cooking – Nomadic Simplicity

Just a little glimpse at some of the meals we’ve made in Edelweiss. Its not actually too different from sticks and bricks cooking as long as you have the right equipment.

Once or twice a week we have a treat and movie night. One night I made popcorn and homemade mint cocoa. Another night I made a chocolate cake. I used our Breville toaster oven with a 12″ pan and it baked up beautifully.

One night I made Indian food. Rice was made in our Zojirushi rice cooker (love this appliance!) and then sauteed on the stove with spices. On the propane stovetop I made a coconut chicken stew and a chick pea cauliflower dahl. The naan bread we made on the grill using the 5 min a day Artisan bread recipe. The naan tasted authentic. Everything was delicious!

We arrived at Cypress on a Friday, with plans to visit LEGOLAND (I’m not yelling, that’s how it’s written) on the following Monday. We picked this resort as it was close to LEGOLAND, and it had favorable ratings for the amenities et al.

Unfortunately, we’re quickly learning that anything with “resort” in the name turns out to be a fairly restrictive affair for kids: kids can’t roam close to the site without an adult, they can’t explore anywhere off the site, they have to be accompanied by an adult to go anywhere (even take trash to a dumpster with a line of sight from Edelweiss) and other restrictions. On top of that, we didn’t see many (if any) families with kids.