How many meals do you actually prepare in your villa?

[Tiger926]

A good option for you may be an owners locker. You could store a rice cooker and other non-perishable essentials for future visits.

But, on the other hand, rice is pretty simple to cook without a specific appliance, as long as you have a pot with a lid.

Great suggestion! We were going to do that, but my hubby just came home with a Rubbermaid container that looks exactly like an Owner's Locker. It's a bit bigger and looks a bit tougher, so we are going to put our small grill and a small rice cooker in there for our DVC villa. Thanks for the suggestion! Like I said, we can't be bringing open food products over the border, so hopefully we'll be able to find the perfect size packages for the way our family eats!

Thanks to all for the suggestions. Sorry if this thread was confusing to some - we are having to consider many limitations in regards to what we can eat, what we can bring with us, food wastage, grocery shopping, bringing food back home, etc. Now that we have a 1 bedroom for our whole trip (although we had to knock a day off) of 10 nights/11 days, it will be much easier to eat in our villa or down by the pool.

Thanks to all, Tiger

 

[jodifla]

Great suggestion! We were going to do that, but my hubby just came home with a Rubbermaid container that looks exactly like an Owner's Locker. It's a bit bigger and looks a bit tougher, so we are going to put our small grill and a small rice cooker in there for our DVC villa. Thanks for the suggestion! Like I said, we can't be bringing open food products over the border, so hopefully we'll be able to find the perfect size packages for the way our family eats!

Thanks to all for the suggestions. Sorry if this thread was confusing to some - we are having to consider many limitations in regards to what we can eat, what we can bring with us, food wastage, grocery shopping, bringing food back home, etc. Now that we have a 1 bedroom for our whole trip (although we had to knock a day off) of 10 nights/11 days, it will be much easier to eat in our villa or down by the pool.

Thanks to all, Tiger

I work with people who live in Canada and work in the U.S. They bring in their lunches every day over the border.

 

[Tiger926]

I work with people who live in Canada and work in the U.S. They bring in their lunches every day over the border.

I just noticed you are from Detroit - what a small world!

It's hit or miss, some days you can, other days not. Some days my friends have the same lunch they brought over the day before, confiscated and thrown out. We don't want to take a chance after travelling for 24 hours by car, with tired kids, of having a problem with bringing back food. One time we had a custom agent go through our baby's snacks - it was very silly, so now, we try and bring stuff over unopened in original packages. So, we'll make sure that we can buy smaller packages of stuff, so that way, there is nothing to worry about. Each and every time we buy groceries/snacks for our villa, there is food wastage, as the packages are so large with things like margarine or syrup, and we hate that, so we'll hopefully be able to work around that by planning out our menus carefully. Although, we won't be able to do this until we arrive in Orlando, so hopefully, we won't have to spend too much time in the grocery store as we will be anxious to get to the parks!

Hopefully, it will all work out. Thanks, Tiger

 

[wildernessDad]

My DW feels that if she has to cook while on vacation, then she may as well be home. It's a break for her and who can blame her, so we don't cook in our room.

 

[BEASLYBOO]

I work with people who live in Canada and work in the U.S. They bring in their lunches every day over the border.

Likewise, when we return home to visit Ontario, and Vancouver by Travel Trailer. We cross the border with a full fridge and pantry and come back out the same way! One lickety split inspection and off you go!

 

[*Valdez*]

I may be too late to chime in here, but I thought I would. I also have severe (anaphylactic shock) food allergies to Dairy, Wheat, Potatos, Onions, Tomatoes and to top that off with my Rx meds I have a very low tolerance to starchy, fatty, processed foods.
We will be in WDW for a week and will be cooking for all meals except 3 meals. We are getting our food from GardenGrocer.com because they do have the organic foods I usually buy. We plan on making Tacos (we don't season the meat with anything other than salt and pepper), pasta with pesto, PB & J, Grilled Veg. Sandwiches, burritos, and variations of all of the above.
I agree that eating out is a lot easier in WDW because the chefs are so accomodating. Because we are going with a large group of people who are stretching every dollar just to go to WDW, we agreed to eat in.
DH also does not like to eat leftovers so we have to be creative when we use them. When we have leftover roasted chicken that is what I use in Burritos, with a spelt tortilla. Just think creative.

 

[Tiger926]

I may be too late to chime in here, but I thought I would. I also have severe (anaphylactic shock) food allergies to Dairy, Wheat, Potatos, Onions, Tomatoes and to top that off with my Rx meds I have a very low tolerance to starchy, fatty, processed foods.
We will be in WDW for a week and will be cooking for all meals except 3 meals. We are getting our food from GardenGrocer.com because they do have the organic foods I usually buy. We plan on making Tacos (we don't season the meat with anything other than salt and pepper), pasta with pesto, PB & J, Grilled Veg. Sandwiches, burritos, and variations of all of the above.
I agree that eating out is a lot easier in WDW because the chefs are so accomodating. Because we are going with a large group of people who are stretching every dollar just to go to WDW, we agreed to eat in.
DH also does not like to eat leftovers so we have to be creative when we use them. When we have leftover roasted chicken that is what I use in Burritos, with a spelt tortilla. Just think creative.

Thanks for your response - it's never too late to chime in as we are taking it all in!

So sorry you are anaphylactic to foods - we are to drugs, but so far, not to foods. We have other allergic/sensitive reactions to worry about with our food, and these would definitely spoil a vacation. I wish you a healthy vacation.

DH and I have talked lots today, and we have decided that the Deluxe plan is just too expensive - once we add in CDN exchange, it will cost as much as 6 months of groceries! Yikes! Despite what some of you think, we have considered all opinions in this thread. Some of you have made us realize that there are many options for us, so we'll more than likely do a combination of dining. We are looking at the TIW card once again - we had originally decided on that for 2 TS meals per day (an occasional CS if we liked), and breakfast in room, but with price increase, 18% manadatory tip, and blackout dates and holiday surcharges on our next trip, hubby was a bit sour to the TIW card. I then helped him come around, and we are now thinking that this will be a great option for us as it will allow us to eat breakfast in room, most mornings, TS lunch (with a few CS meals), and TS dinner or a few dinners in our room. This will save us a ton of money, as well as allow us to eat healthy and on our proper schedule for our low blood sugar issues. We have done the TIW/DDE card several times before, and it worked perfectly for us!

Thanks again to all for your help and great advice! Tiger

 

[disneychic]

We usually just have breakfast in our room (if on WDW property) while at HHI we've brought in enough groceries to our 1 bedroom to make breakfast and lunch. We always go out for dinner - hey, we're on vacation!

 

[snowbunny]

We are getting our food from GardenGrocer.com because they do have the organic foods I usually buy.

Right; I can understand not wanting to cook, but I would think that people with severe allergies would be more likely to have a problem dining out every meal?

If you give Marge at wegoshop your list, she will shop at any store you name in the local area and buy the specific brand and size you want. So you don't have to wander the aisles of unfamiliar grocery stores reading labels or choose food from someone else's list. Just tell her exactly what you want, which can be the same national brand products you would buy at home.