Don’t Bring This if Flying out of New Hampshire, Maine or Massachusetts

Traveling on a plane for the holidays?  Make sure you check everything twice, from the size of your carry on to the weight of your bag.

There's nothing worse than being slowed down in an airport due to having something on you or in your flight bag that's not TSA approved.

It happens to all of us, and you've seen some worst case scenarios in the news over the past year.

With over 18 million people expected to be using air travel between Tuesday, November 26 through Monday, December 2, delays are inevitable, but don't you be the cause.

According to tsa.gov, here are some trips no matter where you are flying from in New England this Thanksgiving holiday season.

We're not just talking about the regular items you can never bring on an airplane, but food items too.

Thanksgiving foods that can be carried through a TSA checkpoint

• Baked goods. Homemade or store-bought pies, cakes, cookies, brownies and other sweet treats.
• Meats. Turkey, chicken, ham, steak. Frozen, cooked or uncooked.
• Stuffing. Cooked, uncooked, in a box or in a bag.
• Casseroles. Traditional green beans and onion straws or something more exotic.
• Mac ‘n Cheese. Cooked in a pan or traveling with the ingredients to cook it at your destination.
• Fresh vegetables. Potatoes, yams, broccoli, green beans, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, beets, radishes, carrots, squash, greens.
• Fresh fruit. Apples, pears, pineapple, lemons, limes, cranberries, blueberries, strawberries, bananas, kiwi.
• Candy. 
• Spices.

Thanksgiving foods that should be carefully packed with your checked baggage

• Cranberry sauce. Homemade or canned are spreadable, so check them.
• Gravy. Homemade or in a jar/can.
• Wine, champagne, sparking apple cider.
• Canned fruit or vegetables. It’s got liquid in the can, so check them.
• Preserves, jams and jellies. They are spreadable, so best to check them.
• Maple syrup.

The TSA says "If it’s a solid item, then it can go through a checkpoint. However, if you can spill it, spread it, spray it, pump it or pour it, and it’s larger than 3.4 ounces, then it should go in a checked bag."

If you have a freezer pack, it must be frozen solid, not melted, when it goes through security.

Now stretch that waistband for all the good food you're about to eat!