Our family always has too many cooks in the kitchen. We begin planning our vacation menus the second dates have been reserved for a trip. Ironically, we often have the same meals every year at the beach: pizza, low country boil, tacos, and dozens of sandwiches for lunch. While this beach trip was a bit different than usual with a bachelorette dinner, rehearsal dinner, wedding day lunch, wedding reception and Sunday brunch in the mix, here are a handful of our beach meals.
Breakfasts
Eggs, toast, fruit, coffee (Nectarine season- wahoo!!)
French toast with sunbutter
Eggs, toast, fruit v.2
Coach’s Oats with sunbutter and banana
Lunches
Potato chip, cheese, avocado + pickle sandwich
Roast beef sandwich with salad
Salad with a little of everything
Wedding day lunch spread:
With wedding day beverages!
Dinners
First night: taco salad
Night Two: Bachelorette dinner (more tacos!)
Night Three: Rehearsal dinner Southern specialties – they were all incredible, especially the corn + bleu cheese salad and cornbread!
Night Four: Wedding Reception deliciousness. Everything from smoked shrimp dip to brandy peach pork shoulder to flank steak and shrimp and grits. Larbs and Matt had two kinds of wedding cake: vanilla with raspberry Chambord and carrot cake. Both were incredible, and I had several slices with lots of icing!
Night Five: Matt Pizza Specialty
With Andouille sausage and mushrooms
And salad
Anniversary/wedding celebration cookie cake for dessert!
Night Six: Out to dinner at the new cantina, Delphina’s, for chips, margaritas and more tacos
Shrimp + pork
Night Seven: Low Country Boil
And we ended the week with Larbs’s famous ice cream pie!
Lauren @ The Highlands Life says
June 7, 2013 at 8:08 amMatt’s pizzas always look so delicious!
And your beach eats all look wonderful. I love beach eats. They’re always so refreshing when you come inside drained from the sun or go out to dinner after a fun, relaxed day. Vacations are the best… even if there was a little work involved since ya’ll had the wedding.
Evelyn says
June 7, 2013 at 8:13 amwow…seven nights away!! Life is good 🙂
Anele @ Success Along the Weigh says
June 7, 2013 at 8:21 amHow can I have just eaten a full breakfast including a banana nutella crepe and want to dive into every pic like I haven’t eaten in 12 hours!? Looks like you had some delicious eats!
Beth @ Mangoes and Miles says
June 7, 2013 at 8:25 amYour potato chip, cheese, avocado + pickle sandwich sounds REALLY interesting. When I’m at Subway, I tend to put chips on my sandwiches because, well, it’s yummy. But I’ve never thought about putting the four of those together. I’m really tempted to go out and buy all 4 of those (it’s the end of the week–there’s barely any food in the house!) and make one for lunch today!
Cait's Plate says
June 7, 2013 at 9:00 amLooks absolutely perfect!
Angela @ Eat Spin Run Repeat says
June 7, 2013 at 9:14 amOh wow, looks like a delicious spread all around! You can’t go wrong with tacos and seafood in my opinion, and the wedding reception food looks amazing!
Susan H @ The Food Allergy Chronicles says
June 7, 2013 at 9:35 amWhat fun! Tacos seemed to be a hit. I recently had a fish taco with corn salsa…so good! Okay…vanilla cake with raspberry Chambord and carrot cake…heaven! 🙂
Ashley @ My Food N Fitness Diaries says
June 7, 2013 at 9:35 amI’d love to be on your family vacations with all of the fabulous food and cooks around! 🙂
Nikole says
June 7, 2013 at 10:29 amThe cheese, avocado pickle and chips sandwich looks yummy! I eat cheese, mustard, pickle and cool ranch Doritos sandwiches every once in a while and I love them!!
Tonya says
June 7, 2013 at 10:30 amokthat pickle + cheese + avocado sandwich had me wondering if Maze was gonna be a big brother, but you were redeemed by the rest of the meals! LOL
KathEats says
June 7, 2013 at 10:53 amHaha.
Brittnie (A Joy Renewed) says
June 7, 2013 at 10:37 amSo I am now basically craving chips, tacos, taco salad and pizza. Ha! All your meals look delicious.
Sarah @ The Smart Kitchen says
June 7, 2013 at 11:20 amMy family is the SAME way. We are all about “What are we going to EAT?” instead of “What are we going to DO?” [Obviously what we are going to do is eat. ;)]
Looks like a whole lot of goodness…
Jo says
June 7, 2013 at 12:22 pmthe avocado, potato chip sandwich looks amazing.
sara @ Fitcupcaker says
June 7, 2013 at 12:23 pmok so next week im making french toast, oats, and taco salad 🙂
Atsuko says
June 7, 2013 at 1:00 pmAll looks so great. I am craving all foods you described here, especially cakes!!! I am planning to pick up a cake today.
cathy says
June 7, 2013 at 1:11 pmPotato chips make a sandwich! Are you Mexican’d out now? Matt’s pizza’s always look SO good!
[email protected] for the soul says
June 7, 2013 at 1:22 pmI want everything on this post! Especially the taco salad meat and low country boil. That’s so much fun all at once, haha. I bet you guys are pooped!
Nicole @ Serenity Sometimes says
June 7, 2013 at 2:40 pmOK the cheese pickle avocado and chip sandwich has my name all over it. It’s all about the crunch factor!
NurseJulie says
June 7, 2013 at 3:47 pmEverything looks so delicious! I love your anniversary cake/cookie!
nicole says
June 7, 2013 at 5:22 pmcookie cake & ice cream pie — dessert matches made in heaven 🙂 looks like a ton of delicious summer eating! i’ve never tried shrimp & grits before, but your wedding reception plates looks fantastic. chips inside sandwich reminds me of my younger years, i need to start doing that again!
Emily @ Life on Food says
June 7, 2013 at 7:00 pmThat pizza always makes me so hungry.
Sarah Williams says
June 8, 2013 at 12:38 amI just wanted to tell you how incredible that dough recipe you guys have is!! I found some article you or your husband wrote ages ago?? I dont even remeber where or who wrote it it was so long ago, and its THE ONLY dough recipe we ever use….everyone who tries it asks for the recipe too!
jodea @ chillichocolatelove.com says
June 8, 2013 at 2:12 amWow, looks like a wonderful few days. I love the sound of the vanilla and raspberry cake! I’m off to a wedding reception tonight.. Not sure the food will be as fabulous but it is by the sea and the sun is shining 🙂
Vanessa says
June 8, 2013 at 2:34 amLooks so good!!!! Love the breakfast options…by far my favorite meal of the day!
cyndy says
June 8, 2013 at 8:01 amEverything looks delicious and perfect for beach eating! Larbs ice-cream pie looks like a wonderful summer dessert – I tried to search on her blog for the recipe but sadly, no luck. Did she post it and if so, can you give us a hint on when or post title? Or maybe she’d be willing to share here? Thanks!
Saffron says
June 8, 2013 at 10:30 amI’d love to hear more about the bachelorette party! Details please. 🙂
Jessica @ Chocolate Covered Chickpeas says
June 8, 2013 at 11:05 amI’ve been looking for Coach’s Oats forever! (they don’t carry it here where I live.) Then miraculously, I found them at Costco yesterday. Needless to say, I bought a huge bag that will last me for a while! Can’t wait to try all of your oatmeal recipes!
Katie @ Talk Less, Say More says
June 9, 2013 at 12:20 pmVacation eats are always the best, especially when tacos are involved! 🙂
Alyssa says
June 10, 2013 at 9:23 amLooks delicious! I love vacation food 🙂