09/07/2025
🍴 As a mom and a travel agent, I know how important it is to keep our families happy, healthy, and fueled up on trips like our Salt Lake City adventure this September. That is why I created a family-friendly 7-Day Meal Plan that balances protein, convenience, and budget. Protein is key for keeping energy up, supporting little growing bodies, and making sure moms like me don’t crash halfway through the day. 💪✨
Day 1 we’ll start the trip with oatmeal cups, boiled eggs, and fruit for breakfast. In the car I always pack trail mix, cheese sticks, apples, peanut butter sandwiches, and protein-packed turkey wraps for lunch. Dinner is a rotisserie chicken with bagged salad and rolls. Easy, filling, and affordable.
Throughout the week breakfasts rotate between yogurt parfaits, protein smoothies, scrambled eggs, and oatmeal with nut butter. Lunches are protein-focused like tuna salad with crackers, chicken Caesar salad wraps, quesadillas, and turkey pinwheels. Snacks are simple but powerful: string cheese, hummus with veggies, yogurt tubes, hard-boiled eggs, trail mix, popcorn, and protein bars for quick boosts.
Dinners are hearty and kid-approved. We’ll have pasta with meatballs, chicken fajitas, chili with beans and ground turkey, stir fry with chicken and veggies, baked chicken tenders, and sheet pan meals with plenty of protein. These keep cleanup simple so we can enjoy our trip more.
🛒 Grocery shopping highlights for protein
Rotisserie chicken, deli turkey, chicken strips, ground beef or turkey, pre-cooked meatballs, canned tuna, Greek yogurt, cheese, eggs, nut butter, protein powder, beans, and hummus.
This plan is mom-tested and travel-agent approved. I love being able to plan trips and meals that support both the adventure and the experience. Traveling as a single mom with kids means I have to think ahead, and I love helping other families do the same. It is about creating memories without the stress of wondering what to eat next. That is why I share not just travel deals but the little things that make travel smoother. 🌍💖