Any ideas for simple vacation recipes?

July 15, 2005

Hi!

My family and I are going on vacation for a week, and

we will be staying in a hotel room that offers a full

kitchen. We planned it this way to avoid having to

spend money on restaurant meals 3x a day while we're

there.

Can anyone give some simple recipe/meal ideas? I'll

have a range, oven, and microwave. I've already put

veggie burgers and veggie dogs on my shopping list,

and items for salads, but I could use a few other fun

ideas.

Thanks in advance! :-D

Patty :-D

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July 17, 2005

Hi Patty,

I figure the quickest and easiest - and often the most fun - thing to make in

such circumstances is a pasta dish with all your favourite fresh veggies tossed

around in a pan with garlic or whatever floats your boat. Cook up up the pasta

- use, say, those colourful ones that come in mixed shapes or, if you're serious

about it, whole wheat shells or penne - then drain and toss in with the

veggies, top with your favourite cheezy topping, etc.

If life is too hectic for that, cook up some rice (okay, it's a holiday, use the

quicker cooking stuff and you're forgiven) and toss the rice into the veggies

for

a fat-free 'fried' rice.

Veggies cooked and raw in pita pockets with hummus?

Pita pizzas?

And then there's all that fruit salad . . .

Er, I don't know about the brands you are using, but soy burgers and

sausages and hotdogs can vary quite a bit in fat content - just a hint.

Have a great time- and tell us about it when you get back.

Best, Pat

July 17, 2005

Here's an idea for cooking rice.

Boil the water, add the regular brown rice, (add lentils or veggies if you

want)

Cover and return to boil.

Turn off the burner, wrap the covered pan in a couple beach towels.

If you're worried about it spilling, set it all in a box.

The idea is to retain the heat.

2 hours of resting like this, and the rice is done.cool house too.

While car camping one summer, we would get a pot going right after

breakfast.

It would be ready and waiting for lunch.

Teresa M.

" We are meant to midwife dreams for one another. We cannot labor in place

of one another, but we can support the labor that each must undertake to

birth his or her art and foster it to maturity. " - Julia Cameron -

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July 17, 2005

That's brilliant. I've not come across that idea before (I guess I'm not a

camper,

eh?).

Pat

, " t-jay " <t-jay130@s...> wrote:

> Here's an idea for cooking rice.

>

> Boil the water, add the regular brown rice, (add lentils or veggies if you

> want)

>

> Cover and return to boil.

>

> Turn off the burner, wrap the covered pan in a couple beach towels.

>

> If you're worried about it spilling, set it all in a box.

>

> The idea is to retain the heat.

>

> 2 hours of resting like this, and the rice is done.cool house too.

>

> While car camping one summer, we would get a pot going right after

> breakfast.

>

> It would be ready and waiting for lunch.

>

> Teresa M.

>

> " We are meant to midwife dreams for one another. We cannot labor in

place

> of one another, but we can support the labor that each must undertake to

> birth his or her art and foster it to maturity. " - Julia Cameron -

>

> _____

>

July 18, 2005

Now that I have had a few days to think about it.I do believe this cooking

idea was from a collection of Mennonite missionaries' ideas published in the

1970s in a book called; Living More With Less, by Doris Jansen Longacre.

The book is full of ideas for simple living gleaned from around the world.

What a great book, though for some reason, last time I looked for it, it was