Travel Tip: Bringing Food Through Airport Security

Most parents of kids with food allergies have food on hand for their kids wherever they go. That usually means carrying food around in a cooler bag at mealtimes. We have a lunch bag with an blue ice pack for perishable items.
Ice packs when traveling on planes, however, are a definite no-no, with current airline security measures. On my last trip, I had to throw my ice pack away when going through security.
This past holiday, however, I was prepared with an alternative. My alternative for an ice pack? Frozen juice boxes, which are allowed through airline security, thankfully, and work almost as well as an ice pack to keep food cool.