5 Great Snack Ideas For Commercial Truck Drivers

We get it: eating well while you’re on the road is extremely challenging. You don’t have access to a kitchen or a full-sized refrigerator, you don’t have much time to devote to food preparation, and you’re always on a deadline. What’s more, the highway is littered with fast-food drive-thrus and gas stations full of candy bars and bags of chips, which always feel like the easiest (and most delicious) option.

Of course, you realize that eating healthy and nutritious food will help you feel better and stay alert without a sugar crash, but how do you fill your belly quickly without going overboard on salt and sugar? Try some of these easy snack ideas on your next route and you’ll find yourself skipping that McDonald’s drive-thru every time.

1. Veggies & Dip

Fresh, raw vegetables (A.K.A. crudités, if you’re feeling fancy) are always a nutritious snack, and they don’t have to be boring! You can choose from so many different dip options to add some flavor to your vitamin-packed veggies.

Try noshing on some baby carrots with ranch dip, bell pepper strips with low-fat sour cream or guacamole, celery sticks with peanut butter, or broccoli florets with hummus. Grocery stores typically have pre-cut vegetable trays and single-serve dip containers that are super-easy to stash in your cab’s mini-fridge or cooler.

2. Hard-Boiled Eggs

You can do so many things with hard-boiled eggs, as they store well once they’re cooked. You can even find bags of pre-peeled eggs at many grocery stores which you can stash in the fridge. Keep some salt and pepper handy for flavoring them if you like to eat them whole, or slice them up on top of a green salad. Chopping them up and mixing them with mayonnaise and mustard makes a delicious egg-salad sandwich that will keep you full until dinner time.

3. Mixed Nuts

Nuts are a very easy and portable snack, and there are so many varieties that you could try a different type every day of the week. Try to locate unsalted varieties to reduce your sodium intake. Cashews, peanuts, walnuts, almonds, pistachios, and sunflower seeds are great high-protein, healthy-fat snacks, and you can even add them to salads or mix them into yogurt or cottage cheese.

4. Fresh or Dried Fruit

Who doesn’t like fruit? You’ve got so many convenient and portable options for eating fruit on the road that it would be silly to skip it. Get in your vitamins with some dried fruit mixes, cups of unsweetened applesauce, or just a bunch of bananas. You can stash a bag of apples or oranges in your fridge for easy snacking on your breaks.

5. Cheese & Crackers

This classic snack is popular with people of all ages for a reason: it’s really tasty and easy to spice up! You can keep it simple with pre-sliced sharp cheddar cheese on saltines, or you can upgrade to some whole-grain crackers with brie. Pre-portioned cheeses like Babybel, string cheese, or spreadable cheese cups are easy to carry; you’ll just want to watch your sodium intake.

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