1. Bring food with you
The best way to have control over food is to always pack your own. Whether it is a simple bag or snacks or an entire cooler box of snacks, bringing your own food saves time, money and improves your food choices. Here are some of the tastiest ways to eat well while driving down the highway to your holiday destination or relaxing on the beach.Good choices include: Fresh fruit, bite-sized vegetables such as celery and cucumber sticks, baby tomatoes and carrots. Dried fruit is another deliciously sweet option.
Put some protein power into your tank.Many car snacks (sweets, chocolates, chips) are pure fat and sugar. Adding protein to your fuel mixture will make you feel more satisfied, so you will stay fuller for longer. Good choices include: homemade mini meatballs, home-made chicken nuggets, chicken drumsticks, lean cold meat, hard-boiled eggs, lean biltong, mozzarella or white cheddar cheese balls or cubes.
2. Choose wisely at the petrol station
Believe it or not, you can even find some decent food choices at a convenience or store quick shop. Pass on the chocolates, pies and chips (which are designed for impulse buying) and check out the possibilities in the snack aisle and fridges.
Soft drinks are not your only alternative these days. Choose bottled water (plain or sparkling or flavoured), fruit juice (100% fruit juice, be careful not to drink too much due to the sugar content though) or milk (low fat options preferable).
Go nuts in the snack aisleNuts and seeds are probably your best bet in most snack aisles. Remember to downsize your portion. Super-sized bags may tempt you to eat more when the drive gets boring. Buy a small bag or take out a reasonable amount and put the rest out of sight (and out of mind)
3. Choosing wisely from a menu
Drinks | |
|---|---|
Non-Alcoholic | Mineral Water
Soda Water Sprite Zero, Coke Zero, Fanta Zero, Coke Lite, Tab, Lite Iced Tea |
Alcoholic | Dry white wine (add lots of ice and soda)
Dry red wine Mixed drinks with water, soda water or diet carbonated beverages Light beer, Windhoek Lite, Castle Lite, Savana Lite |
Tea / Coffee | Low fat milk / Fat free milk, sweetener |
Skinny Cappuccino | Sweetener |
Meals | |
|---|---|
Starters | Bread rolls, no butter
Salad without salad dressing or high fat ingredients such as bacon,< croutons, olives, avocado, feta cheese Grilled calamari (specify no butter) Oysters Fresh fruit |
Meat / chicken / fish | No sauces
Grilled not fried Order ladies portion Fish, not in batter or fried (grilled) Chicken, not crumbed or fried, no skin (try chick kebabs) Prawns, no lemon or garlic butter or tartare No pies |
Carbohydrates | Potato in skin or boiled potatoes, no slap chips
Plain yoghurt or sour cream on the side and use minimal Rice (no fried rice) Bread rolls, no butter |
Pizza / Pasta | Pasta, tomato sauces, not cream
Pizza, choose vegetables e.g. mushrooms, green pepper, onion, garlic or ham Avoid high fat ingredients like bacon, avocado and salami etc Make sure garlic is not in all |
Vegetables | Fresh vegetables
Not candied, stir fried, creamed or buttered Fresh salads No mayonnaise salads |
Desserts | Fresh fruit
Share a dessert |