Posts: 966
From: Hermon, Maine
Registered: DEC 2000

posted 03-28-2002 13:27            

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I always make a big batch of "Screw Casserole".

1 1/2 Boxes Rotini cooked (hence the "screws")
1 3/4 Lbs. cooked/drained hamburger
2 cans green beans
12 oz bag shredded Mozzerella cheese.
5 cans tomato soup

Mix it all together and bake for about 40 minutes. It makes ALOT of servings!! I just got back from DSV, and when I made it there; I ate some for breakfast and/or another meal for 4 days!!!

Pat

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From: Colorado
Registered: NOV 2004

posted 03-28-2002 15:57         

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Luanne,

Bring a plastic spider with you & place it on the fruit tray.
After a few YEACHHHHHH!!!s, they catch on.

Kathy

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From:
Registered: SEP 2001

posted 03-31-2002 05:38            

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We travel a lot, both within the US and to the carribean. When we go tho the carribean, food is very expensive, especially with three children, one a 21 year old son who eats non stop. I pack enough dinner meals for four nights, and enough breakfast and lunch for the week. I pack the dry, always unbreakable items in boxes and tape well. I then check them as luggage. I bring extra packing tape in case the airlines wants to open them. I have also brought a small cooler with frozen meat. It works very well. I almost never have leftover stuff. If I do, I leave it for the housekeeping staff or put it in my suitcase. The only thing we buy is milk and maybe fresh bread.

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Ann-Marie

Posts: 254
From: Orange, Cal. *Hilton Hawaii Village *P.Bon. Emerald Bay* * Grand Pacific Pali- sades Carlsbad, Ca * * Club Regina, Puerto Vallarta and Cabo*
Registered: DEC 2001

posted 03-31-2002 12:44            

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We go to Mexico a lot and sometimes we have only a microwave. Take a bacon cooker and egg poacher. You can make anything from an egg McMuffin to a Sunrise burrito. Costco furnishes great corned beef and pot roast that can be boiled and taken frozen. Have you seen the 1 cubic foot rolling ice chest (uses the silvered space age lining)? It folds up for the trip home or can be packed with other stuff. If you are over the baggage limit as we usually are, you can carry it on. Catch fish or go hungry.

I took a plastic bag of coffee creamer into Vallarta and they took it away at the airport because of the problem with "Mad Cow Disease". I don't think they will let raw meat into the country.

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Allen and Patti Iseri

Posts: 112
From: NJ USA
Registered: JAN 2001

posted 03-31-2002 13:37         

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I always bring a tupperware container of frozen spaghetti sauce and meatballs and a box of spaghetti with some grated cheese. Then I usually marinate a flank steak or some pork tenderloins in equal parts soysauce and lemon juice with lots of minced garlic and freeze in plastic bags. I also bring a box of rice pilaf along. These are quick and easy meals with a salad.

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Life is too important to be taken seriously.
Oscar Wilde

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From: Newport News, VA, USA
Registered: DEC 2000

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From: Ocean Point FL., Moutainside, UT. Columbia, MO, USA
Registered: MAR 2002

Posts: 1590
From: Murfreesboro, TN. Owner: Swallowtail, Hilton Head Island
Registered: MAY 2001

posted 05-25-2002 17:52            

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Any new suggestions?

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Mary

Posts: 323
From: Girard, Pa Owner: Glenmore Sands
Registered: APR 2001

Posts: 1009
From: Sun City, CA, Villas of Sedona,Harbortown Pt., Dikhololo, LWRV, Marriott Desert Springs
Registered: DEC 2000

posted 05-27-2002 13:08            

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I have to interject a belated rave review here. A few weeks ago I tried Kim's Caribbean Shrimp & Mango salad. Yummy! I've made it twice since then, and we love it! Thanks, Kim!

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Jean B