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Health Road Trip Snack Ideas
20 Road Trip Snack Ideas (without sacrificing your favorites)

CTV Morning News, Andrea Holwegner on CTV news

You may find it easier to keep healthy in the summer with the delicious selection of seasonal produce available and warm temperatures to get outside and keep active. But, you may also find it more difficult to stay healthy this summer with more holiday plans that can interrupt good habits.

Here are some ideas to help keep your family road trips FUN and healthy at the same time:

How often should I eat?

Use what I have coined The Timing Technique – eat every 3-5 hours.

While you don’t necessarily need to have a snack in order to be healthy, waiting too long in between meals usually ends up in disaster (for both hangry passengers and sleepy drivers) and often leads to overeating later in the day. Choose to have a snack if it will be longer than three to five hours before you will eat again. For satiety and satisfaction aim for a snack that has both carbohydrates and protein.

What are the most common snack challenges while road tripping?

The 3 most common challenges with road trip snacking is:

1. Leaving in a rush and failing to pack healthy options

Solution: Even if you are planning on eating meals out on the road at the very least a cooler with water and some of the healthy snack ideas listed below such as nuts, fresh or dried fruit, air popped popcorn, pre-portioned cheese and raw veggies such as cherry tomatoes, snap peas or carrot sticks.

2. Mindless munching due to boredom and trying to unwind

Solution: If you often crave savoury foods then put together individual snack packages of raw veggies and pretzel sticks dipped in hummus. If you often crave sweet foods put together a container of fruit such as grapes, blueberries, strawberries or apricots and dip them in yogurt.

3. Bottomless supersized bags of sweet and savoury foods

Solution: Most people eat packages, not portions. Buy single unit items to frame a smaller end point (or pre-portion small bags or containers of hard to manage foods purchased in large family size packages before you leave). This works really well for chips, candy, nuts and trail mix.

Can I still enjoy my favorite junk food?

I live by the mantra that you can eat anything, just not everything – it is all about choices.

read more, plus 20 snack suggestions for your next road trip!
fit philosophy healthy gluten free easy recipes

20 Road Trip Snack Ideas (without sacrificing your favorites)

CTV Morning News, Andrea Holwegner on CTV news

You may find it easier to keep healthy in the summer with the delicious selection of seasonal produce available and warm temperatures to get outside and keep active. But, you may also find it more difficult to stay healthy this summer with more holiday plans that can interrupt good habits.

Here are some ideas to help keep your family road trips FUN and healthy at the same time:

How often should I eat?

Use what I have coined The Timing Technique – eat every 3-5 hours.

While you don’t necessarily need to have a snack in order to be healthy, waiting too long in between meals usually ends up in disaster (for both hangry passengers and sleepy drivers) and often leads to overeating later in the day. Choose to have a snack if it will be longer than three to five hours before you will eat again. For satiety and satisfaction aim for a snack that has both carbohydrates and protein.

What are the most common snack challenges while road tripping?

The 3 most common challenges with road trip snacking is:

1. Leaving in a rush and failing to pack healthy options

Solution: Even if you are planning on eating meals out on the road at the very least a cooler with water and some of the healthy snack ideas listed below such as nuts, fresh or dried fruit, air popped popcorn, pre-portioned cheese and raw veggies such as cherry tomatoes, snap peas or carrot sticks.

2. Mindless munching due to boredom and trying to unwind

Solution: If you often crave savoury foods then put together individual snack packages of raw veggies and pretzel sticks dipped in hummus. If you often crave sweet foods put together a container of fruit such as grapes, blueberries, strawberries or apricots and dip them in yogurt.

3. Bottomless supersized bags of sweet and savoury foods

Solution: Most people eat packages, not portions. Buy single unit items to frame a smaller end point (or pre-portion small bags or containers of hard to manage foods purchased in large family size packages before you leave). This works really well for chips, candy, nuts and trail mix.

Can I still enjoy my favorite junk food?

I live by the mantra that you can eat anything, just not everything – it is all about choices.

read more, plus 20 snack suggestions for your next road trip!