Your Guide To Vegan Snacks For Your Next Road Trip

Are you a hard-core vegan all set with your road trip plans during the upcoming long weekends of the year? Everything must be all set with where to go, what to pack, and what to wear. Yet figuring out what to eat and what to munch on throughout the journey? Here we are to make sure that this Veganuary, you are completely sorted with your travel plan along with delicious and healthy vegan travel snacks on the go. 

The month of January is regarded as Veganuary. It is mainly an event which is held at the beginning of every year to urge people to go vegan and to follow the healthy concept of veganism by heart. Interesting, isn’t it? Veganuary is all about a 31-Day challenge, urging people to stay loyal to a hearty vegan lifestyle. Additionally, given the plethora of long weekends starting from January itself, most enthusiasts are surely looking forward to some good breaks. No wonder packing what to eat while journeying is a task but for a true blue vegan or even a strict vegetarian, that becomes all the more challenging.

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What are the best vegetarian or vegan snacks for travelling?

Let us safely acknowledge the fact that snacks which are totally appropriate for vegans are not easily available. So, before starting the journey, it might be beneficial to pack a snack bag with all vegan snacks for a healthy and fulfilling trip. It is usually not possible to keep looking for the exact snack that fits, in the middle of the trip. That will additionally include minutely checking the ingredients, ensuring if it is dairy-free or not, and so much more. Probably no one would want to invite such hassle in between. This is why this article is here to help with some great ideas concerning what vegan or vegetarian travel food one can easily prepare before locking their bags. Maybe a good homemade snack that would count as freshly baked or freshly cut and ready-to-eat could be a good option. Especially non-perishable snacks that are gluten-free and low on carbs and that one can carry in air-tight containers could be a good idea. That way, they will be sure that whatever they are consuming during the journey is absolutely fresh and homemade.

Vegan Sandwiches

Sandwiches are the kind of snacks that can never go wrong with any journey and any given mood. If someone’s hungry or even just wants to munch on something while enjoying the view, a good yummy sandwich will always cheer up their tummy. After all what else could be easier than preparing some healthy homemade vegan sandwiches for an exciting journey? Fresh bread made out of absolutely zero dairy products, added with preferred veggies and sauce would definitely make a satisfying vegan snack one can rely on.

Fruits

While on a road trip, one will frequently come across cut-up fruit stalls and although it might look really tempting on the outside with all the sliced colourful fruits displayed on a plate, it is equally considered unhealthy and unhygienic to stop by these fruit stalls. Mostly because no one is completely aware of the fruits being fresh and nicely washed. But again, who wouldn’t like a good bowl of freshly cut juicy fruits while travelling? Carrying seasonal fruits like apples, pears, peaches, plums, cherries, papayas, pineapples, berries and a lot more will not only keep you from getting dehydrated but will also add healthy and savoury fibres to your vegan travel snacking.

Whole Veggies

There are vegetables that can be consumed as a whole and do not require any additional cutting, boiling, frying or roasting. Which further makes it easier to purchase straight from a nearby market or a grocery store for the trip. Since getting hold of certain vegetables that vegans might include in their daily diet could be a little challenging due to the limited availability all the time, they could store them beforehand, wash them as per their hygienic manners, keep them in their refrigerator and carry them fresh while starting their trip. Particularly including cherry tomatoes, mini sweet peppers, grape tomatoes and cucumbers in their vegan travel snacks list would be great.

Dried Fruits

Dried fruits are awesome for nutrients, fibre, and vitamins and are considered one of the best vegan travel snacks. Especially if you are someone who is always looking for something or the other to keep munching on throughout the journey, then carrying dates, figs, prunes, raisins, walnuts, and almonds could be highly beneficial. Also, if one wishes to spice it up a little bit more then they can go for roasting the dry fruits a bit in virgin olive oil or avocado oil for the perfect crispy-crunchy bites. After all, road trips do get boring after a point if you run out of good snacks.

Vegan Dips for Bread & Veggies

Vegan Pate, Nut Butter, and Hummus are some of the vegan travel snacks that can never go wrong with any side snack, be it bread, a bowl of veggies, spread for sandwiches, dips for chips, or anything. While on a road trip, the more food is packed, the less it will seem. One would crave wafers with sandwiches and when they already have both, they would crave some spicy dips and sauces to go with them. Nut butter and hummus are easily available at most supermarkets on the road. Plus, vegan pates are in fact a better option to go for because it doesn’t need refrigeration until opened.

Vegan Muffins

Muffins are something that people of any age would enjoy gobbling while travelling. If you are travelling with kids or people who have a sweet tooth or even with those who prefer sugar-free meals, some vegan muffins can harm nobody. For both vegetarians and vegans, muffins such as Banana Nut muffins or Apple Oatmeal muffins would make for a heartful trip altogether. Because no matter how much spicy food and salty snacks are favoured while journeying, sweet snacks have a different fan base of their own. Being completely sure of purchasing eggless cakes and muffins in nearby stores is not always possible. Plus if you specifically have certain ingredients in mind, you will find it tough to land those. Thereby, preparing some homemade freshly baked vegan muffins stuffed with rich-in-protein nuts will not only boost the energy but equally take care of the health throughout the journey. One can opt for any of their own muffin recipes and they’re good to go to pacify their sweet tooth on the trip.

Vegan Energy Bites

Whether the trips are planned via train, flight or road in the upcoming weekends, packing a bowl of energy delicious energy bites will add more enthusiasm to the journey. No matter how long the journey is going to be, one will certainly need that ample energy to keep up with the liveliness of the entire journey. What’s the fun of a road trip or a train journey if you fall asleep or feel drowsy and end up missing out on all the breathtaking views outside? This is why it is the heavy and delectable energy bites that one needs. On exploring well, vegans will land quite a good number of vegan energy bites recipes that are not only healthy but extremely lip-smacking. These have different recipes which must be given a try at home for an aromatic and appetising addition to the trip. You can try nut-free vegan balls, no-bake peanut butter energy balls and a lot more of these vegan travel snack recipes.

Popcorn

Popcorn as a travel snack can never go wrong. One of the most amazing ready-to-make snacks which can go with any flavour of your choice and according to your tastebuds. Try the tempting caramel popcorn or peri-peri popcorn or even salted ones. You will come across a lot of this flavoured popcorn in any supermarket. For those who are not much of a flavoured popcorn fan, that wouldn’t be an issue as well. They may carry homemade popcorn as per their recipe in an airtight container or even go fo for those pre-popped ones. Many like their popcorn sauteed with nutritional yeast which gives it a totally different flavour along with a healthy layer to it.

Vegan Crackers

Crackers are one of the great convenient vegan snacks for any sort of short or long road trip. Widely known as a go-to travel snack, cream crackers especially, could be included if you’re a vegan because even though the name does signify the presence of dairy but in real, there aren’t any kind of dairy products involved in manufacturing the cream crackers belonging to certain given brands. Try combining these with dips of your choice with these crackers. Cream crackers particularly taste best with hummus and pate.

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