United Airlines' Snack Box

I don't know if you've noticed this about me, but I like to post every Sunday. It's a little tradition I've started that no one really holds me accountable for, except myself. So when I find myself overloaded with life tasks and can't get into the kitchen and don't have any attempts back-stocked and can't post on Sunday, it shouldn't really be a problem. So what if I miss one week, right? Except for the fact that the closer to Sunday it becomes, the more uncomfortable I feel not having anything to post.

The good news is that Matt and I are going on a week-long vacation to Kiawah, South Carolina and I will have lots of time for the recipes I've been earmarking. The bad news is that as we packed for our flight, I still had nothing planned for today.

Having explained all of my aforementioned post stress to a couple of people, my pal Lauren's comment got me thinking. She said something to the effect of: "Why don't you make your own airplane food?" Well, Lauren: Thank you! I did. Sort of. We made our own last minute snack box. We flew United, and they had a few options when it came to their snack boxes. Matt chose the "classic."

United's version:

And here's ours:

Our snack box came with some dry roasted pumpkin seeds, a bag of hard pretzels, Emergen-C, water, and the new Saveur! How lovely. The king size Snickers, which the good people at Snickers are kind enough to break up into two manageable mini-bars, is one of Matt's weird flight traditions. And that green prescription bottle? Also one of Matt's flight traditions.

Of course, this probably begs the question: does throwing snack items into a bag and calling it a snack box count for an attempt? Probably not. Do I feel better having kept my Sunday tradition? You bet.

We're officially on vacation! Cheers!