For those of us who both cook and make adr's

[mamaprincess]

Whats on your grocery list?
What meal do you tend to eat at your resort the most, breakfast, lunch or dinner?
Do you take snacks and drinks to the parks? What kind?
What meal do you tend to eat out the most breakfast, lunch or dinner?
How many times a day do you eat at restaraunts and/or counter service?

[mamaprincess]

We generally buy juice boxes and bottled water, milk and cereal, bread, smart balance, jelly, grapes, melon, chips, candy of some kind, frozen pizza, cookies plastic bags.
We usually eat breakfast at the resort.
We take fruit, cookies, candy, chips, juice boxes and water.
We usually eat dinner in a restaraunt.
We usually eat out twice a day once casual for a quick bite once a nice sit down meal. :goodvibes

[DSNY FN]

Whats on your grocery list?
What meal do you tend to eat at your resort the most, breakfast, lunch or dinner?
Do you take snacks and drinks to the parks? What kind?
What meal do you tend to eat out the most breakfast, lunch or dinner?
How many times a day do you eat at restaraunts and/or counter service?


Our grocery list has breakfast items on it like oatmeal for the kids and frosted flakes for me and apple jacks for DW.
Lunch is usually ham sandwiches or roast beef sandwiches or PB&J or PB& honey.
We eat at the parks about 1 or 2 times a week and that is usually just a quick order of fries to go with our lunch we pack to bring with us.
We carry a coolerbac backpack we bought at costco and load it with juice boxes and sandwiches and granola bars and fruit snacks and such to eat during the day.
Our most common meals in the room are breakfast and dinner.
We eat at Chef Mickeys and at Le Cellier on our 2 week trips and now and again Olive Garden but not very often.

Our dinners are frozen lasagna and roast and potatoes etc or eggs and bacon or spaghetti etc.

[mamaprincess]

Thanks! :goodvibes You guys seem yo really utilize the advantage of having a kitchen! I think I'll try cooking a full meal next time were there.

[UsedtobeSmith]

Pizza, mac n cheese, cereal, bananas. grapes, watermelon, eggs, bacon, bread, sandwich meat, pbj uncrustables, noodles and sause.....

Mostly stuff for the kids. We often eat breakfast in the room... and we take PBJ, grapes, watermelon, juice, soda, and water to the park... I have a picky eater and refuse to let her dictate where we eat. So it's our way or PBJ! LOL

[dianeschlicht]

We ALWAYS do breakfast in the villal and have oatmeal, or pancakes, or Total Raisin Bran or Honey Nut Cherrios. We also always buy quite a bit of fresh fruit and of course, the condiments to go with the toast, pancakes, etc.

We often will have a baked potato bar if we are back "home" midday. If we aren't going to a sit-down, we will have a full meal in the villa. Usually buy fixings for home made lasagne, pork chops on the grill, potatos, broccoli, yams, and maybe make dessert too. Occationally we have made a ham dinner one of the first days and used the left over ham for sandwiches the rest of the trip. We also make sure we have plenty of pop (soda) and other drinks as well as a couple gallon jugs of orange juice. I am always so amazed at how cheap that is there!

[crisi]

We usually have breakfast in the villa. We bring a jar of peanut butter and jelly and buy bread so that we can do a pb&j sandwich if we need to - but we have made two pb&j's in two trips. We will microwave popcorn one evening. Breakfast is eggs or an egg sandwich or cereal.

With a six and seven year old, snacks into the park are fruit snacks and granola bars. Surprisingly, we don't do a lot of snacking at WDW. My DH is more likely to be sent out to grab a snack and - well, last time he showed up with two orders of potstickers, the time before an order of shrimp and a pizza.....so it seems I am more doomed for dual lunches than Mickey bars (I've never had a Mickey Bar in the parks). We also bring in water - though I find it fairly reasonable in the parks.

We bring coffee, sugar, quik (for the kids), peanut butter, popcorn, jam, salt and pepper, jelly, cereal, fruit snacks and granola bars. We buy bread, milk, eggs, cheese, water and half and half. We do most of our shopping at the Screen Door - selection isn't great and pricing isn't wonderful, but for the $20 we spend, its more time efficient than a grocery stop

[bavaria]

Being on the road so much, I am often dying for 'ordinary food'. I usually eat bfast in my room/studio, lunch at a TS, and dinner is a snack or good dessert. When I go with friends who have kids, we reverse it and lunch is a snack or takeway, with dinner being the big meal.

While I am travelling for work, I try and just eat dinner out and have something from my room for bfast/lunch. Contrary to what some may think, eating out for lunch and dinner daily is not a treat, when you do that 300 days/year.

Some days I would just kill for a piece of toast with tomato slices, or some rye bread with daikon (white radish). At WDW, I usually go the Mara and stock up on white bean hummus. Then over to Everythign POP for veggies and dip, and hard boiled eggs. Grocery shopping is usually some fruit, bread, coffee, Nutella, and water.

[jnrrt]

Let's see, we always eat our breakfast in the room. We usually eat out one meal a day, but skip sometimes. We almost never eat counter service. This last trip it was about half and half dinners and lunches because we were pretty tied up with the baby still taking two naps. We do bring snacks to the park, but this trip we were back so much that we pretty much ate all of the other meals in the villa.

We went very simple last time. Cereal and juice for breakfast. Peanut butter, eggs, bread, spaghetti, cookies, deli stuff for sandwiches, lots of fruit, ice cream, that kind of stuff. I often get a pack of bacon and we keep the leftovers and broil open faces with bacon and ham or turkey and swiss on bagels or bread - at least it feels like cooking since it's hot, LOL.

[jiggerj]

Great post. As a newbie DVCer this will be very helpful to me. This might cut down on all the ADR's that I make! Thanks for posting- :)

[rinkwide]

...also, in a pinch, beer and Little Debbie's make a convenient substitute for a sit-down meal.

[jiggerj]

...also, in a pinch, beer and Little Debbie's make a convenient substitute for a sit-down meal.

Im making my list for Nov...

bottled water
milk
bread
peanut butter
jelly
eggs
butter
beer
little debbies

Actually... that will work... everyone will be happy! ;)

[cobbler]

These are great ideas! I know we will probably have bfast in our villa with the exception of a character breakfast now and again.

Also some great ideas for late night munchies when you don't feel like walking back to the foodcourt.

[dvcconvert]

Whats on your grocery list?
Too much! :earboy:
Fresh veggies, cereals, milk, OJ, veggie sausages, eggs, rice pouches, tuna, whole wheat noodles, bottled water, beer/wine, cheese, crackers, salmon, chicken, english muffins, whole grain bread, butter, edy's whole fruit popsciles.


What meal do you tend to eat at your resort the most, breakfast, lunch or dinner?

95% of breakfasts, 2% of lunches, 50% of dinners.


Do you take snacks and drinks to the parks? What kind?
No.


What meal do you tend to eat out the most breakfast, lunch or dinner?
Dinners (ususally with fellow team members)

[mamaprincess]

There are some great ideas for food items here!

As far as snacks, I just tend to bring what I think the kids will want to ask for(junk unfortunately) to keep us from buying the high priced junk in the parks. They are so restricted at home that we really loosen the reigns when we're on vacation.

[DSNY FN]

This is a great post I almost forgot about the beer gotta have a beer while relaxing in teh jacuzzi tub watcihng the tube after a long day in the parks.

[ripleysmom]

I usually buy breakfast fixing's, bottled water (to freeze), soda, beer, and makings for a dinner or two. My family doesn't usually snack so I don't really buy snacks except for microwave popcorn.

We usually eat out in the evenings but sometimes we're tired and it is just too much trouble to figure out where to eat. So I try to get Frozen pizza and some Hamburger Helper. These are both easy things to make that my family likes.

[withdisneyspirit]

What about ice cream?! Don't forget that for snacks too :yummy:

We usually eat in the parks, a sit down once per day, most often lunch. We often have a snack also, preferably a Mickey bar :beaniepro

We eat breakfast in the villa, cereal or a full breakfast - eggs and bacon or french toast, mmmm! We'll sometimes do sandwiches at night. Honi makes a delicious spicy pimiento cheese. We snacked on that a lot last October :goodvibes

[gopherit]

Our last stay was 13 days.

Of that, we ate 4 dinners in the villa, and all but 2 breakfasts. Our lunches were sort of a hodge-podge and difficult for me to track, since sometimes we had big b'fast then snacked until an early dinner.

Breakfasts: Most were the eay-to-grab stuff, like cereal and toast and such. At least one was a sit-down-for-eggs-and-pancakes kind of deal.

Lunches, when we packed a lunch, often consisted of something in a tortilla. No kid likes a smooshed PBand J, and tortillas just hold up better "under pressure" than ol' white bread, LOL! So we did wraps (usually with a little deli meat, some cream cheese, bit of lettuce shredded... or for kids, PB or cheese, etc.) We took nibbles like carrot sticks or grapes (nothing you have to peel or prep!) and also cheese sticks and Slim Jims / beef jerky. We don't tend to do counter service, but we do buy treats here and there in the park, like ice cream, frozen lemonade, funnel cakes, etc.

As for dinners: when we dine in, my rule is: it has to be easy to make, and something that is either wholly consumed that night or usuable in another life form later. So for example, a common first-night meal might be a big ol' honkin ham. I can toss it in while we unpack, then it's ready... and the leftovers are great for b'fast, or lunches, etc. ANother common villa meal: tacos in a bag. I make the meat the night before and fridge it (you could also make it at home and solid freeze it, depending upon how you travel.) I buythe lettuce shreds and the usual taco stuff (sour cream, olives, salsa, shredded cheese). I also have single serve bags of Doritos and Fritos (which we have on hand ANYWAY as snacks, so what the hey!) After a day at the parks, you simply nuke the meat, then toss every body a bag of chips. You open your chips, (smoosh the chips a bit if you like!), then INTO THE BAG you spoon in smoe meat, cheese, lettuce, etc. Then just eat out of the bag. Very filling, with less mess than a taco. Leftovers make great taco salads the next day. I've also done a great roast in a crock pot - toss in 2 eye of round with a can of beer, a can of French Onion Soup and a can of beef broth. Let 'er cook on low all day and come home to a great meal. I like it pulled/ shredded and served on crusty French rolls with a salad or fruit, and use the broth from the cooking liquid for "french dip". Meat leftovers make great sandwiches.

I try to plan strategically so that we do most of our cooking early in the stay (when I feel like it!) and so that we have time to consume it before we leave. I HATE lugging food home from vacation!

[Par8hed]

I don't doubt that the "tacos in a bag" taste ok, but i think I might have to go all out and serve them on a paper plate or something. :chef:

[withdisneyspirit]

I don't doubt that the "tacos in a bag" taste ok, but i think I might have to go all out and serve them on a paper plate or something. :chef:

I don't know, I bet the kids think it is great fun :beaniepro

[Happy]

Thanks for your helpful hints.

Cheers, :yo-yo:

[DSNY FN]

Our kids love the tacos in a bag we buy the old elpaso taco kits I only eat the soft shells though LOL.

[cobbler]

I know if I were to cook any dinner it would have to be quick and easy that is for sure.

I am on vacation dang nab it and not going to cook. Breakfast must be quick easy cereal, toast, bagels etc.

[Happy]

Can a family make meals in a studio or are there not enough equipment to do so?

Thanks!
:bluebloun

[PoohsPal]

It's got to nbe something in teh microwave. For breakfast there is a toaster. Some people bring their own crock pots too.

[mamaprincess]

If you have some Microwave friendly recipes. They have a mini fridge a coffee maker,toaster and a microwave. You could bring a crock pot if you like. There are ways to be creative.

[jnrrt]

We've been known to throw in an electric skillet when we're staying places with a kitchenette. It's amazing how many things you can make in one of those. Grilled chesse, pancakes, French toast, hamburgers, anything you can make stove top, really. I've never done it at Disney. It's usually at a bigger place than a studio, so I don't know if the smells would bother me, but you certainly could do it.

I think in a studio I'd be leaning more toward the cereal for breakfast and sandwich stuff for lunch kind of eating in.

[DSNY FN]

We love cooking on holidays and for us the holiday is having a dishwasher as we refuse to have one in our house so it really isn't a problem for us we just put the roast in the crock pot in the morning on our way out and eat when we get back that night. We then throw the dishes in the dishwasher and run it.

[dvcconvert]

I meant to add that I've found cornish game hen's make a good dinner item. You can get them frozen at most any store, once defrosted, they only take about 1 hour in the oven, and go with almost any side dish. :)

[PoohsPal]

We love cooking on holidays and for us the holiday is having a dishwasher as we refuse to have one in our house

You really enjoy it but refuse to have it in your house? I'm so confused. Are you like my inlaws and believe it's a sign of the devil? ;)

[Rozzie]

beer, wine, bagels, cream cheese, chips, salsa, frozen pizza, OJ, coffee, diet coke.

next trip we are going to cook more, as it is so nice to come home from the park and relax on the balcony enjoying a home cooked meal. I will probably make spagetti, and do some burgers in the pan. Tacos too. We always do breakfast in the room (bagels) except our tonga toast morning. We will bring our own wine and beer this time, save lots of money $$$ there!

[Rozzie]

I'm cracking myself up this afternoon. The boards have been DEAD all weekend and I've been going back and reading old threads. My prior post says that my Feb trip I was going to cook a home cooked meal!! :lmbo: Yeah, that happened! :headscrat

Seriously, this Jan trip coming up, we'll be doing some major cooking, as 75% of our food budget is going to the sunset/sunrise Safari's. So for right now, I've been planning on, in honor of Gopher, doing Gopher Roast sandwiches. I've made the Gopher Roast Sandwich before, Mr Roz loved it, always asking when I'm going to make that "Gopher thing". Also going to do some Chicken Enchalida's. Everyone is welcome to stop by, bring a go plate!! :flowerfor

[fernzy10]

ok you guys really make use of the kitchen. we bring bkfst stuff, cereal & milk, oj, eggs cheese bread and for snacks popcorrn & chips and fruit also coffee and water. We bring fruit to the parks as snack one for each person and water thats about it and eat counter service for lunch an table service for dinner, as someone else said it's vacation I don't want to be stuck cooking. However, if I did a 2wk vacation I may rethink it. My MIL brings her Wolfgang Puck skillet / Griddle but only uses it for bkfst or grilled cheese and she made meat sauce and froze it and brought it once. I hadn't though of the beer and wine thou will definitely have to add that to my list

[gopherit]

So for right now, I've been planning on, in honor of Gopher, doing Gopher Roast sandwiches. I've made the Gopher Roast Sandwich before, Mr Roz loved it, always asking when I'm going to make that "Gopher thing". Also going to do some Chicken Enchalida's. Everyone is welcome to stop by, bring a go plate!! :flowerfor

**wiping soda from monitor ** Ok, gotta LOVE the imagery for folks who don't know me and are thinking...

"Roasted Gophers? Oh GROSS!!!" :hurl: :yuck: :blech: :eek:

Would but that I could stop in for some Gopher Roast, LOL... it does make a mighty fine treat when returning home from the parks! THe enchiladas sound great - Mex food is one thing my fam loves! I have made them for dinner, but I'm curious - I always just make them and we eat them that night - but do you ever make them up the night before, or would they get soggy? Or could you do them up that a.m. before you leave for the park? I'm always looking for things that can be prepped ahead, especially if it means I can then enjoy more of the day out and about!

[nono]

Rozzie,

Too funny. I also make margarita mix chicken -- which came about 'cause we always run out fo tequila before margarita mix....and we always have garlic because I'm somehow convinced that I need 5 heads for a 7-9 day trip!!! So, simply put it is chicken breasts in a zip loc with the mix and a ton of chopped garlic. Use anything else hanging about that you might like to get rid of before the trip's over. Marinate it overnight and bake it the next night: poof Jimmy Buffett Chicken!!!! :thumbsup:


P.S. Please pass me a slice of roasted gopher. I'm tired of turkey after the last 4 days.

[ripleysmom]

We usually buy bottled water, milk, breakfast foods, bread, cold cuts, condiments, soda, chicken nuggets, pizza, and hamburger helper.

We almost always eat breakfast in our room. This last time we ate many lunches there too and a couple of times I made dinner. I was pretty proud of the fact that I didn't have too much food leftover at the end of the trip.

As far as taking stuff into the parks, the only thing that we really took in was frozen bottled water. My kids aren't big snackers so we don't buy them.

[DSNY FN]

We always eat breakfast and dinner at the resort and make our lunches and tae them with us. We seldome buy any food in eh parks other than Churros and mickey icecream bars LOL.