I use an electric cooler to keep my produce cool (see this post). On this trip, I've been lucky to find outstanding locally grown produce in Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire: all kinds of lovely varieties of apples, as well as kale, lettuce, spinach, broccoli, cabbage, cherry tomatoes, and carrots! As one store employee said, the carrots taste like candy! I've been calling them carrot candy. So of course, I've based my salads on these. I layer the bottom with the cruciferous veggies: kale, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage (whatever I happen to have on this day), and squeeze lime on that. That will marinate overnight at the bottom of the salad (I make the meals at night for the next day so we can get up early and go!):
Then I add the spinach and lettuce. Then fruit: apples, maybe an orange, cherry tomatoes, maybe a grapefruit. I scored 5 small pomegranates at a fantastic co-op in Vermont, so have been eating pom seeds in my salads for the last 5 days. They add great flavor! I just added the last one tonight. I haven't come across many fresh berries so haven't bothered with those. Then I add a can of beans and 1 oz of seeds or nuts:
Today and yesterday were heavy exercise days, so I also added a can of Dr. Fuhrman's soup. It added a nice flavor. Then I top with carrots. These I eat for dessert when I'm done with the meal, because they are like candy!
Then I clean up my mess and try to make it as spotless as possible, and tip the room cleaners, because I don't want hotels to start banning food. The main evidence of my food prep is the trash bin, a pretty dirty washcloth. and all the towels are used (but they aren't dirty).
Then I enjoy my meals in nature's restaurants, like this one:
3 comments:
Barb, How great that you eat well while away. Do you take the scale for your nuts/seeds? Is the circle in the picture a cutting board? Do you also take these things along when you fly and baggage space is at a premium? Sorry for all of the questions, but you're giving me some great ideas to try. Only glitch I see is that traveling buddies might not be on the same page. Have you run across that situation and if so, do you go to restaurants and supplement with your own food?
Thanks!
Lois
HI Lois,
The reason for the scale is I've been monitoring my food intake for about a month. I've been trying to get my protein intake up since I've been working out a lot. It's been educational. I realize fruit has a lot of calories and not as much protein, so I'm starting to substitute more seeds, veggies, and beans for fruit.
Here's a post that describes how I do this when flying and going to a work-meeting:
http://veganbarbie.blogspot.com/2010/01/eating-while-traveling_08.html
On those trips, I just bring the big tupperware bowls, small knife, fork and spoon in my luggage (checked for the knife). If carry-on, forego the knife. Clothes will stuff into the tupperware bowls. And I think I bring the cutting board (plastic and light), though it's not necessary. You can buy pre-cut veggies and salad.
My main travel companion doesn't like chicken, fish or fancy restaurants. So we are pretty compatible. Tonight we ordered a pizza from just down the street and brought it back to the hotel and she ate that while I ate my salad. Occasionally she needs a burger and fries but we can get them to go or in a place where they don't care if I bring in my own food (I usually promise a generous tip). Otherwise, she likes to just eat non-restaurant meals like small salads, PB&J sandwiches and junk food. So that doesn't really solve your problem which is that your companions probably like sit-down meals at restaurants. Then you are stuck with lame salads that you can try to prop up with some beans and seeds and fruit that you sneak in if you want (In a small plastic bowl in your purse?). Or don't eat at all and eat your own stuff later. Not the easiest situation to be in.
-barb
Oh, one more thing, the reason I eat well when traveling is that I travel a fair amount and it would be too much of a compromise if I didn't. If you only travel occasionally, you can plan for off-plan meals. :)
-barb
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