Showing posts with label fresh food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fresh food. Show all posts

Monday, 4 September 2017

10 Tips to Eat Healthy While Traveling


When we are traveling, it is difficult to get fresh and organic food. This makes it so we eat something that we don't want or something that isn't as healthy. The choices are low and often leads to something that isn't that tasty. At the same time, it's difficult to bring around fresh food for a longer period of time. Follow these 10 tips to fuel and satisfy your tastebuds while remaining healthy.

Tip 1: Bring a travel bag

A travel cooler is a simple solution to keep your health while you are traveling. Sometimes, just bringing juice or a green smoothie makes a difference in your day. By doing this, you can bring things like kitcheree, soups, smoothies and food that you would normally have to refrigerate.

Tip 2: Get the right oils, vinegar and salt

Finding good oils and high quality fats is one of the reasons why restaurants often don't work. If you want to change your position with oils, bring coconut oil, flax oil or raw butter. Restaurants will fulfill your request to steam veggies or rice while allowing you to use your own oils and fats a s a compliment.

Tip 3: Bring Spirulina, Blue Green Algae or Greens

Spirulina is a way to boost your energy and remain balanced, even on the go. Add it into any travel bottle and mix with water. It has a great taste and adds in alkaline.

Tip 4: Oatmeal

Oats are some of the best travel foods and they are naturally healthy. They don't need to be refrigerated, they are light and they can be cooked first. Get a cup of hot water and cook it yourself while on the go! Add in raisins, a chopped apple and other flavors for a balanced meal.

Tip 5: What to Do with Fresh Fruit

Apples, oranges and bananas make great travel foods and are easy to carry with you. The ability to have these without refrigeration makes them even better to carry with you.

Tip 6: Add in Energy with Nuts, Seed and Dried Fruits

This is the travel tip that any healthy traveler already recognizes. Pack the nuts, seeds and dried fruits to add in the protein and fats you need.

Tip 7: Sandwiches

Sandwiches used to be a huge nutritional item but somehow have filtered out. They are best to combine with sprouted grain bread, high quality nut butter, fruit and vegetables. Your veggies don't need to get soggy if you pack all of the ingredients separately and then assemble it when you are ready to eat.

Tip 8: Wraps


Some of the best wraps are seaweed nori. These sometimes get soggy but they never lose their taste. You can also add in nuts, eggs, seeds, cheese, avocado, veggies or sprouts.

Tip 9: From Eggs to Potatoes

Cook them the night before and be ready for the added protein and snacks during your day. These can be healthy and filling while you are in an airport or traveling in the car.

Tip 10: Sardines

No one would suspect sardines as a way to move with travel. However, these work with cultured vegetables and other foods with toast. Just make sure you pack it right so you don't have problems with the smell.

With these tips, you can easily travel and not have difficulties with your health. Learn more healthy food recipes.

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Wednesday, 24 May 2017

Food Storage Dos and Don'ts


When you are thinking about starting a long-term food storage program there a lot of things to consider. First off, what are your food storage goals? A common guideline is to start with a 3 month supply of foods you normally eat, and then build up a one year supply of longer-term foods.

What IS long term food storage? This concept is basically to have supply of food that can sustain your family for one year in case of a long-lasting emergency situation. These bulk foods tend to have long shelf lives and when combined with a few other ingredients can make a wide variety of meals. Some of the most common foods stored are wheat, oats, rice, legumes, powdered milk, oil, salt, yeast, etc. Basically the staple foods of any diet.

How much should you store? While there are basic food storage calculators out there to help you along the way, they aren't necessarily exactly right for every situation. Here are some do's and don'ts that can help you as you get started with your family's personal plan.

Food Storage Do's

- DO get a partner to work with you, share ideas, and motivate you
- DO learn how to actually USE the foods that you are storing
- DO buy the necessary kitchen appliances to help you use the foods
- DO include the foods you store as part of your everyday cooking
- DO be adventurous and try new recipes
- DO start small and work your way up to a full year supply
- DO make sure to have an emergency plan in place
- DO expand your food storage to include other things once you get the basics down
- DO educate yourself in other aspects of emergency preparedness such as alternative heating/cooking methods

Food Storage Don'ts

- DON'T get overwhelmed and just give up completely
- DON'T store foods that your family hates just because the calculator says to
- DON'T think that cooking with these foods is fattening and unhealthy
- DON'T think that using bulk foods and cooking from scratch is really inconvenient
- DON'T get too crazy about figuring out how to cook without electricity when you are just getting started
- DON'T buy everything all at once and kill your budget
- DON'T try to get your family to change their diet completely over night
- DON'T be too anxious to buy things that you don't wait for good sales
- DON'T focus too much on long term items and neglect to store some basic foods you use on a regular basis

I hope those little tips will help you as you get started on your food storage adventures. I've had a lot of fun learning more about these concepts this past year. Just remember that food storage is a completely PERSONAL endeavor. There is no "right" or "wrong" way to go about doing it. The most important thing is to simply GET STARTED!


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