Yesterday, Convenient Vegan posted about testing her “vegan emergency kit” on a recent trip to LA. I don’t have the kind of vegan emergency kit that she’s talking about - it’s for traveling, not actual emergencies - but it made me think about what I would put in my own “vegan emergency kit.”

The idea of the kit is that it could provide someone with the tools necessary to make vegan meals in sub-optimal settings.

I’ve thought about this for some time since I used to do a fair bit of traveling. I’ve also thought about how fun it might be to make these kits for other vegans as gifts. They’re particularly suitable for vegans living in dorm rooms (students) or traveling a lot from motel room to motel room (activists).

Here are some things I try to pack when I travel. These are the things I’d include in a “vegan travel kit”:

• fork or chopsticks – for obvious reasons
• knife - for cutting up fresh fruit, splitting a store-bought burrito or sandwich with a friend, etc.
  
• the vegan passport – it’s a book that tells you how to say, “I’m vegan” and explain what vegan means in multiple languages
• prepacked, no fridge necessary condiments – like mustard, peanut butter, and jelly to help make plain bread tastier
• dry oatmeal – all you need is hot water
• tea bags - again, all you need is hot water
• vitamins - multi or just B12
• salt + pepper – to make a plain baked potato un-plain
• spices or spice mixes – like Mrs. Dash or adobo, these add flavor to an otherwise boring steamed vegetable plate or plain pasta dish served to vegans by unimaginative chefs
• Vegan A Go-Go – as suggested by Convenient Vegan, this little vegan cookbook is designed for travel
• PETA’s vegan college cookbook - another cookbook option for quick, on-the-go vegan meals. All that’s required is a microwave.
  
• agave sticks – like honey sticks, but vegan, these are for use with hot tea, oatmeal or for a quick sugary energy burst
• nutritional yeast - to sprinkle on top of pasta for an added cheesy flavor
  
• TVP - dry texturized vegetable protein to put in soups and sauces for added protein

What do you think you would put in your vegan travel kit?

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