https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 01 Jun 2026 17:47:10 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-vacation-foods#post-2838504 Wed, 08 Aug 2018 07:18:44 +0000 hilary 2838504@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For our driving beach vacation I pre-make a lot and freeze. Breakfast casseroles that only need to go into the oven, waffles that can be toasted, pulled pork, taco meat, pre-marinated meat for grilling... I really hate spending time cooking on vacation so like to have the main bits cooked or at least prepped and only reheat/grill and assemble sides. Also I buy the bagged salad kits and chips - both things we normally don't splurge on at home. </p> <p>This last year we also had a groceries delivered which was awesome to be able to compile a list online and have them show up rather than waste precious beach/pool time at the horribly overcrowded grocery store. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-vacation-foods#post-2838329 Tue, 07 Aug 2018 11:00:24 +0000 808love 2838329@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mommy Finger:lots of good ideas!!<br /> @looch: ooh a meal service. like that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-vacation-foods#post-2838172 Mon, 06 Aug 2018 13:31:51 +0000 looch 2838172@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I loathe cooking in a rental kitchen because the tools are terrible, I am missing the basics like salt and pepper and all that stuff, so I have this meal plan that I devised that relies on some prepared items that I would normally make from scratch at home. I try to make it feel like a vacation by purchasing nice desserts from a bakery, buying a few bottles of wine, a sipping liquor for after dinner and eating a few meals out and then sticking to the plan most of the time. I thought one great suggestion was to get a meal plan service (like plated, etc) delivered for that week. Haven't had the chance to try it yet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-vacation-foods#post-2838169 Mon, 06 Aug 2018 13:14:02 +0000 Mommy Finger 2838169@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're heading to a lake house this weekend and there will be 19 people in the house. Yikes! We've come up with a menu and will take turns cooking and cleaning. We'll have three nights up there. The three dinners are going to be tacos, everything grilled (burgers, sausages, corn, etc), and steak and shrimp. We'll mainly do leftovers or sandwiches for lunch. Or maybe groups will break out and go out. Breakfast will be eggs, pancakes, bacon, cereal, etc. We'll also get tons of snacks like chips and salsa, fruit, cheez-its, cookies, and the like for snacking throughout the day (and at night after a few cocktails). Dessert in my family is always ice cream but we'll have to do s'mores as well. It's not easy taking 19 people to a restaurant so we try to keep things simple. But it never is. .. ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-vacation-foods#post-2838085 Sun, 05 Aug 2018 23:50:15 +0000 Iced Tea 2838085@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Always some things that don’t require real cooking. Fresh fruit. A shrimp cocktail platter. Baked goods from a really good bakery. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-vacation-foods#post-2838080 Sun, 05 Aug 2018 20:40:20 +0000 muffinsmuffins 2838080@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>S’mores! Hot dogs and burgers, chips and onion dip, bacon and eggs/pancakes...depends on if we share a cottage or go tent camping. At a cottage with others we usually do pulled pork, frozen pizza, Kraft dinner, pasta with jarred sauce and bagged salad, lots of in season fruits/veg like peaches and cherries and corn on the cob, etc. Tent camping we do hot dogs one night, eggs in the morning, crackers and cheese and salami through the day, then those pre marinated pork chops or chicken kebabs in a package with fried potatoes I cook before we go with raw veg and dip. I really try to keep it easy so I don’t have to spend a ton of time cooking. I also usually buy junky muffins from the grocery store too. </p> <p>Totally forgot about those mini cereals! I always loved those when we went camping as kids. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-vacation-foods#post-2838062 Sun, 05 Aug 2018 18:41:22 +0000 Littlebit7 2838062@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Costco dips: spicy pimento cheese and artichoke. Totally guilty pleasure vacation food. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-vacation-foods#post-2838061 Sun, 05 Aug 2018 18:40:10 +0000 Foodnerd81 2838061@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hot dogs and microwave macaroni and cheese. My kids are obsessed with Mac and cheese and the microwave ones are so easy. I also “splurge” on the pre cut fruit bowls at the grocery store- it’s more expensive but so much easier, the kids like it, and it’s healthy. </p> <p>I remember my mom buying the sugary breakfast cereals when we were on vacation and it being such a huge treat. I was one of five kids so I think she got the big box and we went through it in a week! </p> <p>We went away for a long weekend a few weeks ago and my kids pretty much ate cereal, macaroni and cheese, pizza, and fruit. And fries. Health. One night we fed them leftovers and DH went and picked up lobster rolls for us after they went to sleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-vacation-foods#post-2838043 Sun, 05 Aug 2018 14:32:46 +0000 wrkbrk 2838043@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bhbee: Agree. We never did anything that extravagant when I was growing up but we always got to pick out a new sticker book on every vacation. The tiny hello kitty ones. I can’t tell you how much I looked forward to that! Ha! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-vacation-foods#post-2838042 Sun, 05 Aug 2018 14:31:53 +0000 wrkbrk 2838042@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SweetCaroline: 😱😱😱😱😱 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-vacation-foods#post-2838041 Sun, 05 Aug 2018 14:29:36 +0000 bhbee 2838041@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SweetCaroline: oh yeah I’m the same and they love it SO much! And I love those kind of fun vacation memories ... little things that just seem so special when you’re a kid :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-vacation-foods#post-2838037 Sun, 05 Aug 2018 14:17:21 +0000 SweetCaroline 2838037@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bhbee: I like your idea of the variety mini cereal boxes! I'm a crazy pants and would never buy DD a full-size box of Fruit Loops, but it's VACATION! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-vacation-foods#post-2838036 Sun, 05 Aug 2018 14:15:03 +0000 SweetCaroline 2838036@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@wrkbrk: Stop it! You can't be serious! You must make this.</p> <p><a href="https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/gorilla-bread-recipe-1941740" rel="nofollow">https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/gorilla-bread-recipe-1941740</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/6815/monkey-bread-i/?internalSource=streams&#038;referringId=354&#038;referringContentType=recipe%20hub&#038;clickId=st_trending_b" rel="nofollow">https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/6815/monkey-bread-i/?internalSource=streams&#038;referringId=354&#038;referringContentType=recipe%20hub&#038;clickId=st_trending_b</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-vacation-foods#post-2838034 Sun, 05 Aug 2018 14:10:39 +0000 bhbee 2838034@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have been doing a condo for vacation where we cook most every meal. Mostly we keep it simple (Mexican night, make your own pizza night, breakfast for dinner night, etc) so no intense cooking. Meal planning is a great idea so you can spend less time shopping and also bring a few things from home if you are driving like condiments or special ingredients you don’t need much of. </p> <p>I do buy a few things I very rarely buy at home - 1-2 kinds of chips, ice cream sandwiches (the cheapy ones that aren’t even amazing but the kids love), and they are REALLY into getting that mixed pack of single serving cereals I would never buy in a full box :silly: </p> <p>They also just love to eat on the balcony (any meal) and even just take a tray of different cold things out there and nibble - cheese and crackers, hummus and pretzels, veg and dip, fruit, whatever you like! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-vacation-foods#post-2838032 Sun, 05 Aug 2018 14:01:43 +0000 wrkbrk 2838032@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SweetCaroline: WHAT is monkey / gorilla bread??<br /> We are vacation right now - renting a lakhosue - and we brought enough groceries for 3 months. 😂 Bloody Mary fixins, stuff for salad and pasta and egg sandwiches, avocados and bakery bread, special cereal DS doesnt get at home, bubbly waters, and peaches, plums, pears, cherries, coffee beans, ingredients to make cookies, etc., etc! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-vacation-foods#post-2838027 Sun, 05 Aug 2018 13:53:21 +0000 SweetCaroline 2838027@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What are your family's favorite foods while camping, staying at the cottage, etc.? We have a long weekend at a cottage coming up that our family--a vacation that all of us have more than earned! I'm looking forward to it by menu planning.</p> <p>We might have monkey bread for breakfast. I've made Paula Deen's gorilla bread before (has cream cheese!)--it's vacation after all! We also love Jiffy Pop stove top popcorn in the aluminum pan with the handle--oftentimes rentals have sketch microwaves!</p> <p>ETA: Include foods for everything from tent camping to glamping to staycations! </p>