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DIY Jalapeño Popper Dip (inspired by Disney)

by adeandlisadodisney | Nov 18, 2022 | Recipes, Uncategorized

You will know if you watch our YouTube videos that Ade’s favourite Disney snack this year has been the Jalapeño Poppers.

You can find them on a little stand near The Country Bears Jamboree in Frontier Land near the water.

They are so good!

Really hot. Crispy on the outside. Melty cheese on the inside with a lovely warm kick from the jalapeños.

We talk about them lots at home, so whilst deciding that we were going to have a date night the other day, I thought it would be fun to try and create something similar.

I have struggled to find whole jalapeños so I had to improvise and go with a recipe that was ‘inspired by’ instead.

But I can assure you, although it wasn’t quite the same, it didn’t disappoint.

This is what we made to go along with our Date Night Charcuterie Board

The base is creamy and cheesy and the top crunchy and it’s served hot out of the oven and you get the warm kick from the sliced jalapeños.

It was a winner!!

If you’d like to try it too, here’s how we made it.

Ingredients

Small tub of cream cheese (about 160g)
150ml sour cream
1/2 cup chopped jalapeno slices
2 cups of grated cheese (I used a combination of vintage cheddar, Mexican style cheddar & Parmesan)
1 slice of bread (made into crumbs)
1/2 tsp garlic salt
bread to dip

To Make:

Set oven to 180c/350f

In a bowl mix together very well the cream cheese, sour cream, jalapeños (leave 4 slices for the topping) & garlic salt.

Then fold in the cheeses leaving a little to one side for the topping.

Mix the breadcrumbs and remainder of the grated cheese.

Place into a small oven dish and sprinkle over the cheesy breadcrumb mix and add the last slices of jalapeños.

Pop in the oven for around 15mins or until golden and bubbly.

Enjoy with slices of crusty bread to dip.

We hope you will enjoy this as much as we do.

And if you’d like to see the video of us making this dip and setting up ready for our date night, we have a new YouTube video here on Lisa’s channel.

Let’s us know if you fancy giving this a go too.

We plan to start using the blog more and sharing tips, further details and Disney inspired ideas and recipes.

We hope you’ll enjoy following along. We’ve been meaning to get this blog going since we started our YouTube channel over a year ago. I’m sure you know that feeling too, other things just keep getting in the way.

If you have any suggestions for the blog, please do let us know.

Have a great weekend.

love

Ade & Lisa x

Walt Disney World Travel Day January 2022

by adeandlisadodisney | Feb 4, 2022 | Uncategorized

The day was finally here. After 858 days since we were last in the US. It didn’t seem possible that we were actually going. After getting out negative test results and making sure we uploaded all the other bits and pieces that Virgin had asked for, we felt we were as prepared as we could be.

We slept so well in the Hilton Garden Inn hotel. We have spent the night before a trip at the Premier Inn. No complaints with Premier Inn, but the room at the Hilton was so lovely, comfortable bed, pillows and not too warm or cold in the room. We did not hear a thing. Bearing in mind that the Hotel is literally on/in Heathrow Airport! A big thumbs up from us on the room. We may even like to stay there for a couple nights getaway (as long as we can get a runway view!!)

We had arranged to meet our friends at about 7.30am in the hotel lobby. I think just before 7am we were ready. We just needed to record an intro for our YouTube channel Travel Day Vlog, and then we’d be on our way.

After a relatively easy walk to check in (really must look for some new cases…. any recommendations please?) it seemed quite quiet, especially for a Saturday morning. We made it to the Virgin desks and there were two ways to go. One for Fly Ready, the other non Fly Ready. Being Fly Ready basically meant that you had uploaded all the necessary documents prior to check in. We had done this, and our boarding pass, even had ‘FLYRDY’ written on it.

A little tip (and please bear in mind could be different when you travel) make sure you follow the instructions from your airline about what is needed prior to travelling. Doing what we did before hand definitely seemed to make our check in very smooth. In addition, and something we have always done (long before COVID) is making sure we have a printed copy of everything we need. Nine time out of ten, we can use our phones OK, but there will be that one time you will be thankful of having a paper copy as well. I always remember the time by boarding pass would not scan when trying to go through security!!

After check in was security. Again, no problems here. One of the fastest times through security.

We were checked in and cleared security by just after 8am. It really didn’t take us long. Our flight was not until 1200, but had no idea how busy it would be, or how long it would take us. Always give yourself plenty of time is our motto!. We had the No1 Lounge booked (something we get through Barclays Bank). We grabbed a latte from Cafe Nero to share before heading to the Lounge, and think for the first time actually loads of places to sit in the terminal! We had a wander around Duty Free, but don’t know about you, don’t seem to buy anything at the airport anymore. We do grab a bottle of Coke for the flight.

It was now time to head to the No1 Lounge. We got seats in the Library. It’s nice and cosy in there. The Lounge is a lovely way to spend a couple of hours before time to board. A selection of hot breakfast food and croissants, pain au chocolate, rolls etc. Full bar and hot and cold drinks. Unfortunately for Lisa there was not cheese and biscuits this time! We all enjoyed a Mimosa, time flew by and in no time, we had a Gate for our flight. Had to get a bus from our Gate to the plane. It seemed to take forever, and for a moment, wondered if we were driving to Orlando!!

Off the bus and up the steps of the plane, onboard and to our seats. It is actually happening!!

Flight was about 2 hours longer than it usually is, and did seem a long flight, but comfortable. The Virgin Cabin Crew were wonderful as ever, and constant supply of food and drink and in-flight entertainment to pass the time.

After we landed, we were off the plane, through security, bags picked up and at the Car within about 20 minutes. Off to Bay Lake Tower to check in.

We arrived at Bay Lake Tower and loved the fact we could now go straight to our room. No need to check in in the lobby. This is a really nice addition to the last time were were on site. This first night we added quite short notice and as we have Disney Vacation Points to use up, we booked the 3 Bedroom Grand Villa with Theme Park View at Bay Lake Tower. Wow, what a room. Well, we say a room, more like a lovely apartment! We’ve shared some photos here, but pictures really don’t do it justice.

We got to our room about an hour before the fireworks at Magic Kingdom. Had a quick shower, enjoyed some bubbly, and doughnuts, kindly provided by our friends Leigh and Nick who were also staying with us. It was so special being able to enjoy this experience with like minded Disney lovers. Time to get some food, so a quick walk to the Contemporary to get something. We settled for a Ceasar Salad, which was so lovely!! Had a quick walk around the shops (you have to at Disney don’t you!!) and time to get back to the room. At 2245 Florida time it was time for bed, looking out at Cinderella Castle and Space Mountain. Could it get any better….

Walt Disney World Pre-Travel Day January 2022

by adeandlisadodisney | Feb 2, 2022 | Travel Day, Walt Disney World

Welcome to our first blog post. We thought what better way to start the blog than our pre-travel day for our recent Walt Disney World trip in January 2022. We were staying overnight at Heathrow Airport, ready for travel the following day…

Should we stay, or should we go?

This trip had a few ‘firsts’ for us. I think we’d like to address the fact that we did not announce this trip until the day before we left. I am sure we are not alone, but in current times with having to negative test for COVID a day before travelling to the US, we did not want to make any announcements prior to us at least having this test completed. We had our test booked with Breath Assured and can’t tell you how relived we both were to see that negative test result and get the certificate emailed to us!! The lady who administered our tests was so lovely. It was now all go, time to get to the airport!! Nothing stopping us now.

We had pretty much packed everything ready, as we had to do the test only a day before our flight, we did have to be packed ready to go. That really would have been leaving it until the last moment if we hadn’t of packed. Maybe there are people out there that pack 24 hours before their flight? Let us know below if that’s you…

After checking and rechecking (for Ade) that we had everything, it was time to load up the car. We decided to drive and park at Heathrow. As it was just the two of us, we would be able to fit all the luggage in the car and would be cheaper parking at the airport than getting a Taxi. We had booked to park at the terminal, so made it pretty easy both for when we left the country and also for when we arrived back.

Yes, you can park off site that works out cheaper. We have done that before, but after a long flight can be so nice knowing that you car in in the Terminal multi storey car park. So much easier when feeling tired!!

Arriving at the Airport

We arrived at the airport, parking in Terminal 3 Short Stay Car Park, and made our way to the Hilton Garden Inn Hotel at Terminal 2 Where we were staying overnight. Have to say, it wasn’t the easiest of walks, but think that’s more to do with 2 suitcases with a mind of their own!! We got to the hotel and checked in. Such a lovely room, and view of the car park. We’re there for one night, so view is not important. I am pretty sure there are runway views from this hotel, so you could get lucky…

As we said above it was a holiday of firsts for us. One of these was us going on holiday with friends, a new experience for us. True adults Disney trip. I think that’s what we like about each trip, although we may go back to Disney World, each trip has it’s differences.

We had bought a couple of drinks with us, and wasted no time, raising a glass to the start of our holiday. Our friends had now arrived, so time for dinner.

Time for food

It was time to get some food and made our way to the hotel Restaurant. Think it was called The Apron. Service was not the fastest, but was very pleasant. Some photos below…

lisas dinner chicken wings — Lisa’s Chicken Wings

ades dinner steak and ale pie — Lisa’s Chicken Wings

Now time for some drinks

After eating and feeling nicely full, we made our way to the 14th floor and the rooftop bar where we enjoyed a couple drinks before making our way back to our room for some sleep. We had a long and exciting travel day ahead of us tomorrow.