WIAW - Healthy Airport Food

Yesterday's 5 hour flight back from DC and 4 hour delay-induced layover in San Francisco got me a little confused about the days of the week. So I'm joining the What I Ate Wednesday and Workout Wednesday linkups a little late with some healthy airport food options. But first, I have a big announcement.

I'm super super excited to announce that I've been selected as a FitFluential Ambassador! FitFluential is "a nationwide network of highly influential fitness enthusiasts sharing their journey both online and offline through multiple social media platforms" and FitFluential Ambassadors are "social media influencers who work with FitFluential’s brand partners." Ambassadors also have "a strong presence on their social media channels, high quality content with a definitive voice and a passion for fitness-related topics." Yep, no doubt about it.

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Thanks to all of you who have been reading this blog for the past 7 months (shout out to the 11 people visiting from Latvia this week, or the 1 awesome Latvian who visited 11 times) for making this possible. I really didn't think anyone would be reading, when I started this blog. Not even my mom. Better step my game up.

But now back to the food. My flight yesterday left at 9:30 AM and lasted about 5 hours, which meant I was flying right through lunch. And, because I was too busy hanging out with the bf to pack food and since US airlines don't feed you for free anymore, that meant I had to buy food. Not cool. I was, however, pleasantly surprised with United's Choice Menu.

Since my flight left before 9:45, I had the breakfast selection, which included this  Morning Energy box. Inside was a hard boiled egg, grapes, a square of cheddar cheese, a wheat roll, and some almond butter. Not something I was stoked to pay $6.99 for, but a lot healthier and tastier than most free airplane food.

I was a little hungry again (big surprise) by the second beverage service, so I bought a two-pack of 2 Degrees Bars. These bars had surprisingly good nutrition stats and were vegan, gluten free, non GMO, and pretty tasty. At $4.99 they were definitely not cheap, but probably cheaper than most snack food at the actual airport. 

After landing in San Francisco, my connection to Santa Barbara was delayed for 2 hours, which meant I was getting hungry again. Luckily, Fraiche, a "a homemade, organic fresh yogurt and frozen yogurt café" had a stand in the terminal and I was able to get some steel cut oats with organic yogurt, berries, dates, granola, toasted coconut, and honey. Not all airports have such fancy fare, but oatmeal is usually available and one of the best healthy options.

I also found a whole two shelves of organic snacks, candies, and chocolates at a random gift shop. I somehow resisted, but it was a good reminder to think outside of the food court when looking for good food choices at the airport.

Q: Have you ever bought airplane food? Have any tips for eating healthy during travel?