I am often asked this question. I guess I can consider myself qualified to answer it: I spend a lot of time on the plane and on the road. And today I decided to share a few tips, because summer is ahead - the season when many people travel. Although I still can't understand why I should leave Russia in summer, because it's almost the only period when you can enjoy life here :)))
As nerdy as it sounds, the most important thing is to be organized, that is, to prepare in advance. First of all you need to survive the plane and other means of transport to your destination without spoiling the effect of a few weeks of culinary abstinence and preparing your figure for the beach season. More importantly, without spoiling your well-being. Me, for example, eating at the airport and on the plane can put me in a very unpleasant physical state, which worsens my mood and well-being for a few days.
So I take LOTS of food on the plane, which helps me get through my hunger and keeps me from crashing at the airport restaurant or on the plane. Here are my usual travel companions:
- A plastic container of berries,
- bags of nuts,
- bags of dried fruit,
- avocados,
- bananas and apples (not peeled),
- pomelos (peeled: they are dry enough to be easily transported),
- dark chocolate,
- if on the way FROM Russia, Bite bars.
If we fly more than 4 hours, I usually take a container of boiled buckwheat and quinoa for the baby.
On the plane I drink lots of water, instead of tea/coffee I ask for boiling water with lemon.
I have a very long flight coming up in a couple of weeks, and it's just the two of us with my son. So I plan to fill a small suitcase with food, which I will take on board. I've learned that there's nothing worse than a hungry and sleep-deprived child being woken up by a flight attendant.
The second leg of the journey is the journey itself. For the past few years I've been trying to rent a hotel room with a small kitchen or an apartment/home on airbnb.com. (Don't forget to bargain there!!! I never rent at the advertised prices and sometimes reduce them by 2-3 times the original price!) If you are traveling with children, a small hotel room can ruin the whole vacation, so explore other options, which, by the way, are usually cheaper than hotels.
To make the vacation as comfortable as possible, I always bring my "tourist kit": buckwheat, quinoa, organic oatmeal, and an immersion blender. I love going to markets and grocery stores in new countries and cities, so without a blender just nowhere ))))
We also definitely take stevia, which is the safest sweetener in my opinion, and if possible chicory, which I drink instead of coffee and which has the ability to quickly and effectively set up digestion if it is disrupted by unfamiliar food or water.
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