The Best (For You) Snacks for Air Travel
I live love to eat. I also love to wear crop tops.
Therein, lies the dilemma.
So, although I do indulge (ok, a lot) on vacation I also try and be reasonable as much as possible at least until I actually land in the foreign country, and then...what happens in France, stays in France.
So, here are my top tips for packing airport snacks that won't make you feel like you need to be rolled off the plane.
1. Bring a Refillable Water Bottle
You can clip it to the outside of your bag/backpack (taking up nearly no room) and most airports now have water refilling stations (or you can go old school style and angle that bad boy under the water fountain). Save the earth and save yourself some dollar bills by bringing one of these that you can keep refilling for freesies. Also, look how dehydrated air travel makes you. If that doesn't make you want to bring a water bottle, I don't know what will.
2. Go fresh.
Nearly everything the airplane gives/sells you is garbage. Really. Unless you're flying in first class, I guess. I wouldn't know. Before I fly, I always cut up several sandwich baggies worth of vegetables to bring with me. Carrots, peppers, celery and cucumber all pack really well. This is the BULK of the snacks I bring on planes.
3. Add some portable protein.
I will usually pack some nuts, diced cheese and even some sliced turkey or chicken. In a pinch, I also like these nut butter pouches because they have some added protein and taste like candy.
4. Go easy on the fruit.
Fruit doesn't pack incredibly well. Bananas are risky, most berries are out and fruit in general just tends to be messy. I will usually pack a banana (I like to play with fire) and maybe a sliced apple at most and that's it. If you won't end up eating it because it browned or got smushed, it's wasted space. I feel weird eating what I consider to be baby food, but some people swear by these squeezy packs, and they would certainly pack well.
5. Ditch the salty snacks.
Look I love beef jerky as much if not MORE than the next person, but just think of the airplane as a giant salt tank and try and keep yourself from adding to that sodium pool. Most if not all of the food the airplane gives you will be loaded with salt and even sugar, so give yourself a break for a couple hours at least.
6. Get some meal divider tupperware.
I like these for food storage because they are narrow so they pack well and are relatively cheap so you don't feel so bad if you have to ditch them. Using these, you can pack legit meals instead of snacky food that leaves you feeling unsatisfied. Also, this way you can pack up whatever odds and ends you have in your fridge before you leave instead of throwing them out. Waste not, want not.
7. Don't eat.
Therein, lies the dilemma.
So, although I do indulge (ok, a lot) on vacation I also try and be reasonable as much as possible at least until I actually land in the foreign country, and then...what happens in France, stays in France.
So, here are my top tips for packing airport snacks that won't make you feel like you need to be rolled off the plane.
1. Bring a Refillable Water Bottle
You can clip it to the outside of your bag/backpack (taking up nearly no room) and most airports now have water refilling stations (or you can go old school style and angle that bad boy under the water fountain). Save the earth and save yourself some dollar bills by bringing one of these that you can keep refilling for freesies. Also, look how dehydrated air travel makes you. If that doesn't make you want to bring a water bottle, I don't know what will.
2. Go fresh.
Nearly everything the airplane gives/sells you is garbage. Really. Unless you're flying in first class, I guess. I wouldn't know. Before I fly, I always cut up several sandwich baggies worth of vegetables to bring with me. Carrots, peppers, celery and cucumber all pack really well. This is the BULK of the snacks I bring on planes.
3. Add some portable protein.
4. Go easy on the fruit.
Fruit doesn't pack incredibly well. Bananas are risky, most berries are out and fruit in general just tends to be messy. I will usually pack a banana (I like to play with fire) and maybe a sliced apple at most and that's it. If you won't end up eating it because it browned or got smushed, it's wasted space. I feel weird eating what I consider to be baby food, but some people swear by these squeezy packs, and they would certainly pack well.
5. Ditch the salty snacks.
Look I love beef jerky as much if not MORE than the next person, but just think of the airplane as a giant salt tank and try and keep yourself from adding to that sodium pool. Most if not all of the food the airplane gives you will be loaded with salt and even sugar, so give yourself a break for a couple hours at least.
6. Get some meal divider tupperware.
7. Don't eat.
Was that a collective gasp I heard? I really and truly don't get why people get all up in arms when you don't eat. Just skip it maybe this once. Factor your flight and travel time into an intermittent fast and I promise you, you won't die of hunger. Ignore this if you have any sort of medical condition where you have to eat, but if you're relatively healthy otherwise maybe give it a shot. I generally fly at night, and I do my intermittent fasting during the morning, so this doesn't usually apply to me, but if I do have an early flight this is actually my snack attack of choice.
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