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    Meals on dive boats

    What sort of food/meals would you prefer served on daytrip or Liveaboard dive boats i.e. breakfast, lunch and dinner?
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    I did Blackbeards liveaboard and breakfast was eggs or hash browns or grits and bacon or sausage mostly. Lots of different kind of juices.

    Lunch - various meats for sandwiches, potato salad, chips.

    Dinner - big salad bowl, spaghetti, rolls.

    This is just one example the food changed daily.

    Good basic food with snacks in between dives - fruit, goldfish, etc.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ringo
    What sort of food/meals would you prefer served on daytrip or Liveaboard dive boats i.e. breakfast, lunch and dinner?
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    Stuff that will not give you heartburn or give you the runs. Not to greasy, not to heavy yet with enough of a punch to keep you going the whole day.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tamas
    Stuff that will not give you heartburn or give you the runs. Not to greasy, not to heavy yet with enough of a punch to keep you going the whole day.
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    Definitely light on the grease for breakfasts. I find most breakfasts too heavy on high fat foods. Would love to see some potatoes that aren't fried (maybe broiled?), ham or turkey, eggs and oatmeal. In other words, fast carbs, slow carbs and some protein without the grease.
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    Breakfast burritos!!!

    As someone who does "quick and dirty" cooking for active family and friends, nothing is easier to make or handier to serve. Advantages:
    1) Can be cooked in one large pan;
    2) Odd ingredients may be served on the side to accomodate individual preferences
    (e.g. onions, tomatoes, bacon: ummm -- bacon)
    3) Easy to make up ahead of time (can be microwaved if ncessary later)
    4) Can be eaten by hand -- utensils not necessary.
    And they make a great leftover snack later with a cold glass of Pinot Grigio when you're done diving for the day!!!
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    Meals on dive boats

    check out the website for the Nekton: www.nektoncruises.com
    they have a sample menu for the entire week at sea and let me tell you -- it is very acurate! We never went hungry and the food was awesome. Being buffet, you could pick and choose what works for your stomach.
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    When I did Blackbeards, the food was amazing. We never went hungry and there was always snacks avaliable from fresh fruit to cookies and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. I am not a morning person and oftem missed breakfast, but by the time I decided to roll out of bed, which was usually after everyone ate, there was always food avaliable to me. Plus the daily baked goods that were prepared sometimes twice a day. I did eat very well that week.

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    As much fresh fruit as is practical. I've been on a liveaboard where there were almost no fruits or veg of any kind served and It started to make me feel sick after a few days.
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