EATING IN THE ROOM REVISITED!!need in room meal ideas please

[Miniefan]

I was wondering what some of you may have made in your rooms, It would have to be quick and easy, but I need some ideas. We will only have a fride, microwave, and electric skillet, and crockpot. What are some things we can easily make in the room?
Thanks
Kim

 

[robinb]

Originally posted by Miniefan
We will only have a fride, microwave, and electric skillet, and crockpot.

Yikes, Kim! You better have your asbestos undies on today. This is one of those "hot button" questions.

What are some things we can easily make in the room?

Priority Seatings .

 

[ahutton]

We are DVC members, and tend to do some in room cooking. With what you have you could easily make breakfast tacos - get some bacon or sausage crumbles, eggs, cheese and maybe hash browns - various combos with salsa rolled into tortillas make a great and filling breakfast. Plus then you have salsa and can get chips. In the crock pot you can make queso with sausage crumbles, velveeta, a can of Rotel tomatoes with chilis - YUMMY! You might add to your shopping list storage containers or bags for leftovers you can later warm in the microwave. If the fridge has a freezer you have a million frozen food options to add for meals.

 

[Miniefan]

Thanks for the reply, it's not that I don't want to eat out at WDW, my family just gets tired of it after a few days and I would like to be able to prepare a little something more that a sandwich in the room. I think I could easily cook chili or spaghetti in the crockpot and electric skillet, sometimes at home I cook chicken and rice in my electric skillet and a lot of times I use it to cook things like pancakes and french toast for breakfast. If anyone else has any ideas please let me know.
Thanks
Kim

 

[poohkinandpiglet]

We take a small George Foreman grill and make grilled cheese, hamburgers, grilled chicken, etc....

My all time favorite crock pot recipe for pot roast is super easy:

Put seasoned (salt, pepper, garlic) 3 lb roast in crock pot
Pour 1 can cream of mushroom soup on top
Pour 1 can french onion soup on top
Cook 8 hrs on low or 4-5 on high
Serve with rice or mashed potatoes


The soups meld together and make the best gravy. You could add carrots, onions, mushrooms, or potatoes to the crock pot if you like.


I guess I should add-- we always stay in a DVC Villa so we can prepare some of our own meals. Don't want to get flamed over this post!

 

[Miniefan]

I make almost the same thing for my crock pot roast the only diff is that I use 2 cans cream of mushroom soup and lipton onion-mushroom soup mix, towards the end I add a bag of baby carrotts and make mashed potatoes with it. It is a big hit at home and probably a very doable recipe for the resort now that I think about it. Thanks for reminding me. It will be great to come back to wonderful smell of that roast after a long day at the parks. The price of all that to make is probably less than what it would cost our family at a counter service rest., even though around my area a good looking chuck roast does cost around $10-$12. Keep the ideas coming if you can think of any
Kim

I forgot to add that I put one quartered onion in at the beginning with the roast.

 

[Schmeck]

What happens when you set off the smoke detector/sprinkler system while you're frying in the skillet?

 

[Desnik]

If you want to cook in your room why aren't you staying somewhere with a kitchen? You do know that you are not allowed to bring those items and use them in your room at a WDW hotel? What if you start a fire, what if the aroma from your food bothers other guest? Do you really want to risk being "ratted out" and getting in trouble by Disney staff? I'm not sure what they would do, but still, why risk it?

You could stay offsite and get a villa with a full kitchen. You could stay at a villa on property. If that is too much money then you could rent points from a DVC member and really save a ton of money and still get the full kitchen.

I don't mean to sound mean, or like the room police!LOL I just don't know why so many people here think bringing and using all that stuff in a WDW room is OK. Does anyone even know if the electric in a room can handle all that stuff? There has to be a good reason why Disney doesn't allow it.

There was a list here not too long ago about foods you can make that do not need to be cooked.
I'll try to find it for you.

 

[Desnik]

The search function is down.
If I remember correctly here are some things people suggested:
PB&J
Tuna
You could buy deli meats from a local supermarket for sandwhiches
The grocery stores even have those rotesserie whole chickens cooked and ready to go. Some have salad bars and side dishes. You could take that back to your room for a nice dinner.
For breakfastoptarts, cereal bars, cereal, fruit.

You said you get tired of eating out. I do too but that's only if I'm eating fast food type things. My family gets tired of that real quick! But, there are so many awesome restaurants with really great food. I have never felt tired of it at WDW.
Places like 50's PTC at MGM has really great "home cooked" meals.

Is this your first trip? And maybe you aren't aware of all the great dining options? Here's a link to the menus of WDW restaurants:http://www.allearsnet.com/menu/menus.htm

Also, how many people are in your family and where are you staying? The reason I ask is because the rooms are not that big in a value and moderate resort. The tables are really small and they have only 2 chairs. How would you comfortably cook and eat a meal in there?

 

[tw1nsmom]

I could be missing something (it wouldn't be the first time ), but the OP didn't say that they were staying on property. Maybe they're staying somewhere with a kitchenette, but no actual stove...like HIFS (I believe they have refrigerators and microwaves).

 

[Miniefan]

twinsmom, thanks for giving everyone else a little insight here. Now granted I didn't say where we are staying, but since a few here wanted to school me on everything and lite me on fire... I have 2 rooms booked, one is a cabin at the Ft. Wilderness Resort, (which btw, has a full kitchen, so I'm assuming WDW knows someone will be using it to COOK) and the other is at HIFS(they only have kitchenettes, but still I'm assuming they know people will be using it to cook as well) I am waiting until Ap rates or Fl resident rates come out and then decide which one to cancel. I am not a Disney First-timer, I just know how much the meals at WDW are, and my family enjoys a home cooked meal in the privacy and comfort of ourselves once in a while, not to mention the fact that one meal at a nice sit-down restaurant in WDW is nearly as much as I spend a week for groceries at home. We will do our share of character meals, counter service hamburgers, and cokes and mickey bars to give WDW our part, but we will also enjoy a nice meal that I have prepared in the comfort of our "home away from home". I was actually inquiring to see what someone else may have made that was good, quick, and easy to make while still feeling like on vacation.

BTW, when we stay at the Values we bring our hot plate, mini fridge, microwave, toaster oven, crockpot, electric skillet, and baby george grill, you know you really have to improvise in there, and for anyone who is reading this....I am just kidding!

Kim

Ps: The last time we stayed at ASMu, when we were checking out I saw a man leaving his room a few doors down from ours, he had a small fridge on a little rolling cart, with a microwave on top, pulling it in one hand, and one of those small round charcoal grills on wheels in the other, what do you think wdw had to say about that?!?

 

[dijid]

Minniefan - if you can get the AP rate on the FWC, I highly recommend it! We cancelled a HIFS ressie when we got AP for FWC and were very pleasantly surprised at how nice and spacious the cabin was. And how quiet, which is what we wanted.

I will only do very easy cooking when on vacation. If you get the full kitchen, I recommend buying meal kits. We did refrigerated pizzas one night (faster to cook than frozen) or you can do a Boboli one really easy. Got a Rosarita quesadilla kit that cooked in 4 minutes was was yummy. Scrambled eggs and frozen waffles are another easy meal. You can add precooked bacon or sausage that you only have to heat up. (You can actually make scrambled eggs in a microwave if you wanted.)

If you don't have a full kitchen, you can always do salads with lunchmeat or precooked chicken from Tyson or a rotisserie chicken, microwavable pasta (Ragu Express, Easy Mac), Get a small frozen lasagna that's microwavable. Soup and sandwhich, cottage cheese can make a meal. You can also peruse the deli area of the grocery store for premade salads and other precooked foods that you only have to heat up. No one should be slaving over a hot stove for a long time when you're on vacation!

 

[Miniefan]

Thanks dijid, that is what I ultimately hope to do, but even with my AAA discount the rate for FTWC is still $242 which is a little more than what I want to pay for a room. If you don't mind me asking what was the rate you got there? If you don't want to tell me I'll understand or you can pm me if you don't want to post it. I really want to stay onsite again but we needed a little more room this time, and also my family gets tired of having to go out and eat. Thanks for the suggestions and the info.
Kim

 

[Miniefan]

Thanks dijid, that is what I ultimately hope to do, but even with my AAA discount the rate for FTWC is still $242 which is a little more than what I want to pay for a room. If you don't mind me asking what was the rate you got there? If you don't want to tell me I'll understand or you can pm me if you don't want to post it. I really want to stay onsite again but we needed a little more room this time, and also my family gets tired of having to go out and eat. Thanks for the suggestions and the info.
Kim

 

[Jordan's MOM]

Another suggestion if you end up at the cabins is the trails end buffet take out. You get, for each take out, a large container, plus a soup or salad container and a small desert container but are allowed to fill them any way you want. Enough food to share can be placed into the containers. Perhaps the meat and a side from this take out and add a salad at the cabin. Since there are no refills, I assume it's fine to share whatever you can put into the containers.

I also like the crockpot idea. A turkey breast, a roast or a ham could cook all day while you are at the park and then you could add quick fix sides for dinner and have meat for later. My sister's family loves the cabins, though we are spoiled and love WL and no cooking on our vacation.


Have a blast.


jordan's mom

 

[Miniefan]

Thanks jordansmom, we had already planned to visit it even if we don't stay at the cabins.
Kim

 

[tw1nsmom]

Someone mentioned pot roast in the crockpot. Throw in a bag of baby carrots, a bag of pre-peeled and pre-cut potatoes, and an onion soup mix with a little water (or beer or wine) and you have a whole meal.

Buy a large bag of salad for the week, and a dressing everyone likes.

Buy hamburger and a zatarans style rice mix. Brown the hamburger in your skillet, and then add the amount of water the box calls for, bring to boil (or follow directions on box) and add mix.

A favorite of my family (it might not be to your families taste):
in crockpot:
pork roast
can or two (depends on size of roast) sauerkraut - drained
2 or three tart apples (I like macintosh) sliced and peeled

I would stick to meals that have just two or three ingredients and minimal prep time

 

[Miniefan]

Thanks for the quick meal idea suggestions, the recipe you gave sounds good but my husband or kids probably wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot pole. Me personally, I like sauerkraut, but I never tried it on anything except a hot dog or sausage.
Kim

 

[robinb]

Originally posted by Miniefan
Ps: The last time we stayed at ASMu, when we were checking out I saw a man leaving his room a few doors down from ours, he had a small fridge on a little rolling cart, with a microwave on top, pulling it in one hand, and one of those small round charcoal grills on wheels in the other, what do you think wdw had to say about that?!?

They would say he was breaking the rules! I'm glad I wasn't staying next to him. I wonder if her fired up the Weber inside .

 

[Miniefan]

Well, we were there for 5 nights and I never saw anyone out on the balcony/walkway area grilling, maybe he tried to use it and they put a stop to it, who knows?!? I definitely wouldn't try it but you never know about other people. These rules you speak of, although most people know they exist anyway, where are they posted, or are they even, for the others who aren't disers??
Kim