Super-Packed & Ready to Go (Canada!)
February 23, 2010 by Marni Wasserman
Filed under For Your Health!, Nourishing Resources, Super Foods
As you can see by my jam-packed bag full of goodies – I am headed on a trip. I am going to the Vancouver Olympics YAY. By the looks of my bag – you may wonder why I am so overly prepared. If you don’t know this about me already – I don’t take any chances. I make sure that food is of #1 priority – even when I am on Vacation. I am sure there will be some delicious things to enjoy in the Whistler village, but you really never know. In a previous post that I wrote “On the Fly” I talked about the problems associated with not traveling with enough food or being prepared – especially when you get stuck in an airport for 8 hours! But this time my food needs to cover me for more than a week to keep me nourished and satisfied. Not only is it going to be busy and bustling in the village – but if my memory is correct (when I was there 3 years ago) – there was many a bar and pub in the village and not so many yummy spots for me to eat. Of course I will make do with the grocery store there and some of the meals that will be enjoyed out (choosing salads, steamed veggies and whole grains where I can) but the rest of my meals and snacks need to be covered (thank goodness we are staying in a place where I can cook). I will not settle on “food on the go”, pizza, wings, burgers – these are main staples that will be easily and widely available. Instead I will have brown rice pasta, quinoa and lentils to cook up and greens powder, goji berries and cacao in my pockets to keep me fueled throughout the day while I cheer our teams on!
But it does make me wonder… the Olympics portray the most amazing athletes and physical bodies the world has ever seen – and why certain chain companies and poor quality foods (not mentioning any names) are the major sponsors and endorsers to represent fitness, health and performance – drives me nuts! There is so much more to comment on this – but I will keep my cool for now.
But on the flip side….
If only Olympic athletes were on a super-food and plant based diet and these were the foods that were advertised and supported by the media, then others like me would be on cloud nine. When will the day come that we will see a commercial with an athlete biting into a Vega bar or downing a Sun Warrior Shake ? I would be that much more proud of our Canadian Olympic Athletes. But for now I will just focus on myself and make sure that my own health and nutrition is taken care of – and hope for the best in the future! One day – and hopefully soon the world will start to see the wonders of these foods and the incredible impact they have on the human body – whether it is for athletic performance or just day to day vigor – yummy, organic, plant based foods are super-packed full of nutrition and keep you going!
Marni’s Checklist
- Packets of Vega and Sun Warrior protein powder to make yummy goodness throughout the day!
- Rolled Oats – for porridge
- Brown Rice Pasta
- Quinoa
- Organic Dark Chocolate
- Rice Cakes
- Almond Butter
- Raw Crackers and Kale Chips
- Mac and Chreese ( just in case !)
- Rice Milk
- Sprouted Lentils and Brown Rice
- Organic Food Bars/Lara Bars/Goji Berries/Cacao/Acai/Hempseeds
- Herbal Teas
I think there is more floating around in there somewhere 
I would love for you to share your thoughts, leave a comment, post on twitter – whatever you can do to show your support and let me know that you:
Love super-powered plant based foods?
Travel with food and what you pack?
Agree that Athletes should eat super-foods?
Or anything else that you want to share!
Great job Marni! I love all the ideas you have in your bag of tricks! I am going to steal a few for my next vacation. I always plan and pack for the kids, now I will have some good ideas for myself too. I always pack fresh fruit, chopped apples, fresh berries etc to take on the airplane rides even though you aren’t supposed to. I would rather have to throw it out at the gates, and take my chances. We have always been able to enjoy a fresh snack on the plane rides!
Have a great trip.
Julie – I agree, always better safe than sorry! Glad you got some new ideas!!
You forgot your fave raw protein! Have an awesome time and go be the super food fairy to the super bad eaters over on the mountain.
Thanks Meghan – It’s in the bag – forgot to add it to the list! I will update right now!
my list is similar, but everything is in HUGE amounts to cover my family of 5…and needing to be nut-fee, we take Sunbutter, organic dried fruit by Made in Nature, Sha Sha breads and lots of treats (fave are the Spirulina Banana Go Raw cookies for travel)!
And yes, those athletes should be drinking coconut water, not electric coloured power drinks…did you see Christine Nesbitt when she won gold in short track? Grabbed her Klean Kanteen to skate her victory lap! No plastic bottles of water for her!
Have fun and travel safely Marni!
LB
Thanks for sharing Lisa – I don’t know how you do it for 5! Amazing! And yes those Go RAW cookies are amazing! Got my Klean Kanteen too!
I usually pack light, so food doesn’t make my list (besides a few healthy snacks for the road). But I do always find a local grocery store or market once I get to my destination so that I can buy everything I need when I get there.
My husband and I honeymooned in Europe for 3 weeks and only ate at about 5 restaurants– it was markets all the way other than that!
Samantha – that always good depending on where you are going. I like to check out http://www.happycow.com to find local resources for health food stores and restaurants.
I too will use this post when packing ‘supplies’ for my next trip. When we were on our last vacation I took a small bag of raw almonds, goji berries, cacao nibs and pumpkin seeds to snack on and made sure to get some fresh fruit goodness from the local market/grocery store. I also take tea bags, vega bars, spirulina tablets, larabars and the must have dark chocolate!!
I would love to see the athletes promoting some superfoods or wholefoods…any foods except the unmentionable foods.chains
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Have a safe trip and a super time!!!
Hi Shamima – goji’s, pumpkin, cacao is great staple because you can not only snack on them but they are great on cereal, toast etc..they go such a long way for me.
So here I am in the village – and I have to say that I am actually somewhat impressed. The small grocery store and IGA have quite a bit of organics, from almond milk to gluten free cereal and granola (since my container of homemade granola broke on the way here:( + lots of other goodies. So I am more than well stocked for the week.