The Active Family

Today was, and is, my meal planning day. I don’t really plan each day out down the line, but rather, I figure out a general plan for the week and gather the ingredients that I’ll need.

On vacations like these where I don’t have access to my own kitchen, I like to try to overlap as many ingredients as I can without getting repetitious. We will be having lots of grilled veggies, of course, and I had planned on a lot of seafood as well. Funnily enough, this brings me to my first roadblock.

I called my mom to get her input on some meals, and she tells me that my cousin Billy is severely allergic to shellfish, and so avoids all seafood.

Aaaaaaagggghhhhhhhhh!

In case you missed my first vacation post, my family eats fairly healthy, and nearly completely vegetarian. The kids will have the typical hamburger/hotdog fare on occasion, and my hubby still enjoys chicken and a rare (as in not frequent) steak, but for the most part they all eat what I cook, and I cook veggies. I haven’t as yet given up seafood, and I don’t see myself doing so anytime soon. Other than that, I don’t eat any meat, and I will go out of my way to avoid animal based broths ect.

RAMBLING!

Sorry. So just to clarify, my family: big veggie eaters, no meat, lots of seafood
my cousin: hates veggies! eats meat at every meal possible, and is severely allergic to seafood.

Crap.

Since I was in charge of the meal planning, I became a little distressed. It came down to me cooking for everyone else, and she will take care of Cousin Billy’s meals. Whew. That crisis, for now, is averted.