Cover, turn on high and let the blender clean itself! Fruit and yogurt parfaits are a great breakfast option. These can even be prepped in disposable coffee cups with lids if your team needs to eat on the run. To make parfaits I usually buy large containers of vanilla yogurt, fresh strawberries, and granola and layer these ingredients in the cups.

Topping them with a few strawberries and some granola makes it pretty too. Instead of having your team buy a lunch, packing a lunch is always a great option.

I learned a trick from a fellow chaperone who had the girls on her team fill out a "sandwich order form" each night. The chaperones used that as a guide and had the girl's sandwiches made when they came in the team room to pack their lunches.

It does make the mornings go smoother and creates less mess! We usually poll the girls prior to the trip to find out what their preferences are. Feeding dinner to a team can be harder than you think!

You never know when you will be done playing for the day so dinner reservations can be challenging to make. It is also not easy to secure a table in a restaurant for ten players, several chaperones, and assorted parents when there are so many other teams trying to do the same.

I have found that the players are usually quite happy to go back to their hotel room, take a shower, and eat together in the team room. I have a few dinner options that I have prepared often that are really quick to make.

It's also easy enough to have extras if any parents or coaches want to stop by for a bite. Many athletes like to eat carbs, namely pasta, the night before competing.

I have found an easy way to serve pre-cooked pasta out of a hotel room. For most out of state tournaments I cook pounds of pasta at home prior to traveling. After each batch is cooked, I rinse the noodles with cold water, drain well, and toss with Tablespoons of lite tasting olive oil.

The oil helps to prevent the pasta from sticking together. This pre-cooked pasta can be stored in gallon or jumbo sized zip-style plastic bags and transported in the car in a cooler.

Prior to serving at the hotel, pour the noodles in a colander that you bring from home and run hot water over the noodles in a sink or even the shower. This will heat the noodles sufficiently to serve.

I usually pour the noodles in a disposable tin pan and serve the pasta from there. You can use pasta to serve with a sauce, to make up a pasta salad, or even to serve just with sprinkled Parmesan cheese. Pasta can often be found for under a dollar a pound so this is a very easy and economical way to feed a team.

This Fettuccine Alfredo only took about ten minutes to heat up. To make this for a team, freeze small pieces of a pound pre-cooked rotisserie chicken meat in a plastic zip-style bag at home prior to the trip. Also, pre-cook 2 pounds of fettuccine noodles as outlined above. To prepare in a hotel room, pour 2 large jars of Newman's Own Fettuccine Alfredo sauce the taste test winner in my house in a large electric skillet, add the chicken pieces and stir until heated.

Add the noodles and serve with broccoli florets. I'd love to hear your comments, suggestions, or ways you cook for your team on the road. Please enter your ideas in the comment section below! Chicken or tuna salad works great as well.

Chicken Cesar: Whether you wrap it up or eat it as a salad, Chicken Cesar is a team favorite! All the ingredients can be stored separately in a cooler and combined quickly for an easy team lunch. Yogurt Parfaits: An easy side or dessert that can be made in advance and stored in the fridge.

You can also layout ingredients like Greek yogurt, granola, fresh-cut fruit, dark chocolate chunks, and mixed nuts for the athletes to make their own. Fruit Salad: A light lunch or side that travels well in a cooler.

Bring some large containers of Greek yogurt as a way to add some protein to the equation. Mexican Theme Bar: For an easy team dinner, have parents bring Mexican fillers, and players can make their own burritos.

Black beans, rice, and tomatoes are some of the most inexpensive foods in the grocery store. Potato Bar: This is an easy one — players can top their own baked potato with cheese, bacon, broccoli, or sour cream.

Cook the noodles and offer a couple of sauces and toppings like slow cooker meatballs, chopped and steamed veggies, and shredded cheese.

Bringing the team meal outdoors and cooking on the grill can turn any team meal into a party! Tell parents to bring their own meat or sides to contribute.

Sliders: Go little! Grilled beef or chicken sliders are popular as a meal or aside. Kabobs: If you have older kids on the team, they can help prepare the meats and vegetables for a kabob meal. For your team vegetarians, have a few veggie burgers on hand.

Grilled Chicken: Try out a fun new marinade and serve with sides like baked potatoes, rice, and veggie kabobs or put it on a sprouted grain bun for chicken sandwiches.

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