Living food for Africa

Quick Travel Snacks

Pack a variety of easy snacks in your carryon bag in the event that you can’t find healthy snacks in the airport, train station, or hotel when you arrive. It’s easy to forget just how many options there are:

Fresh veggies: carrot sticks, celery, broccoli and cauliflower.
Dehydrated vegetables: sweet potatoes, white potatoes with salt and vinegar, zucchini, and yellow squash.
Fresh fruits: a banana and grapes for the plane/train/car; apples, oranges, and pears packed in your bag.
Dried fruits: dried apricots, apples, and pears; raisins, prunes, figs and dates.
Nuts, but keep to a minimum and try to soak them the night before.

At hotels, order plenty of fruit for breakfast, double portions of salad for dinner, and request olive oil and vinegar or a light vinaigrette dressing. Eat until you’re full—and stay well away from those french fries!

Most restaurants will happily create something for you if you ask. If not go somewhere else or settle for the salad. Alternatively pop into a grocery store and buy a few avocados, or an apple and orange and a red pepper to brighten any salad order. Don't be shy to add it to your food right in the restaurant!

More tips at

Salads and Salad bars are going to be your only option when eating out until someone opens a Raw Food Restaurant in Southern Africa! Encourage your favourite restaurant to add more Raw options to their menu!

Best options for Organic and Raw food

Cape Town

SHOPS AND VEGAN FRIENDLY RESTAURANTS

Organic @ Heart
fresh and seasonal organic food and munchies.
23 Constantia Rd, Wynberg
Ample parking in Bardia Rd at the back
Kwalapa- Montebello Design Estate 31 Newlands Avenue Newlands Cape Town
Organic Shop and Restaurant. Raw food buffet on Wednesdays

Closer - Vegan Restaurant

42 Palmer Road, Muizenberg
Cell:074 1440033
Mon - Thurs:9:00 am - 5:30 pm
Fri:9:00 am - 10:00 pm
Bella Vega Cafe
128 St. Georges Street (main rd. opposite Jubilee Square, Simonstown
breakfasts, teas and lunches
021 786 2428
Dear Me

165 Longmarket Street, Cape Town.
Tel: 021 422 4920

Addis in Cape Ethiopian, 021 424 5722 Long Street Cape Town
Lola’s 228 Long Str 021 423 0885
Vanilla Café 117 Hatfield Str 021 461 7868
Jewel of India 021 4198397 Victoria Wharf, V&A Waterfront (many veg options)
Krishna's, Riverside Mall, Main Road, Rondebosch (tel. 685-5767)
Sophea Gallery and Tibetan Teahouse Main Rd, Seaforth/Simon's Town) 021-786-1544
Earthshine - Pinelands has a range of raw crackers, raw eggplant biltong, raw fermented cabbage and many organic seeds and raw spice mixes. They serve delicious raw, organic breakfasts on Tuesdays and hold Raw feasts 4 x per year. Check their page for details.
Organic Living
Constantia Shopping Centre
Super Foods in Westlake sell a wide range of raw super foods and supplements as well as sprouting kits and organic sprouting seeds, raw food accessories and home made raw products.
The Health Path
41 Victoria Rd Hout Bay
Thursday morning organic market. Healthy meals, organic coffees, health products.

Johannesburg

Earth 2 (100% vegan - 1 Olifants Rd., Emmarentia)
Contact: info@earth2.co.za or +2782 557 3912
Crisp (44 Stanley Rd., Auckland Park)
Greenlands (16 Dundalk Avenue, corner Roscommon Road, Parkview - be sure to check out their massive range of animal-friendly health & beauty products)
Fruits & Roots (103 Komatie Rd, Emmarentia OR cnr. Hobart & Grosvenor Roads, Bryanston)
Sincere Chinese Restaurant (large and exotic vegan/vegetarian menu - Northcliff shopping centre, cnr. Beyers Naude & Milner Rd.)
Kapila's (Pure vegetarian takeaway - Shop 32, 2nd Avenue, Melville. Tel. 011 482 7527)

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