Kelsey HigginsonSports Nutrition Coach and Founder at Clutch Day Coaching

Get this instead of eating out on the road

30 Apr 2026 · 0 min

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In this brief YouTube monologue, the speaker addresses parents of traveling athletes, recommending a quick, nutritious alternative to restaurant meals while on the road. The suggestion is to stop at Trader Joe’s, pick up a chicken burrito bowl and a tortilla, warm the bowl in a microwave, and assemble a burrito. The speaker explains that this homemade burrito provides a balanced mix of carbohydrates, protein, and moderate fats, delivering sustained energy for games, keeping the athlete feeling full, and being easy to digest.

Athlete parents, you don't always have to go out to eat when you're on the road for games or tournaments. You could stop by Trader Joe's and grab a chicken burrito bowl, a tortilla, warm this up in a microwave, throw it together, and have an easy burrito that's going to give your athlete the right ratio of nutrients from fats to carbs to protein that their body needs to be able to sustain their energy all game long, have protein that'll keep them nice and full, and a decent amount of fats that aren't too high so it digests nice and easy in their stomach.