SDSorority
Traumatized by Magic Journeys and Haunted Mansion
- Joined
- Dec 29, 2009
How do you decide what you should get for groceries when staying in a condo? I'm worried that I'm going to buy too much and it's going to go to waste!!!
I plan a menu for the week...figuring that we will eat all lunchtime meals in the park, and go out for dinner 1-2 times. The day or so before our trip, I check the ads for the local stores (we do Publix) and adjust the menu per the items on sale. Breakfast is toast, cereal, bananas, yogurt, juice. Dinner tends to be things like spaghetti, salad, rotisserie chicken, frozen lasagna, etc. I don't spend more than a few minutes preparing dinner. Totally possible with preplanning. It also helps that we have been vacationing with house rentals for years. I have a lot of experience. We don't waste much food, but it is inevitable that there will be some food we toss at the end of the trip. Still way cheaper, and healthier, than most restaurant meals. I shop with a VERY specific list and stick to it.
Just buy the essentials, like chips, beer, and booze. Who wants to eat in their condo while on vacation? Not I. I even go out for coffee when Im on vacation.
Just buy the essentials, like chips, beer, and booze. Who wants to eat in their condo while on vacation? Not I. I even go out for coffee when Im on vacation.
Just buy the essentials, like chips, beer, and booze.
I plan a menu for the week...figuring that we will eat all lunchtime meals in the park, and go out for dinner 1-2 times. The day or so before our trip, I check the ads for the local stores (we do Publix) and adjust the menu per the items on sale. Breakfast is toast, cereal, bananas, yogurt, juice. Dinner tends to be things like spaghetti, salad, rotisserie chicken, frozen lasagna, etc. I don't spend more than a few minutes preparing dinner. Totally possible with preplanning. It also helps that we have been vacationing with house rentals for years. I have a lot of experience. We don't waste much food, but it is inevitable that there will be some food we toss at the end of the trip. Still way cheaper, and healthier, than most restaurant meals. I shop with a VERY specific list and stick to it.