I had great success with Serious Eats's lentil salad: http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2011/12/french-lentil-salad.html

yummy thumps up.

I'd also suggest some snacks for in-between meals: nuts, fruit (dried cranberries, clementines, an apple or two), sliced veggies and hummus or peanut butter, rice crackers, and maybe some nice dark chocolate! :)

how long between bus rides, and will you have access to refrigeration in between? If it's a shorter trip, and you will have a way to keep things cool in between, most bean or grain salads will be fine.

Quinoa salads will keep for awhile (this one is my current fave: http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Curried-Quinoa-Salad-with-Mango-232544), as will hard boiled eggs if you can/will eat them.

I'm also a fan of peanut butter on apples as a snack.

While the recipe for Warm Chickpea Salad with Cumin and Garlic sounds good, I would imagine it would give off a pretty heave smell. Buses are tight and there isn't any fresh air. The people around you probably won't appreciate smelling cumin and garlic for 11 hours. As someone who is a frequent bus and train traveler I would recommend keeping what ever you bring smell and mess free.

Make your own energy snack mix. I usually use toasted coconut chips, almonds, macadamia nuts, a few dark chocolate chips, and a few unsweetened dried cranberries. It's not only delicious, but full of healthy fats that will help keep you satisfied.

Are you diametrically opposed to using gluten free versions of products like bread and pasta? I have been gf for so long that I cant remember what real bread tastes like, but Rudi's brand is pretty decent and you could do any variety of sandwiches. I like roasted eggplant, tomato slices, and pesto for a hearty but not overly filling veggie sandwich. throw in some cheese depending on your comfort level there.

You can also do lettuce wraps with some nice ingredients: avocados, tempeh or baked tofu of some kind, etc etc.

HB eggs are a great idea, beth, except if you are worried about smelling up the bus. I personally would bring them anyway :)

mini frittatas and things like that also keep well (and taste good) at room temp. This might be more filling, and also a little easier to eat than lots of big containers of salads.

what about a thermos of soup, hot or cold? lentil? a cold pea soup with mint? etc etc. something not too chunky where you can drink it rather than spoon it.

These croquettes travel well - they're good even if they're not hot. They're broccoli and chickpea flour croquettes. Leave the cheese out if you want to be lactose-free.

Or you could try this <a= href"http://outoftheordinaryfood.com/2012/02/26/red-bean-hominy-stew-little-cornmeal-quiches/">red bean & hominy stew - cooked till it's quite dry like chili, with gluten free cornmeal "quiches." Both are good at room temperature.

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Red bean and hominy stew.

That's better!

These gluten-free chocolate chip cookies! http://food.chatelaine.com/Recipes/View/Gluten-free-crispy-and-chewy-chocolate-chip-cookies

If you have access to a vacuum sealer, it will help more than you can imagine! It keeps stuff FRESH for a much longer time than without.

Heidi's spring rolls--no need to refrigerate and so filling and healthy: http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/wintery-spring-rolls-recipe.html

Best advice I got for my 33 hour train ride to Florida: pack gluten free crackers and some jam with spices, something less monotonous than just peanut butter and jelly. And don't forget chocolate. And hand wipes.

Maybe make a cold noodle salad with gluten free pasta ( I wouldn't recommend rice noodles, something like ancient harvest noodles, more sturdy). I've done this for a long road trip. Just boil the noodles and let cool. Cut up your fave veggies in small bits, I like green onion, bean sprouts, cucumber, carrot, red pepper... you can make a peanut sauce like pad thai with a spoon full of peanut butter, red curry paste, a squeeze of lime juice, pepper and if you want, a splash of GF soy sauce.

Also there are travel packets of GF soy sauce by San-J.

I think the single-serve packets of almond butter are super convenient for traveling... just squirt some on fruit, a GF muffin, or even a rice cake for a really filling snack.

Vegetable and fruit salads with vinaigrette dressings are sturdy, satisfying, and don't need to be refrigerated. Here are my favorites!

Apple celery almond salad

Asian winter slaw

French carrot salad

French potato salad

Tomato cucumber chickpea salad

These also are on my list to make:

Red cabbage and white bean salad

Celery anchovy salad

Most of them are pretty smell-free (I appreciate the considerate nature of other Kitchn readers!), except for vinegar, although you might want to skip the celery anchovy salad for that reason. Any kind of gluten-free bread would be a wonderful accompaniment to these salads. And if you can manage a gluten-free, frosting-free moist picnic cake like apple or sweet potato or lemon? And maybe some clementines or other dessert fruit? You will probably be the most satisfied person on that bus.

The other great thing about all those salads? Perfect for picnics, too!

check out Goldbaums Wonder Meals on amazon or www.glutenfreemall.com