FRUITS..

[Ali]

How are you guys taking them with you on the road without them rotting ? I know all the Phil Hernon trainees can chime in and help me out. I have very good set of tuppaware i use, but apples for example start turning yellow in matter of 5-10minutes.

Just wondering how you guys are carrying out fruits once you've measured them out? I am only getting 15grams of carbs per meal at the moment so its all partial peices of fruit and i find myself throwing away the left overs since they rot

 

[vadim_b1]

i heard something about freeze-dried fruit, they retain all their nutritional value, while being easy to transport.
not sure if it hit the market yet, but that would definitely be one of possible solutions.

 

[GoneForever]

I'll throw a sliced up apple and sliced up orange in a tupper ware. Thats 50g carbs and yah the apple gets a little bruised looking but still tastes fine. Granny smiths are the best. I'll keep that in a little insulated lunch bag with an ice pack. Stays good for about 6hours. Then i'll throw in a bag of frozen cherries and when they unthaw they can be mushy and messy but still stay cold. Im actually really sick of fruit lately so I'll add a natty pb and sugar free jelly sandwhich on ezikel bread. I'll bring my lba's and a jug of cfm,etc.. basically I just bring a big ass target bag to work with all my food in it.

also banana's always stay good.

 

[billy34]

I love rasins. They are sold in small boxes in the supermarket and don't need to be refrigerated.

 

[PharmGrown]

The brown is the enzymes in the fruit oxidizing in the air once they're cut if I recall correctly. Its actually fine to eat unless you just don't like the way it looks. I'm pretty sure you can put lemon juice on fruits that brown quickly once cut to keep them from turning brown alot longer.

 

[Jarconis]

thank god I work in grocery stores around the city

 

[Ali]

Thanks for the replies. Yea, i noticed Bananas are great when cut up and carried around in tuppaware, as well as strawberries.

I guess i just need to stick with fruits that don't mold so quickly.

I pre-weigh and pack all my food for the day and carry it in a huge cooler, but now that my carbs are much lower than before whole peices of fruit have too much carb so having to pre-mesuare it up front and i hate throwing away the left over...gotta save bad economy

 

[jdchaffin]

The brown is the enzymes in the fruit oxidizing in the air once they're cut if I recall correctly. Its actually fine to eat unless you just don't like the way it looks. I'm pretty sure you can put lemon juice on fruits that brown quickly once cut to keep them from turning brown alot longer.

I've heard this as well. actually on the food network I believe but I thought they recommended a lime instead of a lemon. might be worth a shot.

 

[samiam]

Vacuum Sealer

My wife got me a vacuum sealer for Christmas a couple years ago - it is awesome!

You can slice an apple and vacuum seal it and it will last 2-3 without turning brown. Slice up a bunch, weigh them, seal it and you are good for a couple days.

But, grapes are easily transported and oranges don't turn bad very quickly once sliced.

 

[Ali]

My wife got me a vacuum sealer for Christmas a couple years ago - it is awesome!

You can slice an apple and vacuum seal it and it will last 2-3 without turning brown. Slice up a bunch, weigh them, seal it and you are good for a couple days.

But, grapes are easily transported and oranges don't turn bad very quickly once sliced.

Can you share the link of the item you purchased this item? Is that 2-3 hours or days?

 

[samiam]

Can you share the link of the item you purchased this item? Is that 2-3 hours or days?

Something like this:
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=9222971

or
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=10285440

Mine is the foodsaver brand.

2-3 days. Awesome product. You can plan ahead and even cook/seal your chicken or whatever so you can put it in a cooler. Since there is no air it stay much cooler than in a tupperware or something.

Also you can use it to reseal plastic bags like chips or whatever.

 

[tkav1980]

How are you guys taking them with you on the road without them rotting ? I know all the Phil Hernon trainees can chime in and help me out. I have very good set of tuppaware i use, but apples for example start turning yellow in matter of 5-10minutes.

Just wondering how you guys are carrying out fruits once you've measured them out? I am only getting 15grams of carbs per meal at the moment so its all partial peices of fruit and i find myself throwing away the left overs since they rot

to keep apples put them in a mixture of water and lemon juice.

 

[samiam]

to keep apples put them in a mixture of water and lemon juice.

that does work. good point.

course then they taste like lemons. :>

 

[Pekkerwood]

The "produce" saving bags work on for fruits. You can get them at the large supermarkets or "Bed Bath and Beyond type stores. They are usually green.

 

[sizeon]

i heard something about freeze-dried fruit, they retain all their nutritional value, while being easy to transport.
not sure if it hit the market yet, but that would definitely be one of possible solutions.

i would like to get more into this freeze drying thing, i read you can do alot of stuff with it, i wana get my own machine ha

 

[robbie1375]

i also try natural 100% juice 'apple.grape. orange whatever that way i get around 25-30 carbs by the juice alone,its easy for me to take on the go .

 

[Ali]

Thank you

For all the replies. I will look into the sealer product and see how cheap i can get it for. It's a little pricey and i'm assuming you have to keep buying specific types of plastic bags that work with the machine??

Thanks again..for now i will just use the fruits that don't quick when i'm on the road/work.

 

[GoneForever]

i also try natural 100% juice 'apple.grape. orange whatever that way i get around 25-30 carbs by the juice alone,its easy for me to take on the go .

yah I do this too. Stuff like juicy juice or v8fusion. Prob is it doesnt fill you up but it is easy.