welcome home!
We have rented points once and stayed in 1 bedroom at OKW loved so much we are waiting for our contract to close. We cooked almost daily during the trip in Sept 2011. First I need to say that I was a chef for 20 plus years and my parents owned restaurants while I was growing up so cooking is second nature to me and it does not seem like work. Having a kitchen is one of the reasons we wanted to own a DVC. So last time we went grocery shopping for our regular items, cereal, fruit, milk bread cheese PB and J, ham turkey etc for wraps, bought 2 of the pre-cooked rotisserie chickens and pulled the meat off, combined with BBQ sauce reheated it on low in oven for pulled chicken. Bought a fresh chicken pot pie. My wife made hot CC cookies one night what a treat. I think we ate the whole week for a family of three for under $100. Try that one eating out and we ate well every day. Here is a GREAT quick recipe that is very easy to make, brown 1lb of burger and drain the fat. Add one large can of baked beans, (we use bushes with bacon and onion adds good flavor) and 1 jar of Heinz chili sauce. mix and simmer for 10 minutes, great on rice or pasta, on tortilla chips for nachos re heats great.
another great meal, mix together 1 can of creamed corn and 1 box chicken stuffing mix, press into glass baking dish. lay boneless skinless chicken over top. in pan on stove melt 1/2 stick of butter or margarine. had 1/4 brown sugar and and honey mustard to taste mix well pour over chicken and back 35 minutes or until done one of my FAVORITE dinners.
I have tons of these kinds of things if anybody is interested.
Can't wait until January for our first official
Dave Goofydad Dionne
We have rented points once and stayed in 1 bedroom at OKW loved so much we are waiting for our contract to close. We cooked almost daily during the trip in Sept 2011. First I need to say that I was a chef for 20 plus years and my parents owned restaurants while I was growing up so cooking is second nature to me and it does not seem like work. Having a kitchen is one of the reasons we wanted to own a DVC. So last time we went grocery shopping for our regular items, cereal, fruit, milk bread cheese PB and J, ham turkey etc for wraps, bought 2 of the pre-cooked rotisserie chickens and pulled the meat off, combined with BBQ sauce reheated it on low in oven for pulled chicken. Bought a fresh chicken pot pie. My wife made hot CC cookies one night what a treat. I think we ate the whole week for a family of three for under $100. Try that one eating out and we ate well every day. Here is a GREAT quick recipe that is very easy to make, brown 1lb of burger and drain the fat. Add one large can of baked beans, (we use bushes with bacon and onion adds good flavor) and 1 jar of Heinz chili sauce. mix and simmer for 10 minutes, great on rice or pasta, on tortilla chips for nachos re heats great.
another great meal, mix together 1 can of creamed corn and 1 box chicken stuffing mix, press into glass baking dish. lay boneless skinless chicken over top. in pan on stove melt 1/2 stick of butter or margarine. had 1/4 brown sugar and and honey mustard to taste mix well pour over chicken and back 35 minutes or until done one of my FAVORITE dinners.
I have tons of these kinds of things if anybody is interested.
Can't wait until January for our first official
Dave Goofydad Dionne
Maybe next year that is how I will purpose the trip - we go but less eating out! !
I am compiling our Garden Grocer order a little at a time. 
This is the perfect thread for me as I am planning for this as well! This will be the first trip we take where we will be actually utilizing our kitchen for more than just coffee and drinks!
We will be a family of 5 ad and 2 ch - so excited to have 2 of our oldest boys, one of the boys gf's (the other one couldn't make it) and our daughter and God daughter. I plan on having a lot of the breakfast items on hand such as mini bagels, cream cheese, eggos, cinnamon rolls (in the can to bake - smells so good!), eggs, breakfast meats and bacon, yogurt, granola bars and fresh fruit. I will also order some sliced turkey and ham, cheese and bread, chips and a veggie tray for quick lunches. I am planning for 2 dinners during our 8 night stay - chicken cutlets with ziti and pork chops and Spanish rice (not boxed - picky family). I threw into the order the general mac and cheese, chicken fingers and pizza rolls, soft pretzels, cookies, juice pouches, soda, water, etc. I have a list of spices to throw in my luggage for the rice and pork chops, marinara and cutlets. Although, the cutlets and pasta are a favorite at home because I make my own marinara - I have realized that GG does not offer canned kitchen ready tomatoes and I will have to resort to jarred...I'm not sure how I feel about that, or more importantly how THEY will feel about that. I thought of bringing them with but lets face it, we have a hard enough time keeping our suitcases under the 50lb mark anyway and those large cans are heavy! So I'm still mulling over ideas. My family (the men) get sick of park food so while this may seem over-ambitious, its going to be imperative to our happy moods!
We have rented points once and stayed in 1 bedroom at OKW loved so much we are waiting for our contract to close. We cooked almost daily during the trip in Sept 2011. First I need to say that I was a chef for 20 plus years and my parents owned restaurants while I was growing up so cooking is second nature to me and it does not seem like work. Having a kitchen is one of the reasons we wanted to own a DVC. So last time we went grocery shopping for our regular items, cereal, fruit, milk bread cheese PB and J, ham turkey etc for wraps, bought 2 of the pre-cooked rotisserie chickens and pulled the meat off, combined with BBQ sauce reheated it on low in oven for pulled chicken. Bought a fresh chicken pot pie. My wife made hot CC cookies one night what a treat. I think we ate the whole week for a family of three for under $100. Try that one eating out and we ate well every day. Here is a GREAT quick recipe that is very easy to make, brown 1lb of burger and drain the fat. Add one large can of baked beans, (we use bushes with bacon and onion adds good flavor) and 1 jar of Heinz chili sauce. mix and simmer for 10 minutes, great on rice or pasta, on tortilla chips for nachos re heats great.
another great meal, mix together 1 can of creamed corn and 1 box chicken stuffing mix, press into glass baking dish. lay boneless skinless chicken over top. in pan on stove melt 1/2 stick of butter or margarine. had 1/4 brown sugar and and honey mustard to taste mix well pour over chicken and back 35 minutes or until done one of my FAVORITE dinners.
I have tons of these kinds of things if anybody is interested.
Can't wait until January for our first official
Dave Goofydad Dionne
heathers4um said:This is the perfect thread for me as I am planning for this as well! This will be the first trip we take where we will be actually utilizing our kitchen for more than just coffee and drinks!
We will be a family of 5 ad and 2 ch - so excited to have 2 of our oldest boys, one of the boys gf's (the other one couldn't make it) and our daughter and God daughter. I plan on having a lot of the breakfast items on hand such as mini bagels, cream cheese, eggos, cinnamon rolls (in the can to bake - smells so good!), eggs, breakfast meats and bacon, yogurt, granola bars and fresh fruit. I will also order some sliced turkey and ham, cheese and bread, chips and a veggie tray for quick lunches. I am planning for 2 dinners during our 8 night stay - chicken cutlets with ziti and pork chops and Spanish rice (not boxed - picky family). I threw into the order the general mac and cheese, chicken fingers and pizza rolls, soft pretzels, cookies, juice pouches, soda, water, etc. I have a list of spices to throw in my luggage for the rice and pork chops, marinara and cutlets. Although, the cutlets and pasta are a favorite at home because I make my own marinara - I have realized that GG does not offer canned kitchen ready tomatoes and I will have to resort to jarred...I'm not sure how I feel about that, or more importantly how THEY will feel about that. I thought of bringing them with but lets face it, we have a hard enough time keeping our suitcases under the 50lb mark anyway and those large cans are heavy! So I'm still mulling over ideas. My family (the men) get sick of park food so while this may seem over-ambitious, its going to be imperative to our happy moods!
