No dining plan this time - Need some Dinner ideas

[tigger24601]

We have traveled with frozen lobster and fresh bread fruit in our checked luggage from jamaica to ft. lauderdale. You should have seen the look we got from customs. Lol. We packes it as we were walking out the door. Pulled it out of the freezer wrapped it in newspaper and a grocery bag. Between the newspaper and our clothing it stayed pretty frozen. not to mention it's always colder in the cargo area.

I would just make sure there's plenty of insulation. Maybe a couple of old beach towels over and around everything.

 

[BEASLYBOO]

It seems to me that Disney takes care of them. We only grilled at the treehouses and on Hilton Head.

I grill at most resorts and Disney does take care of them!

 

[BEASLYBOO]

I will sometimes go to the nearest Publix and grab a roasted chicken, some garlic bread, and a couple veggies. Pretty simple, very tasty.

This is a staple for us as well, I even buy an extra chicken and serve it with romaine, croutons, and dressing for a chicken caesar salad or chicken salad sandwiches! You can even add the cut up chicken at the end to rice, rice a roni, broccoli and cheese rice!

 

[OurDogCisco]

I find grocery roisterrie chickens too small to feed a large family. What I do (although I haven't done at Disney since we usually eat dinner out there but for our other timeshare stay) is to marinate chicken and then, grill it. I usually marinate enough to make leftover meals. For example, the first night might be grilled chicken, pasta and a vegetable. Then, for lunch I will make ceasar salad with grilled chicken and then, for another dinner I would make chicken quesidillas with refried beans and cucumber/avocado salad. What ever I make I make sure the ingredients rollover into other meals. I do bring my spices with me. I've been known to bring ziploc baggies of premixed pancake mix (my kids don't like the stuff from the box). I bring all my spices in tupperware containters.

Here's my recipe for the marinated chicken:

3/4 cup fresh lime juice
6 garlic cloves, minced
2 tsp salt
2 tsp dried oregano
1 tsp ground cumin
1 bay leaf, crumbled
1/2 tsp ground pepper
3 lbs skinless, boneless chicken breast (you can for faster prep get the chicken cutlets)

Combine lime juice, garlic cloves, salt, oregano, cumin, bay leave and pepper in a large zip lock bag. Add the chicken and marinate no more than one hour. Grill as usual or bake in the oven. We prefer the grill method.

This is great chicken and tastes yummy.

I also have a steak fajita recipe that I do the same with and I'll make fajitas the 1st night, quesidillas the second night, steak salad for lunch, or even eggs and steak for breakfast.

So, even though I love to cook I just make sure that when I cook on vacation that one meal can be made into at least 2 more meals.

 

[Tigger031266]

We never use disney dining any more. With the poor quality, long waits, high costs and the way DDP limits your flexibility, its good you skipped DDP

If you feel like a nice buffet, try the Dolphin some morning. Great buffet, resonably proced with no waits. People forget the Swan and Dolphin are even their and in the past, food quality and service had been weak. However, I think the Swan and Dolphin moved up in terms of quality and Disney has plunged in terms of quality and service.

Also, consider ordering food for delivery...

 

[Purrrrfecta]

Last year we went to Costco and purchased all kinds of easily and ready-made food items like; wings, tropical fruit, fetuccini Alfredo, chicken burgers, etc. With doing this I didn't have an empty feeling of wanting food from the restaurants. We also got a Costo pizza, which I absolutely love.

 

[Longhairbear]

I just can't say how satisfying it is to relive my childhood when my parents rented a vacation cabin by a lake. We did all our own cooking, did our own cleaning, and never had housekeeping to bother us. That's how we use, and enjoy our DVC.