My son, Logan, and I just returned from our first trip together to Disney in Orlando – a milestone in many households! Since we were staying in a hotel, we had no choice but to eat all our meals out.  For someone like me who loves to cook, it was a tough challenge!

Since I had no other choice but to find alternatives to my favorite SeaPak home recipes, I decided to try a little vacation nutrition experiment: I wanted to see if I could manage to eat seafood at least once a day while dining on standard park fare. I was surprised to find so many seafood options at a theme park!

The first night we went to dinner at in Downtown Disney. I dined on the Omnivore Salad with rosemary infused shrimp – an excellent start to my vacation seafood challenge!

The next day we had dinner at a self-serve buffet restaurant in Hollywood Studios. I am happy to report that in addition to the multitude of other protein choices, the buffet served two seafood items – a nice herb encrusted salmon and boiled shrimp. Success again on day two!

Day three was lunch on the go at a fast-food type place in the Magic Kingdom. My meal was fried shrimp – a tasty indulgence, but again seafood success.

My final day was spent wandering the International Food and Wine Festival at Epcot. With about 20 food booths representing a multitude of different countries, I was delighted to find diverse food choices with several seafood choices in the mix. I settled on trying the Barramundi offered at the Australian kiosk. (If you aren’t familiar with Barramundi, it is a mild flaky white fish with a slight sweet buttery flavor.)

So my nutritional experiment was a success! Even on vacation it is possible to keep eating delicious seafood without a lot of effort – the big difference of course is the money I spent!! When I cooking at home and using SeaPak products, I am able to get restaurant quality without the restaurant prices. I enjoyed my vacation, but I’m happy to be home with my very own kitchen where I can cook for myself! Stay tuned for some knock off recipes from my Disney dinners later this week.