Wasting food is one of the 7 deadly sins in my house.
There are starving children in Africa!
Before leaving to go out of town I make it my personal mission to eat everything perishable in my house. If it’s not eaten before I leave, it’s eaten on the road. I’ve done a couple of travel food posts before; while I’m not in competition mode this trip I still would rather have my own food from home than eat nasty airport food. I’d also rather not pay a ton of money for nasty airport food. That money is better spent on chocolate and wine in Europe!
Often people are surprised by the food I bring through security. You CAN bring food! Just avoid the liquid.
Pro Tip #1: Protein powder will not be mistaken for cocaine.
Pro Tip #2: If you freeze yogurt, it’s a solid!
This WIAW is a crazy mix of leftovers. I’m not even going to try to separate it into meals!
Read on for my eats, and then check out Jenn’s blog for everyone else’s delicious creations!
Pre-Trip:
My morning cocktail shall remain standard. I even packed up my aminos to have in Switzerland!
Other eats have included (but are not limited to)…
Chocolate-Beet Protein Smoothie with Growing Naturals Chocolate Rice Protein and field greens. Apparently brown + red + green = purple. Go figure. Topped with pieces of parsnip pre-roasted in coconut oil and cinnamon roasted.
Chicken and mushroom eggplant chip “sliders” with honey mustard and a field green salad with shrimp and beets.
Shrimp salad with salsa, hummus, and a microwaved purple artichoke (totally works – Google it!).
The last meal before heading to the was egg whites and salsa, greens, roasted tomatoes, tofu with black salt, eggplant chips, and jicama with cinnamon. Randomly #strangebutgood.
En Route:
Purple sweet potato with Christina’s Cocoa-Maca Hemp Butter… from tin foil.
Picnic on the plane! No-salt turkey with hummus, greens, and veggie sticks.
Totally ate this with my fingers… including the greens. Don’t worry – I had hand sanitizer before AND after.
A 3 hour layover in Cincinnati demanded another snack from home. Tuna with hot sauce and pepper, the rest of the hummus, roasted peppers and and mushrooms, carrots, and white sweet potato (I later “borrowed” cinnamon from Starbucks). Lots of water to stay hydrated!
The jar of Nuttzo is actually overnight TVP in a jar. That’s for the second leg! Also, Quest bars. 😉
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Next time I write, I’ll be in Basel, Switzerland with Lucie!!!
Are you on a mission to eat all the foods before leaving town?
Do you take your own snacks to the airport?
I love finishing up my food before I go anywhere for the weekend! It’s like a fun game I play with myself!
Haha you have got travel food DOWN! I definitely eat some ridiculous things on the lead up to a holiday – I’m such a nazi about food waste. Have fun in Switzerland! Don’t leave without trying the chocolate 😉
Please! I tried chocolate every day… multiple times a day. 🙂
Wow, I’m impressed that you took all that food through security! Back in my more ‘hardcore’ bodybuilding days, I did that a few time but now I usually just buy airport food – there’s always a sushi stand somewhere! I never have to worry about eating up all my food before I go away as I generally shop one day at a time in London. Bulk buying for the week isn’t really a European thing, as I’m sure you will see haha Hope you had a safe flight 🙂
That was a funny thing I noticed in Europe. People only shop for 1-2 days at a time… and their refrigerators were much smaller!
You amaze me. Actually, scrap that, this doesn’t surprise me.
My cinnamon protein powder bottle opened up in LAX before coming to Australia. Let’s just say the 2 hours spent in customs was no fun.
Hahaha – I can just picture you explaining your powder-covered items.
I love that you wrote NOT cocaine. I’m sure security got a kick out of that!
you are too funny.
ME?
I GOT SNAGGED EVERY SINGLE TIME I TRIED TO SNEAK FOOD THROUGH back in my competition day.
Ive gots a guilty face I guess.
Really?! They have never bothered with my food… but ATL is a pretty easy airport.
I literally am the same way and even pull out those “extra” meals from the freezer and thaw them out before I leave, not sure what it is but I just have this MUST remove all foods and eat my heart out thing going on! Lots of Love to you and I hope you have a safe flight xo C
I was doing the same thing! Like the freezer foods will go bad. LOL!
I’m so paranoid that my food will get confiscated going through security, so I usually don’t bother to bring anything besides protein bars and maybe some fruit! I can usually find a salad or something in the airport…although I really do hate paying for it.
You should try bringing your own salad! I guarantee you’ll make it through security.
your scrapy eats are like my regular eats. Dang! impressive!! hug lucie!
Have a great trip.
I do the exact same thing!! ALLL my fridge ingredients come with me on the plane!
1 more hour!!!
I’m impressed with you’re packing of foods to go, I always bring my own snacks but not meals! Have sooo much fun in Switzerland (I can’t wait to read about your delicious eats), safe travels!
There is no way I will buy food in the airport! I always bring my own. Not only is there rarely gluten-free and vegan options, but it’s all junk. Well, for the exception of the salad I had to get at the Toronto airport when I was delayed. At least there was a semi-proper/healthy place called Freshii, wasn’t all bad 😉 good call on the hemp butter with sweet potato! Thanks for the link-up!
Totally agree! Though the larger European airports had some surprisingly good options.
lol your protein powder bag CRACKED me up (see what i did there?? haha)
LMAO! I laughed so hard I SNORTED. 😉
“Not cocaine.” I DIE!!! BA HA HA
Never travel with me…I always gets stopped and pulled out of line for crazy stuff.
hope you have a wonderful plane ride…and loved those labels on protein powder bags.
YESSSSS.
i actually headed to florida the past weekend and i was totally on the “eat all the foods in the fridge” mission.
and in the airport, i even smuggled in a whole avocado, baked sweet potato (eaten like a burrito in tinfoil, no shame), boiled egg, and almost empty jar of nuttzo with mashed bananas in it 🙂
i think food also just tastes better when you accomplish this too, no?
I always wrap my potatoes in foil! It embarrassed my mom SO much she I did it on trip with her. It was hilarious.
You seriously are amazing! How do you find the time!? Total rock star!
WASTING FOOD = YOU ARE GOING TO HELL!!!!!!!!!!!! I do not do it, hence my nickname: The Human Garbage Disposal!
I’m so glad I’m not going to hell!
I am right there with you when it comes to wasting, I HATE wasting food! I have come up with some funky combinations of food before going away. Just as you have….but made them look and sound pretty good here 🙂
Purple Sweet Potatoes, yummm. Have fun in Europe!
Love these combinations. Really inventive and delicious sounding. Have a great trip!
I too am on a mission to eat all the foods, for no other reason then I want to eat all the foods.
Yet another reason you rock. Now go make me a grilled cheese.
Ok, can I just say that I’ve had both hummus AND overnight oats confiscated in an airport!!! From SLC actually…last year on the way back from Blend! Which was kinda crazy because it was the same exact UNOPENED container of hummus that I came to the state with! Fuckers!
I’m totally in EAT ALL THE THINGS mode right now…you saw my Instagram! And I just finished my first salad of the week…only 32965 more left to go! Pretty sure some will be coming with me too because I’m so with you on the shitty airport food!
I’m pretty sure ATL is the easiest airport on the planet to get through! Color me lucky.