Calling All Road-Trippers: You Only Need 1 Hand to Eat These 15 Meals

Focus on the driving—we've got your food figured out

ByKenzi Wilbur

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Road trip food is a tricky beast for a few, chief reasons:

  1. You need your hands for other things, presumably driving or co-piloting.
  1. You can’t fill up on snacks, because what if you’re full by the time you get to the shack on the side of Route 1 with the sign that scrawls “County’s Best Blueberry Pie”?! That would be shameful.

Our solution to tackling this is to focus on the meals: Bring something that will grant you the power not to stop at the normal drive-through dinner options, but leave the periphery free and clear for snacks along the way (blueberry pie and Doritos both count).

Here, then: Our favorite full meals you can eat with one hand and without utensils—for this summer’s last road trips and all of those thereafter:

The Sandwiches (duh):

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The Wraps Actually Worth Eating:

The Wildcards:

Tell us what you pack on road trips—or your biggest travel-related food fiasco—in the comments.

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