So I am about to be working the NASCAR event at Texas Motor Speedway and camping out for a week. I will be about 3.5 weeks out from surgery, so still kind of limited. It will just be me, so firing up a grill and stuff is pointless. Any suggestions on things to pack that are safe to eat at this point?

We ain't eating hot pickled bologna in jersey. Raw oysters an clams is how jersey rolls!!

About to go to the store this evening, so trying one more time for any last minute ideas?

Badboy, I just came back from a week of camping out. I cooked over a small portable gas stove everyday. You can get one at any sporting good store. With that you could scramble eggs...which was my favorite soft food. So was egg salad. Of course those things would require you keep a cooler. Baby bel cheeses are great and portable. If you use protein powder, I'd definitely plan to have my shaker bottle and mix up shakes regularly. It may not be your current plan but it's easy, high protein and these are unusual circumstance. Plus it's only a few day. Other than that, canned tuna is easy to get down, so is crab meat. I'm talking about real crab meat that comes in a can. Don't buy that prepackaged imitation crap you see in the seafood department.

I was thinking about camping food a bit yesterday after reading this thread. How do you think hobo stew would work if the potatoes are taken out and replaced with something else. Hobo stew is basically hamburger, spices and chopped carrots, cabbage, onions, etc thrown into aluminum foil. You then throw it into your campfire and let it cook and sizzle a while. Smells awesome, especially at the end of a long hike in. Another good hike lunch we used to take on our 100 milers is salami and cheese. The cheese actually got more awesome the more number of days that went by. Instant Oatmeal is also and easy favorite to do for breakfast.

The problem is I will be by myself, so cooking is impractical. Normally I woukd have pack sandwich fixings, but I am still on a restricted diet for weeks 2-6. Thays where u am hittibg snags.

I'm sure you've already gone to the store by now but we do foil packs all the time when camping. You could modify to your food stage right now. Take canned chicken and green beans, fold it up in foil and throw it on the fire or get a small propane stove. You could change it up every day with ham, chicken, tuna, sausage or whatever pickled baloney and veggies u like. That'll give you 1 hot meal a day and some variety. That's how we camp.