Travel Healthy with Healthy Snacks
The airport, truck stops and fast food restaurants can be the downfall of any traveler’s diet. If you take a little time to prepare, you will have healthy and happy trails.
Road Trips
Bring a cooler on road trips to avoid the consumption of high calorie fast food. Fill your cooler with foods that will satisfy, and leave the Christmas cookies at home.
• Raw vegetables – washed and cut with a flavored hummus dip
• Hard boiled eggs
• Fresh Fruit – washed and ready to eat
• Edamame and whole grain crackers
• Turkey, cheese and veggie wrap
• Dried fruit
• Nuts and seeds
• Hummus and veggies on a whole-grain pita bread
• Yogurt with nuts and fruit
• Trail Mix – make your own minus or limiting the M&Ms
• Chex Mix – make your own
• Whole grain crackers and nut butters or hummus
• Clif bars or other well balanced meal replacement bars
• Air-popped popcorn
• Peanut/almond butter and jam sandwiches
• Pre-maid fruit smoothies with optional protein powder
Air Travel
It is true you cannot travel with liquids but this does not mean you cannot travel without healthy snacks.
• Raw vegetables – washed and cut
• Fresh Fruit – washed and ready to eat (note: bananas and pears don’t travel well)
• Dried fruit – without added sugar
• Nuts and seeds – almonds, cashews, walnuts, pecans, pumpkin, sunflower
• Trail Mix – make your own minus or limiting the M&Ms
• Chex Mix – make your own to eliminate the MSG and other preservatives
• Whole grain crackers and nut butters (they do sell individual almond butter packets)
• Individual hummus containers (available at CostCo) with crackers or raw veggies
• Clif bars or other well balanced meal replacement bars
• Nut butter and apple slices with pumpkin seeds
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