Maryland Crab Cakes

 Village Restaurant - WDW Shopping Village

Overall, this was a fairly normal crab cake. I give it 2 mickeys. You could really improve it by adding more Old Bay spice, some type of spicier spice, and some cocktail sauce. I think with those changes it would bring the recipe up to a 3 or 4 mickey rating.

French Dressing

 Walt Disney World


This recipe didn't specify a certain restaurant it was used it, so I'm assuming that this was the blanket french dressing they used in all the restaurants in 1986. Honestly, it's really good! It took all of 5 minutes to make and holds its own to any store-bought french dressing. I might never buy french dressing again!


4 mickeys!

Pioneer Hall Biscuits and Gravy

 Pioneer Hall - Fort Wilderness Campground Resort

This was a super easy recipe to make, but there was nothing amazing about it. You do have to cook it for a bit. Instead of rewarming the gravy when you add the sausage (like the book calls for) I made it the sausage at the same time so I wouldn't have to re-heat anything. Pretty average. 3 mickeys. 

Orange poppy Seed Rolls

 South Seas Dining Room - Polynesian Village Resort

This was one of the best recipes I have made from this book. It takes a bit of time to cut up the orange just right, and poppy seeds are expensive, but it was all worth it! In reality, the rolls should be nice and fluffy...mine, however, weren't. Don't worry, yours will probably turn out fine. You see, I have this issue. Yeast doesn't work at my house. I'm serious. When I lived in WI and IL I had no problem with my bread rising. Now here in PA, NOTHING RISES! It's so very frustrating. I live in a cool, damp wooded area. It's not like finding a remedy for high altitude cooking. Have you ever tried to google "baking with yeast in the woods?" I mean, really. If anyone has a solution to this, please let me know! I'm dying here!

Chicken Gumbo

 Farmers Market - EPCOT

 Since it's been cold and snowy here, I decided to make a nice, warm soup the other night. Greg loves gumbo, so I went with this recipe. Overall, it wasn't bad. I didn't add too much salt just in case I would over judge, but later we had to add more to our bowls. I liked it. It was hard for me to get over the slimy texture of the okra, but beyond that it wasn't bad. 4 mickeys.

Chicken Cordon Bleu

 Outer Rim - Contemporary Resort

Now that all of the Biergarten recipes are done, we're on to other things! I made the recipe back in November, so forgive me if I don't remember much about it. Over all it was easy to make, though it took a bit of prep time, what with all the dipping of chicken in egg and flour and egg and crumbs and ....you give the picture. Once all the prep is done though, all you have to do is stick it in the oven and enjoy. It was pretty average, so we gave it 3 mickeys.

Westphalian Potato Pancakes with Smoked Salmon and Chive Sour Cream

 Biergarten - EPCOT

I'm not one to eat salmon, so I ate the rest and took my husbands judgement on the full deal. Typically when I cook out of the newer books we are super excited because the recipes are normally so good. This one, however, was average. It wasn't bad at all, but it didn't stun us. Too bad. 3 average mickeys. 

Kartoffelsalat (German Potato Salad)

 Biergarten - EPCOT

This was such an easy recipe and uses pre-made materials, such as Dijon Mustard.  Beyond easy (if you don't mind peeling potatoes) and very yummy. This recipe is also listed in the second "Cooking with Mickey" cookbook.

4 mickeys!

German Mustard Dressing

 Biergarten Restaurant - EPCOT

This dressing has a really acidic flavor. You can only handle eating so much of it at once. As Greg says, "good in small quantities." 

Cracked Wheat Rye Bread

 Biergarten - EPCOT
Pioneer Hall - Fort Wilderness Campground Resort

This recipe was featured in both the first and second "cooking with Mickey" cookbooks. By the second book the rolls were no longer listed at Pioneer Hall, but solely at Biergarten.

The rolls were not hard to make, except that anything with yeast refuses to rise at my house. They were thick, but then again, if you can get yeast to rise, they should have a lighter texture. I was amazed at how long they stayed fresh. I'm assuming they would freeze well. It does make a huge amount, so you might want to cut the recipe in half. 4 mickeys!

Braised Red Cabbage

 Biergarten Restaurant - EPCOT


Yes, I have returned to my Disney food blog! I hope you didn't give up on me. I have been cooking Disney on the off the last few months but I haven't had a chance to update my blog. Plus, with the holidays, I tend to be crazy busy cooking the traditional holiday foods and ran out of energy for Disney cooking. The holidays are over, I'm back from my travels, and the turkey has offically been eaten (don't look for any turkey recipes from me anytime soon...). Disney cooking, here I come!

Back in October we were having a hard time finding a good, authentic Oktoberfest to go to, so I made my own at home. I made ALL the Biergarten recipes that I have in my 4 Disney cookbooks. These concurrent posts will be from the same day.

Red cabbage. It was beyond easy to make and tasted really great. I don't remember much more, but I like the simplicity of it. FYI - it takes a long time to cook, so plan ahead. :::as I type this my newest Disney recipe is boiling over...oops::: 4 mickeys!