Travel Wheat-Free, Dairy-Free and Low Sugar
Recently, I had to fly into the Windy city to cover a tradeshow. Long hours and a long flight typically equals no possible way to eat wheat-free, dairy-free and low sugar. Especially on the airplane. You're lucky if you even get water when you're at 30,000 feet.So, this time I decided to be prepared. I packed snacks, snacks and more snacks, and guess what? I survived both the flight there and back, and had food left over. Since eating while working the show was out of the question, my snackage also came in handy. One tip: make sure you pack enough Odwalla or Cliff bars, I didn't anticipate that there would be no time for breakfast, so I could have used more of those.
Here's a list to get you started for your next trip:
-Cliff or Odwalla bars for breakfast or meal replacement
-Luna or Larabars for snacks and "dessert" :)
-Trail mix - I make my own since I'm picky. Go to the bulk foods section and get a fruit mix and then add the nuts of your choice.
-Almonds or other heart-healthy nuts (cashews are another fave!)
-Corn and flax chips - discovered these in the bulk food section of Winco. The best! Any type of small corn chip (no trans fats though) will do, these had a healthier punch with the flax.
-Apples
-Homemade chocolate chip cookies. Yum!
Do you have a "must" when it comes to travel food? Leave your comments here with tips for our readers.
Happy Eating!
Heather :)
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posted by HStrang @ 10:36 AM
5 Comments:
Hi Heather,
I recently discovered Bora Bora bars. Wheat-free, dairy-free, low sugar and very tasty. Plus, only 140 calories. I bought them at Costco, but I'm sure you can find them at other places around town too.
Question for you: do you ever bake wit Quinoa flour? I bought some months ago, but it is just sitting in my pantry because I don't know what to do with it.
Hi Heather,
Having recently started eating wheat free & dairy free, a transatlantic trip I took last week was potentially a testing time. However I got through it with forward planning. I took along an appe, that I ate when all around me were eating crackers, ate the chicken & veggies in my meal and had some dried apricots that I had packed for dessert. I passed on the cheese, crackers, bread roll, butter & brownie. The midflight snack was ice cream, so I ate my banana, and then I had a small bag of brazil nuts to munch for emergencies! I think as long as you plan ahead you needn't feel derailed by a long flight. And of course if I had been eating this way when I booked the flight back in January, I would have ordered a more appropriate meal. I have to say that feeling as well as I do (ie so much better than I did) it felt no hardship to decline all the junk being offered!
Basil,
I know - when your health is the issue, it's not too hard to pass on the bread, crackers, etc. Great job! I agree eating well when traveling is all in the pre-planning. Thanks for sharing!
-Heather :)
Great ideas. Thanks for the tips
Hm. Aren't Clif and Luna bars... don't they have gluten?
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