Caddy Cooler

Garden Gallery - The Disney Inn

Most of the drinks in the drinks section of this cookbook contain alcohol. This is a problem since my husband and I don't drink. This is one of the few recipes that does not require alcohol. I have a few friends trying out the alcohol recipes for me. :)

This was a very good smoothie. For some reason my blender didn't like to mix it, but after a battle with the blender, we had a yummy drink. The ingredients are simple: orange juice, pineapple juice, frozen strawberries, crushed ice, and a garnish (which I didn't use). Blend and serve!

It gets 4 mickeys!

French Onion Soup

Lake Buena Vista Club - Lake Buena Vista Communities

Once again, average. Nothing spectacular, but not bad. The nice thing about this recipe was it was easy to make and didn't take a lot of time. If you make it, don't add very much extra salt...in fact you might not want to add any. I did, and it was way too salty. It gets 3 mickeys.

Tuna Salad

Lunching Pad - Tomorrowland, Magic Kingdom

A basic tuna salad recipe. It's good, but nothing exciting. It gets 3 mickeys.

Macaroni Salad

Papeete Bay Verandah - Polynesian Village Resort

This salad is unique because it contains mushrooms and ham. It was ok, but I found myself not wanting to eat the leftovers. In my world, that takes it below 3 mickeys. I give it 2.

Renaissance Food Festival - United Kingdom Showcase, EPCOT

A basic lasagna recipe. No more work, no less. It was good, but so are the other lasagna recipes I've tried. Nothing exceptional, but still good. It gets 3 mickeys.

Strawberry Cheesecake

The Land Grille Room; Farmers Market - The Land, ECPOT

Compared to the last 2 cheesecake recipes, this one ranks in the middle. It's better than the plan cheesecake but not as good as the marble one. The pound cake on the bottom makes it a lighter cheesecake.

This cheesecake gets 4 mickeys!

Monte Cristo Sandwich

Town Square Cafe - Main Street, U.S.A., Magic Kingdom
Verandah Restaurant - Walt Disney World Shopping Village

This recipe was ok, not nothing extraordinary. If you're looking for an artery clogger, make this! It's fried in a TON of oil.

It gets 3 mickeys

Tuna Salad

Launching Pad - Tomorrowland, Magic Kingdom

This is a walk up, outdoor, fast serve place to eat. It used to serve ... now it serves soft pretzels, turkey legs, hot dogs, chips, and drinks.

This is the first of 3 tuna salad recipes in this book. It was good, but simple. Thank you Pittsburgh Zoo for all the tuna in my tuna basket! :-) I give it 3 mickeys.

Black Bean Soup

Empress Lilly, Village Restaurant - Walt Disney World Shopping Village

Very good! You do have to soak the black beans over night, but I suppose you could use canned beans and forgo that step. I also made my own alteration. The recipe calls for a large ham hock to cook in the soup, then to remove it and cut the ham into the soup. I used pre-diced ham from the start and it tasted fine. 4 mickeys go out to this soup!

Pua's (Peanut Pork) & Fried Rice

Papeete Bay Verandah - Polynesian Village Resort

This was super easy to make. I had made extra sweet and sour sauce when I made the Polynesian braised pork and had frozen it, so I pulled that out instead of making more. The fried rice was yummy, but wasn't technically fried.

The pork gets 3 mickeys, and the rice gets 4!

Maple Syrup Pie

Le Cellier - EPCOT

History: While Le Cellier still exists, this pie is no longer on a menu. It's a shame too, because it's amazing!

Think amazing pecan pie meets maple syrup and you have this pie. It is sssoooooo good. I'm attaching the recipe for you because it's just that good. 5 mickeys for sure!
Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter 4 eggs, slightly beaten
1 cup heavy maple syrup 1 1/4 cups pecans
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar 1 9-inch pie shell
1/8 teaspoon salt Sweetened whipped cream
(1 T sugar + 1 C whipping cream)

Blend together butter, maple syrup, brown sugar and alt. Stir in eggs, mixing until well blended. Add pecans. Pour into unbaked pie shell. Bake at 350 for 40-45 minutes until firm. Serve topped with sweetened whipped cream.

Ohelo Papa Mea Ono

(Strawberry Shortcake)
Papeete Bay Verandah - Polynesian Village Resort

While easy to make, this was fairly disappointing. The cake was dry and not very sweet. The best part was the meringue (I'm proud it that meringue by the way!).

It only gets 2 mickeys.

Cottage Pie

Rose & Crown Pub & Dining Room - EPCOT

History: This dish is still served, however it has changed slightly. Here is the current description: "Ground Beef with onions, carrots, and green peas topped with duchess potatoes."

The 1986 recipe calls for mashed potatoes to top it off and does not contain peas. It had a great flavor and was simple, but it was also pretty common place. For that reason we give it 2 mickeys.

Chicken 'n dumplings

Terrace Buffeteria - Contemporary Resort

Check out the history on previous posts!


Don't worry everyone, I have still been cooking through Disney with gusto, however I haven't gotten the time to blog about it. Today I am going to start catching up!

This meal is made in 4 parts, then put together. First you make the Mornay Sauce which the dumplings cook in. Next you make the chicken. You move on to the Parsley Dumplings, and then finally you make the Supreme Sauce. You serve the meal by pouring the supreme sauce over the chicken and mornay sauce over the dumplings. I greatly enjoyed the dumplings, through Greg didn't (but he doesn't like dumplings). It took a great deal of time to make and wasn't all that impressive. It actually tasted better rewarmed the next day. I give it 2 mickeys.

Breakfast Pizza

Pioneer Hall - Fort Wilderness Campground Resort

History: I have been trying to look up where this was served. Pioneer Hall still exists and holds the Trails End restaurant, a buffet. This item is no longer served.

The breakfast pizza is fairly good! It was so simple to make and had good flavor. Instead of making it on frozen bread dough I made it on refrigerated Italian bread dough and that worked fine. I give it 3 mickeys.

Boston White Fish

Liberty Tree Tavern - Magic Kingdom

History: This recipe is no longer on the menu.

For a cod recipe, this really spruces up the cod and gives it great flavor. It's not your typical fried cod. It does take a bit of time to make, but you can make the bread crumb coating and herb butter ahead of time, then the fish doesn't take long at all!

We give it 4 mickeys!

Walnut Bread

Liberty Tree Tavern, King Stefan's Banquet Hall - Magic Kingdom

This bread recipe is delicious! As with all good bread it takes time to rise, but it is worth the wait! The walnut flavor is not over powering, but balanced perfectly with the bready flavor. Alone I give the bread 4 mickeys, but if you whip up some honey butter like I did then it jumps to 5 mickeys!