We just returned from a week long Mexican Riviera Disney Cruise. It was a lot of fun and very relaxing! The girls had a blast! We even swam with the Dolphins in Cabo. When I say swam, I really mean SWAM and RODE! Yes, we each got a short ride on the Dolphin. It was an amazing experience.
A not so amazing part of the cruise was the food! I think I may have lost weight instead of gained it like normal. I am used to fresh, low fat, high flavor, healthy food. What I ate tasted bland, mass produced, not so fresh, and luke warm. Big bummer! Especially when you pay soooo much for a vacation. I understand that it can not be easy to feed so many people. Really the food was no worse than any other cruise I have been on. I am just more picky in my old age.
When we returned home I told B that i was going to make something fresh and healthy for dinner. He said yes please! So I grilled some boneless skinless chicken breasts with just salt and pepper. I steamed up a lot of spinach (it wilts so much that there never seems to be enough!). Then I went to the garden and stripped my basil plant to make some fresh pesto (basil, pine nuts, extra virgin olive oil, and parmesan cheese). I also took all of my yellow and red cherry tomatoes off the plants. I sliced the tomatoes in half, sprayed them with olive oil and roasted them in my toaster oven till they blistered.
I served the grilled chicken on a bed of steamed spinach. Smeared about a tablespoon of the pesto on the chicken and topped that with some roasted tomatoes. It was light, fresh, healthy and oh so tasty! I felt like I was eating real food. Yum!
I am thinking for our next vacation it would be nice to rent a house may be in Hawaii. That way I can make some of my own yummy food! The general opinion on my dinner was that it was better than anything we ate on the cruise. Hows that for a dinner review!
