Gluten free and low carb snacks for long flights

[pms543]

Am soon to fly out to US and tad worried about food on flights. Got a 9 hour one followed by a 5ho ur one.

What gluten free and low carb snacks / treats would you take on board?

 

[Curly604]

Make your own vegetable crisps? Using courgettes, aubergines and beetroot!

 

[Heathenlass]

9bars are gluten free, around 10g carb depending on which variety you choose and portBle as well as satisfying Also Babybel cheese, they withstand a lot of travelling .

I have been known to break up poppadums in to crisp sized pieces, but do check that they are gluten free - some aren't. Mine are from Aldi so quite cheap !

Signy

 

[Engineer88]

nuts? I like a variety of salted and non, also tesco skips are 8g a pack which I like

 

[NoCrbs4Me]

Bacon.

 

[tim2000s]

Make your own coconut macaroons.

Go and buy gluten and carb free stuff from the Low Carb store on line.

Pork Scratchings.

 

[ono]

+1 on babybel and pork scratchings. Corncakes or ricecakes also good

 

[Picci]

Nairns oak cakes! Cheese flavour, lovely! 3 carbs per cracker, really hit the spot!

 

[anna29]

Make your own vegetable crisps? Using courgettes, aubergines and beetroot!

I do this and love them .
Using a thin vegetable peeler to slice them up easily .

Place them on a baking tray and gently bake in the oven .
Sorted! Very easy to pack these too - in a Tupperware box .
Nibble when needed - on the plane ?

 

[pms543]

Anna, do you add oil or anything to bake and at what temp?

thanks everyone, helpful ideas to give me food for thought....

 

[maria111979]

freash chicken is also gluten free. Lots of interesting options with chicken

 

[CarbsRok]

Are the food suggestions so far actually allowed on flights?

 

[maria111979]

Anything that is packed pressurized can should be allowed I guess

 

[pms543]

I will Def check re chicken/ bacon as altho good for snacks assume they ok to eat before landing...always good to check!

 

[anna29]

Anna, do you add oil or anything to bake and at what temp?

thanks everyone, helpful ideas to give me food for thought....

@pms543
Add in a knob of good quality butter .
Temp = I use 180 electric fan oven (range master)

 

[Scimama]

If you eat meat you could take individual wrapped pepparami things - OK if eaten or disposed of before reaching US customs.

I take nuts, pumpkin seed and mini cheese, which I try to eat before I reach US, and homemade coconut and almond biscotti these keep well in a ziplock bag and are tasty low carb etc

 

[Scimama]

and Olives - my favourite I buy the small sachets of Olives that don't need chilling and don't have excess liquid in them. Usually only take 2 packs on a flight as need to eat them before entering US and we typically do direct flights.


Will be watching this post for new ideas for August