuna + mayo = tuna salad, high cal/high protein

Summer sausage + smoked cheese

[bowdirk]

Get 2 of these, one for chili, one for Milk

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/links/link.jsp;jsessionid=UQD4TNWTMNDGFLAQBBKSCO3MCAEFAI WE?id=0020844517708a&type=product&cmCat=SEARCH_all&returnPage=search-results1.jsp&Ntt=48+oz+thermos&Ntk=Product_liberal&sort=all&N=0&Nty=1&hasJS=true&_dyncharset=ISO-8859-1&_DARGS=%2Fcabelas%2Fen%2Fcommon%2Fsearch%2Fsearch-box.jsp.form1&_requestid=38453

-Bowdirk

[Jamie J. Skibicki]

Anything. I don't see how you are limited at all?

[TomV]

I'm usually out of the house about 10-12 hours a day in between travelling, work & gym. Here's what I try and carry to make sure I can keep eating:

about 300g of meat (steak, chicken breast, ground beef whatever)
3-4 hard-boiled eggs
Half a cup of almonds/macadamias
A carrot and some cheese (I swear this is a weird but great combo)
1-2 baggies of protein powder (just mix it with water in a shaker)
1 protein bar (These are a bit of a luxury, if you don't want to cough up the cash you can take cans of tuna or make some beef jerky)
2 pieces of fruit (apple and an orange generally).

That seems to keep me going pretty well most of the time. I'd probably be well served by making myself eat a few more veggies but I know half the time I'm not even gunna eat them :P.