Comments on: Vacation Food – Saving Money – Dry Ice is your Friend

By: Menu, Grocery List, Recipes Year 2 Week 50 | Eat at Home

Menu, Grocery List, Recipes Year 2 Week 50 | Eat at Home — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 11:01:24 +0000

[...] ~~~She is the queen of packing food to feed a group of people. [...]

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 15:21:05 +0000

Great tip! Thanks!

By: Noreen

Noreen — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 14:09:20 +0000

The easiest way to find dry ice is to Google dry ice City, State Abbreviation This will give you a list of merchants in the area that carry dry ice. I would call ahead. You may want to search your home location and also location you may want to get more dry ice if needed.
I hope that this helps. Noreen

By: Saving Money on Food for a Road Trip

Saving Money on Food for a Road Trip — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 11:02:39 +0000

[...] on your situation, you can make meals ahead and freeze them using dry ice to keep them frozen while you [...]

By: Vacation or Stay-cation, Eating without Busting the Budget

Vacation or Stay-cation, Eating without Busting the Budget — Mon, 23 May 2011 11:01:20 +0000

[...] to save money. We’ve been known to take our food on vacation with us, even if we’re traveling long distances. Lots of people do this if they are camping or going to the beach, but we’ve even done it [...]

By: Vacation Food - What We Ate and How We Packed It to Disney | Eat at Home

Vacation Food - What We Ate and How We Packed It to Disney | Eat at Home — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 11:03:30 +0000

[...] My mom cooks and freezes all kinds of things in the months before the trip, then packs it all up on dry ice to transport it from Indiana to Florida. You can read more about that process here. [...]

By: How I Cooked and Froze 10 Meals in Just a Few Hours | Eat at Home

How I Cooked and Froze 10 Meals in Just a Few Hours | Eat at Home — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:02:22 +0000

[...] be recovering from surgery, but also if you’re expecting a baby. We’ve also frozen meals to eat on vacation when we were staying in rented vacation [...]

By: Chicken Tetrazini | Eat at Home

Chicken Tetrazini | Eat at Home — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:21:05 +0000

[...] from now and need to drive it to Florida, freeze it and then pack it on dry ice. You can read that ultimate pack-your-own-lunch story here. Share and [...]

By: Jewelry Rockstar

Jewelry Rockstar — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:10:49 +0000

I always cook on vacay. We usually get a condo. Mom and I share duties, and the kids clean. Hubby takes out trash.

I never thought about dry ice and pre-prepared dishes. Next time I will.

By: Cindy

Cindy — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:29:04 +0000

Wow! This looks like there was definitely some work involved but I”m sure well worth it on the money you saved and You ate much healthier! Of course I should not be too enthusiastic about this idea, since we live in Central Florida and my husband is a hotel chef who has been out of work since Feb. due to the economy.