What are some low fat snacks I can keep in my suitcase while travelling?
If you can eat tuna, the easiest way when traveling are those little packages that have have a foil package of tuna, some crackers, and little things of mayo and relish, plus a spoon for mixing. I don’t know what the fat percentage is, but it is certainly less greasy than fast food, stores well, and tastes ok. Easy to find in the US, don’t know about the rest of the world. Jerky is really salty, so that won’t work so well for you. Dried fruit (especially the unsulfered stuff from the health food store) might be better. Granola bars are really good for putting in your bag when you travel, to help bridge the gap between missed meals. You will need to shop carefully, though, as most have nuts. Similarly, I heard a radio piece about a new company (article here; company website) based on an indian reservation making and selling pemmican bars from traditional recipes,
Nile soups look awesome but sadly all I could find here were cup-a-soup types which all taste like crap. I went shopping anyway and this is what I have: cruskits (low fat crispbread thingies) plain rice cakes (the fat bubbly kind) marmite a tuna snack kit with chilli flavoured tuna and low fat rice crackers a tin of tuna in springwater lemon juice a tin of butter beans (are in brine but hopefully draining and rinsing them will be OK) some no-sugar-added dried apple (which I probably won’t like but the boyfriend will eat so I figured I’d try it) *I’m going to make the beans into spread as purenitrous suggested, but will probably wait til I’ve been there a couple of days as I don’t know how long it will last. No point having all the good stuff at once! *yohko has a very good point about the smell of tuna but I’ve decided I can probably get away with eating it less discreetly once, even if I have it for lunch rather than as a separate snack. Will use lemon juice on the fish a la thehmsbea
