Living In A Van: TOP 10! Best Food to Eat NO FRIDGE NO STOVE | Hobo Ahle 

so there's definitely some more stuff, but here's a general list 💛 anybody got some fav's that didn't make the top 10?!?! (no fridge no stove edible?)

when I was homeless I remember eating a can of spinach and thinking it was the best food in the world (I was hungry). Now sometimes I just eat a can of beets.

i don’t live in a car but i isolate myself in my room because my family is toxic and i don’t eat anything until they are all asleep so i’ve been losing too much weight. thank you for so these ideas!!

watching you spread and cut a sandwich with a spoon just changed my life

Careful with the eggs. Store-sold eggs usually have the coating that keeps eggs fresh washed off. If you get them direct from the farmer they can sit out for longer. 🧡

Hummus, small quantity of cheeses. Salad kits. Avocado with cracked black pepper and sea salt- eat avocado out of shell with a spoon. Vegetarian sausage and coldcuts are precooked and yummy cold. Ready made burritos, chips and dips in jars. Chickpeas/garbanzo beans and canned refried beans are good in cans. Canned or jarred salsa and diced green chiles, jarred pimiento. Oh and rinse all canned beans well. Chutney. Smoked tofu is single serve. Yogurt and cream cheese and crackers if you are eating it right away.

My dad is a survivalist. So I grew up eating lots of cans of sardines. I still love them. Here is a delicious (though unhealthy) lunch: One can of sardines, half baguette, 6 or so large olives (preferably stuffed with garlic). wash it down with a bottle of Perrier!

When I lived in my car 90% of my food was either fresh fruit or canned food. Worked out for me

Peanut butter and banana plus honey and flax meal wrapped in a tortilla. My version of exotic meal.

Annie chun makes rice and noodle meals, already cooked. Can put on dash board to let the sun heat it or wrap things in foil and put on dash board to heat, also slightly open a can and place on dash board for 2 hours or more. The sunshine will heat things up abit.

Truck driver here, I always try to keep foods like this incase my fridge dies or I’m in a rental. Thanks for posting!

I can't agree with you more (about stove). A single burner with a tiny can of propane doesn't take up much room and opens up a ton of opportunities over room temp foods. Also, even a small to medium cooler WITHOUT ice is better than no cooler at keeping things edible for a bit longer. I agree with your thoughts completely.

Oh Yeah!! Sardines for the win!! You can get them with hot sauce, mustard, and tomato sauce!!!

I'm a Jeep and off-road guy... Jeep has a heater that you can buy at the Surplus Store,they made it for the military. When your engine is running, or still hot, it's a tray that sits on top of your engine and Cooks the food. It originated in World War II it was for the troops. I have three of them. Also Certo works really well.

hey!!! I eat sardines! boneless, skinless packed in olive oil ....on crackers.....with beer....... good for you too! Throw in some fresh guacamole and chips.....some more beer..... true- this spectacular menu most likely precludes intimate quality time with your significant other, but hey. I felt I should stick up for sardines....(and canned squid, etc)

Put sardines on toast with arugula, bell peppers and avacado! It's pretty good! Try bacarone sardine's, they're marinated in a vinegarette.

My fave no fridge meal to make on my camp stove is yellow curry Cauliflower Yellow Curry A lil Coconut creme Garbanzo beans Water chestnuts Petite green peas Rice or quinoa I can eat it daily it’s so good!!!

Also, I LOVE a can of cold beans! 🤣 I get black beans, and mix in spices and nutritional yeast and dip chips in 🤤 🤤

The fact that you are so sweet. My day has just been blessed. I think I'll subscribe just to be lifted up by your genuine joy.

Good ideas, thanks for sharing 😊

If you dont like to go to gas stations to heat up your food, Whole Foods has microwaves and some have toasters! College campuses are another place to microwave. Or if you are in a very hot environment, sitting your food on the dash letting the sun heat your food is a winner. I had a cold ham and cheese sandwich, put it on my dash for an hour..it was heated😊

I feel like I would get really skinny if I survived on these foods LOL

I have been known to eat sardines from time to time. I got the kids eating them too. My wife thinks they are disgusting. They do have a really strong fishy flavor and I have to be in the right mood for them. They are good when you are out "roughing it."

Riding to Sturgis this year and camping along the way. I have limited room. This helped a lot.

Dubliner cheese and gouda keep really well without fridge if you put them in a ziplock bag after opening. You find them in the deli section of walmart.

At any truck stop you can get a heated cup you can plug into cigerate lighter can heat water for tea or Roman noodles

Just a tip: Mayo is another condiment that doesn't need to be refrigerated. I know; I can make a 30oz jar last 2 weeks in my upstairs room that I currently rent. As long as it stays in the jar. If you mix it with foods, that's what makes mayo go bad. Btw, I kinda live like I'm in a van. Yes I have bathroom and kitchen privileges. But I really only take advantage of the bathroom. I'm handicapped and it's tough for me to climb stairs a bunch.

This is the best list of road/camp food I've seen. It's pretty healthy, too. Thank you.

Good ideas. Also granola bars, beef/turkey jerky, evaporated milk (multiple uses. One of them dilute with water to taste and have with cereal.)

If you've been driving for a while and stop to eat, you can heat up canned food by putting them on or alongside of your vehicle's exhaust manifold. If the engine is turbo-charged, put the can near the turbo. There is an enormous amount of heat in those things and canned food heats up in no time. Just remember to punch a small hole in the can first or your meal could end up blown all over the place!

Wow you have a wonderful smile. You are blessed remember that. Keep on smiling.

Awesome video! I’ve rediscovered fruit cups and pudding cups recently and Can’t recommend them enough for a quick snack. The 99 cent store has practically everything on this list, definitely my first stop when shopping for food for a few days. I’ve also found that if you can plan a days food in the morning with ready made sandwiches, a salad and frozen vegetable stir fry and a canned meat for dinner, you can store everything in a small insulated lunch pack and the frozen veggies will keep your food cold for most of the day and thawed and ready to cook right when dinner rolls around. Make sure to ziplock the veggies because it can leak and make a mess.

For someone with a hyperactive bowel and bladder like myself, military MRE's are probably the best for me. I heard that stuff plugs you up good, which means I don't have to do #2 as much.

Hi there! I live with no fridge, no microwave and no stove. I dont live in the car, but i live in the guest house where i rent this small room ( toilet is inside my room) with tv, little closet and bed. People here do have option to own a fridge, stove or whatever they want. But i prefer to buy my meal twice a day with delivery service so i dont need to cook or prepare foods. I only go to groceries twice a week to get snacks like chips, veggie biscuits, granola bar, fruits, whole bread, and toilet paper etc. Things i want to address here is, there's plenty of foods and snacks for people who choose to live without fridge and microwave, you just have to figure out what kind of food you want to make and sometime you need to find the subtitute if its too hard to make it without any of those tools (stove, microwave, fridge) By the way i just found your channel and watched some of the videos. And i love your personality so much. Keep making good content, girl. Sorry for my english as its not my first language Love from Indonesia x

I have a confession.. I like sardines, like, on bead with cooked eggs

Eat 1 can of sardines every day. 1 can gives you daily 30g of protein. That's all protein needs. Plus calcium. Because sardines are packed with bones, you eat this soft bones and your bones gets needed calcium. Plus fish oil. 1 can a day gives you lots of benefits.

Excellent list! I also recommend pickled items. So long as you are eating them within a week or two of opening them you'll have no problems.

your videos always make me crave adventure ... I really admire your spirit. stay safe, have fun, be happy ahle

You’re one of those people that just makes people smile when they see you. 🌹

My kids and I all love eating sardines(boneless & skinless) with bbq chips and eating them with chopsticks make it more fun 😘👌

If you are in a place with a lot of sun, you can put something you want heated on the dash or the back (wherever the sun is) Shout out to peanut butter and marshmallow fluff sandwiches - all ingredients are shelf stable! Also if you swirl peanut butter and syrup together until it’s consistent, and put that on bread, that’s another sandwich option (I had it as a kid - I only recently found out that peanut butter and syrup sandwiches are unusual. Me and my siblings had varying opinions on the ratio of peanut butter to syrup, so it may take a few tries to figure out yours.

Alternative to a stove, is lunchbox slow cookers like SabotHeat and HotLogic. They're super low energy, and can plug into 12v car port. Cooks in about 40 minutes, even meat.

Refrigerated eggs must be left outside the Refrigerator no more than two hours. Otherwise it will sweat and moisture will facilitate the growth of bacteria. Those that are fresh and not washed nor refrigerated can last longer without refrigeration.

I am obsessed with avocado/hummus sandwiches. I make sure I buy non-GMO bread, or ancient wheat (spelt, etc.), or decent gluten-free, to avoid the genetically-modified wheats that are making us sick. But I digress. So liberally slather hummus on the bread, and use a whole avocado sliced. No butter/margarine/etc needed. Just so good! Hummus is also excellent with tuna and hardboiled egg. I think it is the lemon in it that makes it work. Basically, hummus works well as a mayo substitute.

Bro I literally just made an Instagram story about how I just found out about sardines and eat them for vanlife. They are such a pure protein! 😂😂😂

really enjoy your videos and useful tips. you are very cute and charming also. I have lived many years in a van and later a pickup truck and understand the allure of beautiful natural places. I also love sardines, water packed, with Dijon mustard. they are very nutritious, portable, and covenant, no fridge or stove need and really delicious , although it's good to wash up after eating .I would suggest getting 2 cans of bear spray, use 1 to practise with to become comfortable using. the 2nd one for piece of mind.

I absolutly love sardines. Always first on my grocery list.😆

Ask the seafood dept in grocery for a couple small bags (Ralph's /Vons in the west) of ice for a small cooler since buying a 5 lb bag is stupid.

You can make a stove that uses tea light candles to heat it, it would allow you to make eggs, soup, etc without needing a stove.

I use E.B.T and it allows you to purchase cold chicken from the day before in the deli. Of course I'd prefer hot but hey, gotta work with what ya got! New subscriber! This is only my second video but i love it so far! 😱😁

Dried dates and peanut butter = heaven

Lol my family eats sardines! Even my kiddos! We eat skinless, boneless packed in olive oil. Its in a red tin I think King something? It’s really good. Worth a try. If you eat can tuna you definitely should try it.

I'm a dork- I commented on the one from June 28th or something LOL favorite pepper! You can get a cooler and block ice! That's what we do- we live off grid. We have a Coleman stove too.

I've never tried sardines, but I love canned tuna and smoked clams and oysters are good.

Rigging up a 1000w inverter with a 700w microwave is pretty easy an helps a lot

Just tried my first peanut butter and banana sandwich after watching this, not bad at all 👌🏼😊

Ahle; Sardines are very good for you! Fish oil! The only real problem is that a can of sardines is very expensive for the number of fish you actually get. Try the wild caught sardines packed in water. Opening the cans is a little messy if you're not careful about it, and you definitely don't want the smell of empty sardine cans in your van, so make sure you can dispose of them right away.

My food advice for anyone low on money or living a on the go life is to make fried rice. Friend rice is super versatile, simple, and easy. If you have at rice, egg, and soy sauce, you have the building blocks for a delicious meal. Pair it with veggies and you're done.

Bush's baked beans any flavor eat hot or cold straight from the can!

Filipino sardines from the brand, ligo, in tomato sauce or spicy. Mix in some chopped tomato and onion. Warm it up and eat with rice.

I remember a road trip once when I was a kid where my parents cooked some food on the engine block.

I grew up on sardines , they’re actually still good! It’s almost Nostalgic for me ! The ones with mustard and saltines lol

Yes, I eat the sardines in mustard. Delicious and makes me healthy. (All those little bone!)

Instant oatmeal + gas station hot water and nutella is a great combo with peanut butter.

My refrigerator stop working and I’m currently trying to eat healthier and this helped me a lot thank you!

I’m planning a week long road trip and this helped me so much! Thank youuu🤍

Ahle is in da house ! Another great video, keep ‘em coming, safe travels 🖖

on hot days, you can put your food in a container and just stick it on your dashboard for a few minutes and ta-dah! hot food B)

Lindt chocolate is food too! Hope your Independence Day was delightful, Ahle.

Cold canned bake beans and rice pudding. Yum. Spam is life 😂😂

I use "ice batterys" all the time. Take a water bottle with you when you go places with a freezer and "charge it up"(freeze it) then put it in your cooler. That way I can keep some stuff chilled and I have some cold water. Also it's fairly easy with some careful drilling and a can of great stuff to make a basic cheap cooler into a more efficient cooler like a yeti. It's not pretty but it works.

I don't have fridge because I only rented room. It's high price to rented a house here. Watching this really gives me ideas

Hi Ahle We did the very same thing with out having to spend much we only spent 6 dollars a day for 2people

Put your cans in the window on hot days. Heat up your Breads and pastries with your defroster wrapped up properly on high get hot water at 7 ..11 r just get a 1 burner propane stove cheap

I wanna kms every day. Living in a van is exhausting, lonely depressing, etc. I wouldn't recommend it for everyone. Some people make it work and are happy, but some people have no choice. Like myself. anyone watching this for good reason, i hope yall stay safe and succeed to your full potential. I hope yall are happy where you're at and that you dont let life being you down, you make the most of it in every way.

The sardine comments were so funny :) I will eat fish from a can but not sardines! Here is something that works for me, maybe not everyone. I spend long periods of time in a general geographical area so, I get a storage unit. I keep a cooler in there for things like bottled water, juice and small sealed items. Yes, the ice thing is a little messy but I save lots of money buying these items at Walmart instead of 7-11. Just juice alone was costing $2/day which is $60/month! The storage unit is $40 and I get to buy additional items that save lots of money.

My thoughts exactly on those things called sardines...I thought the exact same, who eats these things? Then, my friend came to visit and we went to the market and he bought SARDINES!!! I was shocked! When he opened them I had to look and I will say if the stench does not turn you off...the looks sure as hell should!

In the US eggs should be kept cold unless you can get unwashed eggs from someone who has chickens. Theres a protective membrane we wash off in the states with it storing them in a cool place they can keep for a month

Sardines? My Costco sells pallets and pallets of sardines, so somebody's eating them! Yep, I am, but never heat them in the microwave at work, trust me on that one, lol!

Great job. Yeah. Learning by necessity.

I eat sardines! 😊 All official MREs have heaters in them. Love your channel! 😊

I thought I was the only one that cut sandwiches with a spoon until I saw you cut that PB nanner sandwich😂

Nice video! I enjoyed how you cut the peanut butter and banana bread with the spoon:)

Wrap it in tin foil and cook on top of your motor while driving.

White peach is a superior fruit. The fruit of the gods if you ask me. Immortally good.🙊

Salami lasts long too. A lot of hikers mountain trekkers or motorcycle campers use it. Great videos Alex 😁

Just want y mention (as a former food service professional and as a current chicken enthusiast), eggs can only go without refrigeration if they are fresh from the hen (unwashed). If they are washed (like the ones you buy at the store) they need to be kept at 45⁰F (which is passing at just a little warmer of temperature compared to typical 40⁰ foods like milk).

American eggs should be refridgerated due to the way they're processed. Eggs in other places, the UK for example are never refridgerated.

if you ahead and save about 400-500 bucks, you can get a good 3 100watt solar panels at $100 a piece on amazon, and use the rest to buy a good used deep cycle battery at around $100, then get a charge controller and an inverter from amazon if you cant find some cheap on OFFERUP or CRAIGSLIST, would be nice to see you upgrade the van in the future, this would allow you to use a fridge and have proper AC power. its not that expensive when you think about how much you already spend on the van

I just started trucking so I’m broke with no appliances in my truck yet but I’m so glad I found your video it was very helpful to me. I already thought of pb&j, granola bars, pop tarts, crackers, chips, and water but besides that I was stumped. Can’t believe I didn’t think of tuna before…

Knowing where there are several locations for ice, microwaves, toilets, garbage/trash receptacles, showers, places to cool off/warm up and sleep without danger or hassle can help you plan central locations so you minimize driving/gas. Utilizing these places in a rotation so as to not be too obvious or too frequently on the premises will help you get what you need when you need it, without being accused of loitering. Always purchase something in return for the convenience, and never leave trash around. Don't discuss your situation with anyone, even if asked. You don't need to burn bridges behind you. Be polite, and if you get tossed out of a place, go without an argument. There are always options. If you can afford a small self-storage container that has air conditioning, get it. It will help you keep more space in your car, afford you extra space for things you need, and in the middle of a heat wave or snow storm, can provide an hour or two of relief while you retrieve some belongings or store more things. Learn to be stealthy and as invisible as you can be. Take good care of yourself.

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I just buy a steak, a potato a carrot a couple pieces of fruit, garlic and a shallot and cook it immediately in my van using an electric pot that is 500 watts. I have -“a 1000 watt inverter and two solar panels. Don’t need a fridge. Just go to the grocery store every time I gotta eat.

I freaking love this video, you definitely helped me out on food stuff. Do gotta subscribe now. 🤘🏼😁👍🏼👸🏼✌🏼

Definitely slo-moed that MRE/Backpacking meals throw. NICE!

Awesome videos!

Lol I eat sardines with rice! I have bought lots of items from the .99 cent stores!

I love sardines!!! ❤️

Kippers are better than Sardines for snacks. Juuust eat them outside or you will never get the smoked fish smell out.

When u start to miss the hot foods, can buy a 100w solar panel second hand for $120 and power a electric stove and fridge (second hand is $30 each).