What could you have done differently? Here are some strategies I've employed at various times.
- *Keep a bag of freeze-dried vegetables in the car for snacking. They keep forever and will be there when I need them.
*Grab something to take with me on the way out the door, taking my mini-ice chest with blue ice if necessary. Generally finger food - could be fruit, a piece of bread or tortilla, cold baked potato, carrots, red peppers (eat like an apple), cooked green beans, etc.
*Go to a grocery store instead of a prepared food place. There are lots of options in the produce department, including cut fruit. The deli section usually has plastic forks for eating. Or, do like we did after coming back from Costa Rica and keep a "snack pack" in the car. It has a rolled up flexible cutting board, knife, couple of bowls, and couple of forks and spoons. Sometimes we stop and buy a whole pineapple and cut it up right in the car for our snack.
What other ideas can you think of?