My Vegan Journey to Get Healthy
Welcome to my vegan journey to get healthy! I love to travel. My husband and I bought a motorhome to travel in last year because of COVID. Fortunately, it has worked out perfectly for my new eating lifestyle. We camped out a number of times last summer and fall and I prepared most of our food in the kitchen of our motorhome. This will be a great way to stay on my vegan journey to stay healthy.
We have a nice size refrigerator in the motorhome, which is great for all the prepared food we brought with us. I prepared some meals before we left and froze them for later. It allowed us to eat healthy while traveling when we camped for the evening. I could pull out my previously prepared food and soups and heat them up. We have a stove top, oven, and microwave in our motorhome. They came in handy while we were on the road for three weeks, driving out west to see several National Parks and to visit with my dad in Colorado. We definitely enjoy being able to stop in the middle of nowhere and cook up a tasty meal!
Traveling in our Motorhome
Before we left on our trip, I created a menu, including snacks, and was able to cook and freeze 3 to 4 days of dinners. I also made muffins for breakfast that lasted 2 days. Feeling motivated, I baked cookies and banana bread to last 2 to 3 days, so that we didn’t have to cook right away. I did make some snacks for eating on the road and for snacks on a hike.
Eating out while Traveling on our Vegan Journey
For those times when we ate out, I would scour the online menus of local restaurants to see if they had anything that I could eat. There is usually a choice of several restaurants and I can always find one that has something I can eat. It was hard when I first started on my healthy eating journey to find something that sounded really great. I have learned to accept that in some places I may only be able to have a salad, a sweet or regular baked potato (be sure to ask if they coat the potatoes in fat or butter before they cook it), and/or steamed veggies.
Camping with Grandkids
We have taken two of our grandkids, Hunter and Lincoln, camping in our motorhome. Again, I prepared most of the meals at home and brought them with us. Grammie’s Vegan Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies were a big hit. In the evening, we were able to enjoy a nice campfire and toast marshmallows. Everyone had a wonderful time.
More travel is on the horizon in 2022.