{"id":429,"date":"2011-04-15T14:09:57","date_gmt":"2011-04-15T14:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cabinsforyou.com\/blog\/?p=429"},"modified":"2026-04-28T11:12:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T11:12:14","slug":"healthy-eating-in-the-smokies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cabinsforyou.com\/blog\/advice\/healthy-eating-in-the-smokies.htm","title":{"rendered":"Healthy Eating in the Smokies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Maintaining a healthy diet and vacationing can sometimes be a battle. Let\u2019s face it \u2013 Fannie Farkle\u2019s Corn Dogs and the Pancake Houses start summoning you as soon as you\u2019re within a 10 mile radius of the area! It\u2019s even harder to ignore those calls if finding a healthier option is another struggle in itself. We have some easy fixes to this dilemma. Read on and you\u2019ll stress no more\u2026<\/p>\n

Rent a cabin with a full kitchen<\/strong> \u2013 If you\u2019re cooking your meal, you know exactly what ingredients are going into that meal. You won\u2019t have to worry about an extra slab of unwanted butter going into your veggies. Best of all, you won\u2019t have to leave the comfort of your mountain cabin and cooking is a great way to spend time with your loved ones.\"farmers<\/a><\/p>\n

Gatlinburg Farmers Market<\/strong> \u2013 For locally grown fresh fruit and veggies, your first stop should be the Gatlinburg Farmers Market! Located in the Alamo Steakhouse parking lot, the Farmers Market begins May 21st at 8:30AM and continues every Saturday until mid-October.\u00a0 Stimulating the local economy and providing countless types of fruits and vegetables, the Gatlinburg Farmers Market aims to give its patrons high quality, fairly priced produce.<\/p>\n

Whole Earth Grocery<\/strong> \u2013 As opposed to large retail grocery stores, local organic stores offer healthy, pesticide and hormone free produce and products. Whole Earth Grocery in Gatlinburg, Tennessee is a complete natural food store, as well as a caf\u00e9. Offering organic foods, local produce, homeopathic remedies and much more, Whole Earth Grocery is a great destination for those looking to consume organic products. Whether you\u2019re stopping by for a vegetarian meal, or picking up some home-grown tomatoes, Whole Earth Grocery has your needs covered!<\/p>\n

Rabbit Food <\/strong>\u2013 If you\u2019re searching for organic produce in Sevierville, Rabbit Food is just the place for you! A \u201cbring your own bag\u201d establishment, Rabbit Food is dedicated to providing its customers with nothing but the best. Offering sweet potatoes, garlic, tomatoes, lemons, lettuce, pineapples, ginger and more, Rabbit Food receives new shipments of organic produce every week! \u201cOrganic Produce Day\u201d has quickly become a big hit and has customers returning again and again for some of the most delicious fruit and veggies they have ever eaten.<\/p>\n

So don\u2019t let your food regimen stop you from vacationing. There are<\/span> healthy options. You could even turn your grocery run into a fun activity for your group. Check out our blog about Picking Your Own Fruit in the Smokies<\/a> for information about fresh fruit farms and orchards in East Tennessee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Maintaining a healthy diet and vacationing can sometimes be a battle. Let\u2019s face it \u2013 Fannie Farkle\u2019s Corn Dogs and the Pancake Houses start summoning you as soon as you\u2019re within a 10 mile radius of the area! It\u2019s even harder to ignore those calls if finding a healthier option is another struggle in itself. We have some easy fixes to this dilemma. Read on and you\u2019ll stress no more\u2026 Rent a cabin with a full kitchen \u2013 If you\u2019re cooking your meal, you know exactly what ingredients are going into that meal. You won\u2019t have to worry about an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[288],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cabinsforyou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cabinsforyou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cabinsforyou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cabinsforyou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cabinsforyou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=429"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cabinsforyou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11004,"href":"https:\/\/www.cabinsforyou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429\/revisions\/11004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cabinsforyou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cabinsforyou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cabinsforyou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}