Healthy Airplane Food Packing List

Happy Monday! I'm flying back home today after a wonderful long weekend full of family, food, and tons of quality time with the bf. 

As you may have noticed, I do a lot of flying AND a lot of eating. With the end of free food plane food on domestic trips and the crazy cost/questionable content of airport food, I try to pack most or all of the food I need for the plane. For anyone else hopping on a plane soon, here are my go to foods to pack for air travel:

Because of carry-on size limits and my lack of upper body strength, I don't usually pack ALL the above ingredients on every trip. But the list does give me a nice starting point to put together a mix of plane food depending on the time and length of my flights. For example, here's what I packed and why for today's 5.5 hour morning flight and 2 hour bus ride:

• Bottled water - Hydrating during air travel is key and airport bottled water goes for like $4 a pop. So, if I don't have a reusable bottle I'll buy a cheap bottle of water (49 cents at TJ's. holla!), drink it on the drive to the airport, and refill at a foundation after security.
• Greek yogurt - With plenty of protein and pretty stable for short periods of time, this is my go-to for a plane breakfast. And Greek yogurt (so far) seems to be solid enough that it isn't counted as a liquid during security.
• Protein bar - Pretty much the easiest/most packable meal option. I ate this bar with the Greek yogurt for a great under 400 calorie breakfast.
• Snack bar - Again, a super easy portable snack. I have to be careful not to pack too many though, since it's really easy to eat like 10 delicious Larabar's which is way more calories than I need. 
• Packaged salad - I find salads with hearty greens like kale and not a lot of soft, watery components travel better. And definitely keep any dressing on the side in your quart-sized plastic bag so you don't get soggy lettuce.
• Snap peas - My favorite travel snack of all time. Lots of satisfying crunch and filling fiber for very few calories if you just need something to munch on.
• Apples - Hard enough to still be edible after rolling around at the bottom of your purse, apples are hands down the best travel fruit.
• Plums - Plums don't travel as well as apples but still do ok if they are not too ripe.
• Plastic silverware - It's not a huge deal to forget to bring silverware as you can usually find some at the food court or on board if you ask nicely.

Q: Do you pack food for the plane? Have any go-to travel foods?