Lately I've been a bit of a gypsy going back and forth to New York for my weekends of school at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. It's ironic that during these weekends I'm forced to eat some of my least healthy meals, often while riding on a long bus ride! Not exactly the loving home cooking that is recommended...
Sometimes I do a really good job of finding real food. Sometimes I cave to whatever is available. The way I see it, every meal is an experiment. Here are some of my very scientific discoveries!
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This was a surprisingly good Harvest Rice Bowl from Au Bon Pain that I ate on the bus ride down to New York. Have you been to Au Bon Pain? As food court food goes, Au Bon is one of my favorites. There are a few vegetarian options and this salmon curry rice bowl had brown rice and no dairy of any kind. Pretty sweet.
Meal grade: B
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This meal I'm very proud of. Using Yelp.com (a fab resource) I hunted down the tiny Green Symphony market and found myself amidst a buffet of all natural dinner choices. All the ingredients were listed, making choosing easy. I went with some kale, beansprouts, chickpeas, and a turkey meat hawaiian meatball. Random! But it was a great meal costing only $5.50.
Meal Grade: A
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I've written about Souen before so just let me reiterate how much I enjoy their food! The thing about eating a macrobiotic meal is that you know you are going to get an excellent variety of real, whole food. In this case I went with their Planet Platter and a side of pickles. No fear of scary sugar/fat laden sauces or anything that would upset my stomach. Score!
Meal Grade: A+
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Ok, ok. I had this awhile ago but I need to confess. During the holidays the only place open at the highway rest stop was McDonalds. I was curious about this Big N' Tasty burger...seemed like a stab at a slightly healthier burger option. Turns out they just stick an extra large piece of lettuce on it. Way to go, Mickey D's!
Meal Grade: D
When you travel, how do you handle food on the go?
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Only one bad meal - that seems like a good outcome to me! It's so hard to find decent food when you are traveling. And the Au Bon Pan at the airport here is soooo disgusting!
i always pack all meals. breakfast through dinner. it makes for lugging around sometimes a lot of food... and a lot of extra planning. but it always saves money and you know you're eating healthy!
"Turns out they just stick an extra large piece of lettuce on it." Haha why am I not surprised. :)
Hey girl! It is sooo hard to eat on the road! I traveled for work every single week, 5 days a week, for almost a year! My plan of attack was on the way there to pack snacks and bars to eat. When I arrived, I headed to the foodstore and got healthy food for the week that I could prepare in a hotel room. I always requested a mini fridge (and usually got one) so I could eat healthy all week!
Culinary--really? Au Bon is always pretty good wherever I've tried it.
Armoftheland--well, that's pretty awesome. good for you!
Vered--seriously. i don't know what I was expecting.
Erica--wow, what did you used to do for work?
Yikes, I feel your pain! Looks like you've made great choices so far though... I used to pack bento boxes for school, but now that I'm a lazy bum, I just cram as much fruit as I can into my bag and munch on them throughout the day. =X
Hi again :) Email me at itzyskitchen at gmail dot com and we can chat about my belly issues :) Its not exactly food blog friendly haha.
Hi Michelle,
My name is Michelle and I am currently going to IIN too. I love your food post. I really want to check out those place you mentioned. Thanks for posting and if you are interested in swapping health histories and are available during the day, I would love to hook up. mmmichelle2006 (at) yahoo (dot) com,
I'm impressed! Eating away from home is definitely a downfall for me, but it looks like you were able to mostly do really well!!
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