Healthy Travel Snacks List and Tips:
Summer vacation is right around the corner, but you don't have to be a slave to the drive thru! Pack snacks for you, your family, your friends, and everyone will be a happy camper!
Eating Healthy Snacks in the Car (or on the airplane or in your winnebago you adventurous one!)
- Vegetable sticks, cherry tomatoes
- Peanut butter and crackers
- GORP (peanuts, raisons, dried fruit, Cheerios, almonds, chocolate chips, or whatever else you want to throw in there)
- Granola or favorite protein or fruit/nut bar
- Fruit (apples, oranges, grapes, pears, and bananas travel well)
- Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches
- Edamame
- Popcorn
- Pita chips
- Pickles and olives
- Hummus (goes great with celery, carrots, and pita chips)
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Load up on fresh-cut vegetables
and fruit. Bring along a small cooler with ice packs to keep your snacks
fresh.
- Bring plenty of water. It
will keep you hydrated and, if you spill it, won’t stain the upholstery
like sodas.
- Individually wrapped portions
of string cheese or vegetarian
cheese alternatives can be kept in the cooler with the fruit and
vegetables. They are a great source of calcium and protein.
- Bring baked whole grain
crackers along on your trip. This is good for added fiber and nutrients.
- Don’t overindulge in greasy
chips. There are baked varieties that have a lot less unhealthy fats. You
need to watch how much you eat of those too, however, since they don’t
offer much in the way of nutrition.
- You can also pack sandwiches
made with whole grain bread and peanut butter or lean meats. Keep these in
the cooler, too.
- Nuts such as almonds,
cashews, and walnuts contain polyunsaturated fats and are easy to take on
a trip in either individual bags or larger containers.
- Hummus (goes great with celery, carrots, and pita chips
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