I can’t get through a day without eating a piece of fresh fruit every few hours. So when I know I’ll be on the road or eating in restaurants not of my choosing, I’m always sure to pack a lot of snacks to get me through the day or to serve as mini meals in the event I can’t find anything to eat at our restaurant stops.

Before heading out for the company fishing trip I knew I was on my own for food since I was traveling with a bunch of guys that planned to just eat cold fried chicken on the boat. So I packed up a snack pack.

No no. Not that Snack Pack. This snack pack:

3 apples
3 bananas
2 kiwis
1 bag of grapes
1 Oikos honey
1 Chobani blueberry
Oats, nuts, dried fruit mix (for yogurt)
4 granola bars

The snacks definitely came in handy on the car rides and upon arriving at the house without any food. The boat, however, was stocked with pineapple, cantaloupe, apples, grapes, etc. I was surprised. Too bad I was puking and passing out the whole time and wasn’t really able to eat any of it. Whoops.

I ate the grapes and Oikos with oats in the car on the way down. I also had an apple and shared another apple and a banana with car mates. The granola bars came in handy in between meals and I had another on the boat, which inevitably came back up. Ack.

We had dinner at a place with literally not one single vegetarian item. So I ordered the Italian sausage sandwich without Italian sausage. So I basically got a fancy grilled cheese with green peppers, onion, tomato and provolone. It worked.

Sometimes you have to get creative when traveling as a vegetarian. I never demand that we stop at restaurants of my choosing or complain about menu items. I am in the minority and it’s not up to me to decide where to eat in that kind of situation. Just go with the flow. You’ll find something. And if all else fails, eat one of your snacks.