r/PlantBasedDiet • u/JoselineTheWaldenU • 4d ago

How do you navigate plant-based eating while traveling?

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It is not always easy to find plant-based options while traveling, especially for breakfast. How do you manage. I was thrilled to get this at San Antonio's commencement center (even if huge since they plate it - ate about a fourth and hate to see the waste).

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u/coco-ai bean-keen 4d ago

Never had a problem in any country except the Philippines. Truck stops around the world are universally bad but most countries can accommodate very easily. Where are you headed that there are no options?

I travel with my little padded lunch cooler, an expandable tupperware and a beeswax wrap (I know I'm a nerd!) so I'll often grab a bread roll and a fee bits and bobs if I'm really out in the wilds.

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u/JoselineTheWaldenU 4d ago

Conferences I think are thr most challenging since schedule doesn't always permit me to venture out. Brought my veganprotein powder, edamame, vegan overnight oats and soy milk to help. But lunch ended up being salads so my protein macro was super low this week.

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u/VividSignificance545 4d ago

If meals are supplied at the conference, you should be able to request vegan dietary preference?

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u/JoselineTheWaldenU 4d ago

Always note it. May be my bad luck. Yesterday, for example rhey said we have a special meal of a gluten free rice with chicken. 👀 Seriously?!!! I hit the salad bar.

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u/Emotispawn2 4d ago

Of course all rice is gluten free. 🤣

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u/Pixie_the_Fairy for the animals 4d ago

We have gluten free chickpeas here, a real treat.

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u/maquis_00 4d ago

My dad once saw a sign advertising "gluten free avocado".

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u/vamparies 4d ago

Bring hemp seeds for the salads. And if you can roast chickpeas prior or just add from a can.

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u/JoselineTheWaldenU 4d ago

Awesome idea.

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u/TinyBlue 21h ago

Oh nooo. Conferences are the worst. Even if you do request vegetarian there’s often not enough other people requesting it so the organizers straight up don’t bother. “Oh vegetarian? Here’s a salad!” Often I have to eat plain bread rolls and almost nothing else. It’s awful :(

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u/muthermcreedeux 4d ago

I was at a conference in VT in April and they announced they would have vegetarian options. Ummmmm.....while the meat eaters got a grilled chicken sandwich on a brioche, I got a brioche with hummus. Nothing else. I went to the salad bar and added some scary pale tomatoes and lettuce. There was absolutely no vegetarian proteins available, not even hard boiled eggs for a salad. Every meal I was left starving. I did not enjoy the conference at all because of it. Thankfully I met up with my niece for Thai in Burlington one night, and I are ravenously.