Healthy kids' food on the go

 

We head off on holiday this week and as with any travel day, snacks are an important part of the packing when there are children involved. We're likely going to be in trains and planes during the kids' usual mealtimes and so I find myself needing to bring more food than I do normally on a trip. I'd rather avoid buying the salt-laden sandwiches on offer in airport cafes and on the plane and I also like to keep the food consumed by my children fairly healthy and balanced when we are travelling, to avoid sugar rush induced behaviour and the like.

I never pack the same food for each trip but thought I would share a list of food I have brought with us in the past, as well as what I am planning to bring with us this time to provide some healthy food on the go inspiration:

• Sandwiches on either wholemeal bread or pitta bread. Something simple that won't leak out or get too messy like peanut or almond butter.
• Carrot flapjacks
• Savoury muffins
• Slices of/individual homemade quiche/s
• Carrot/cucumber/celery sticks
• Boiled eggs
• Avocado (requires sourcing a knife en route!)
• Babybel cheeses
• Breadsticks
• Nuts (sometimes with raisins)
• Super Simple Seedy Snack Bar
• Popcorn
• Plain oatcakes
• Organix snacks (often their cheese crackers, oat bars and gingerbread men)
• Bear Yo Yos
• Fruit: apples and bananas travel well
• Plain biscuits (usually sugar-free)

I'm sure there is more that I am forgetting but hopefully some of you might find the ideas listed above helpful if you are looking for some different options for snacks on your travels.

What do you typically take for snacks or small meals for your children when you are out and about or taking a long journey somewhere?
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