If you follow me on Instagram, you may have noticed a steady stream of pretty fabulous looking meals. And it’s true, we have found some really delicious food to try in all of our exploration.
What you don’t always see is my daily budget eats from the hotel. I mentioned before that the hotel includes breakfast everyday and dinner/drinks Monday-Thursday and we try to take advantage of that as much as we can. So in true WIAW fashion, let me show you how we do 😉
[Breakfast]
Oatmeal with banana, hard boiled egg whites, granola, & Tru-Nut
The hotel oatmeal isn’t the greatest, but I do love my morning oats! They have bananas here too so I mash up 1/2 banana and break up a couple egg whites to mix in. The granola is pretty tasty and I switch up my peanut butter options by the day. They have Skippy packets here which I use most of the time, but my treats are Tru-Nut, Justin’s packets, and now some PB & Co. too.. all winnings!
Morning Snack
One of my favorites!
Have you ever had this yogurt before? It’s so tasty and I love that the fig & date is separate from the yogurt so I can add as much or as little as I want.
Lunch
Salad bar greens, tomatoes, & carrots +
Whole Foods roasted veggies, chipotle seitan & avocado dressing
The salad bar is one of the best parts of the dinner buffet and I brought back some mixed greens, baby carrots, and tomatoes. When it was lunch time, I dressed it up with my goodies from Whole Foods and had a wonderful lunch!
Afternoon Snack
Microwave this baby for 10 seconds and you have yourself a tasty treat!
One of my new favorite kombuchas!
Call me crazy, but I packed up my stash of bars and brought them with me to the hotel. I always love having them on hand and usually have a few in my purse with me wherever I go. I’ve also been treating myself to a kombucha a little more often recently. Love trying all of the new-to-me brands and flavors!
Dinner
Huge salad plate from the salad bar, mixed veggies, & red wine
Teriyaki chicken & rice pilaf
We almost always take advantage of the salad bar and drinks [the red wine and IPA are darn tasty!] and sometimes they even have a decent veggie side too. I’m really not picky when it comes to the veggies, so the frozen mixed veggies are perfectly fine by me!
Monday night we had planned on having dinner at the hotel—teriyaki chicken and rice pilaf—but we had a change of plans. We did, however, make it back to the hotel before they stopped serving dinner so I ran downstairs and packed up a couple of plates for us for Tuesday night [no shame]. I ended up filling up on so much salad and veggies that I only had some of the chicken and left my rice for Nathan. I even got enough chicken for 3 meals 😉
Evening Snack
Fuji apples!
Fuji apples are my fave and they have them available at the hotel. It’s my perfect night time snack.. and one less thing to buy!
So at the end of the day, I’ve really only purchased some veggies and protein for lunch, a bar, and a kombucha. I’d say it’s not a bad way to get by for a month! [Especially with the free wine..]
Food for Thought
Would you take advantage of the freebies at the hotel?
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Would I take advantage? Of course! We always try to account for that when traveling. When we were in Rome, some of the snack bars and fruit available in the hotel saved my husband from being attacked by a hangry monster. And, now I really want a whole foods salad.
🙂 it’s hard to argue with free!
looks like you’re eating pretty well for a hotel! and i’d definitely take advantage of freebies. looks like i could learn a thing or two about it from you.
We do our best!
When my husband and I traveled through Europe, we would always snag fruit, hb eggs and yogurt for snacks throughout the day. It was a great way to save some money, keep our energy up and not get sucked into unhealthy eats. I’m all for it!
Love having healthy snacks on hand! It makes everything so much easier.
Youre really doing so well – I think most people reading this would be super impressed (I’m one of them) at your ability to take advantage of opportunities you have in the hotel to eat healthfully. Many would just use it as an excuse to forget about a healthy diet but you are showing that with just a little effort and planning (or maybe a lot sometimes haha, not to take away from all that you do to plan your healthy meals) you can live healthfully in a transition period like this. Great job! Also, I would totally love that the fig and date are separate in the yogurt too 😉 I may have to try that one!
Thank you! It’s definitely easier at times to plan for healthy when there is a decent meal available at the hotel or I can just whip up something quick and easy in the room. Other times, we fly by the seat of our pants haha
What a great hotel to include so many meals! They sound fairly good too! I always pack a bunch of bars with me. Those and nuts. You never know when you’ll need them!
My husband laughs at me because I always have at least 2 bars in my purse at all times!
I’m pretty sure I made it out of a hotel buffer once with 20 packets of PB…no shame on that front!
I must admit after seeing all your insta photos, you were doing a food tour of San Fran 😉
Haha yea, it’s nice to sneak a couple extras back to the room 😉
For hotel budget food, that looks pretty good! Give me a salad bar and I am a happy girl.
I was definitely impressed by the salad bar.. I was expecting shredded iceberg and croutons!
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