Please suggest some good travel food... 16 hrs of flight

We're flying to England from the West coast via New York soon, and I'm worried about the airplane food (we're flying United). I'm traveling with a 2 year old, so I've already decided to pack a bag of snacks, but what will work for me? Beef jerky kills me... way too dry. Cheese MIGHT work but I'm trying to avoid carrying ice packs. I'm also worried about carrying protein powder on board with all the recent security stuff. Any ideas? I'm going to need to do this both ways... the flight back is via San Francisco and the first leg is 11 hrs 10 minutes! Thank goodness I'm down to size 22 instead of size 32 so I won't be DYING in my seat! LOL

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