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[quote=Anonymous]Here is what I bring standard when I go to a beach house, and would probably work okay for you in a cooler:

-- Box of pancake mix
-- couple big things of berries from costco
-- maple syrup from costco
-- eggs
-- milk
(yes, you'd have to cook there -- you could instead do the berries and make a couple things like blueberry bread/apple bread from mix.  If your kids are over age 8, they can be tasked to do this.). Bagels, cream cheese and lox from costo would be no cook and easy to bring.  A quiche is also really easy to premake if you use store-bought crust.

-- Sandwich stuff

-- Sautee some ground beef in some Rao's sauce with extra garlic and put it in a big tupperware and freeze.  Get a bagged salad and some fettucini and that's one night's dinner.
-- Pre-marinate some raw chicken tenders in a couple ziplop bags and freeze, then bring canned black beans, premade guac, a block of cheddar, salsa and tortillas.  That's another night's dinner.

I'm a huge Costco fan, but I give a hard no on their rotisserie chickens.  The taste and smell like chemicals.  I don't know why people are always recommending them.  If I was going to bring a roast chicken, I'd stop by a peruvian place.  That actually makes fabulous chicken salad with mayo, dijon mustard, sliced almonds, sliced grapes, green onion.  If you have kids, they can strip the chicken for you.

But I think it's also okay to just tell MIL that her requests are not reasonable.  But if you want a few "semi home-made" dishes -- the three above work well and are very easy.
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