What I ate: on the Airplane

Greetings from 30,000 ft! In-flight wifi will make anyone productive. This is my first experience on a cross country flight trying to stay 100% raw so I thought I would share with you what I’ve been munching on throughout the ride.

For me variety is key. If I get bored with what I brought I’m much more likely to break down and buy some in flight snack. So I pack a lot of food. You might not need to bring as much. I had a very early flight so I made a batch of green juice in the morning (I added lots of cilantro and pineapple) then I filled one metal water bottle with juice and froze it overnight, the other half I put in the fridge to drink in the morning as I was getting ready.

The reason I freeze a bottle of green juice is so that I can put it in my checked luggage to drink when I land. you never know how long it will be before you can make it to a juice bar.

I packed two sandwich bags of dry things. First some raw trail mix, and the other bag filled with the sprouted buckwheat granola I picked up at Prana over the weekend. Then I packed two small plastic containers (very small, they hold about 4 oz). The first one I packed with some leftover no-bean hummus that was still in my fridge and the second one got filled with guacamole (I just made a quick batch before we left this morning). I also packed a bag of carrot sticks for dipping and some honeydew melon in case I wanted something sweet.

Based on past experiences I find that being prepared works out best for me. This is far better than any other recent flight I’ve been on and I was enjoying great fresh food the whole time.

Prana Raw Cafe

As I mentioned before, I was in the Boston area this weekend. On my way home I made a stop in Newton, MA to visit Prana Raw Cafe. It’s always good when you are going to be visiting a new place to do a little research before hand to see if there are any raw food restaurants in the area. That’s how I found out about Prana. 

When you walk in you see the juice and smoothie menu and a take-out fridge filled with raw goodies. 

The restaurant is bright and cheerful. It’s exactly the kind of place you could just hang out at. 

I was there around lunch time so I saw their breakfast and lunch menu. There were tons of things I wanted to try but I decided on the Prana Burger. 

I came with kale chips, which I haven’t really acquired a taste for yet. 

The burger was a patty, with tomato and lettuce, a nut cheese spread with onion bread as the bun. It was tasty. 

Then I ordered their guacamole with flax chips. The guac was a bit spicier than I like but it had great flavor. I wanted to try the onion rings but they were all out. 

I also picked up some of their granola to take home. It is really really good and it will come in handy these next two weeks of traveling.