10 Easy Vacation Meals to Make in Your Rental

These baked Hawaiian roll sliders are a crowd-pleasing easy family dinner that can be customized based on the whims of your picky eater, or whatever you happen to have on hand.

You don't need a bunch of specialty ingredients to make a tasty lasagna. Frozen ravioli, ground beef, spaghetti sauce and shredded cheese are all you need to make this easy layered pasta recipe the kids can help make.

Wrap store-bought bagged Caesar salad and chicken in a tortilla. This works great with leftover grilled chicken, frozen chicken strips, or even shredded rotisserie chicken. Serve with fruit for a well-rounded easy vacation meal!

Kelly R said:  This is one of my favorite easy vacation meals that we always make toward the end of the trip when it's time to use up everything in the kitchen. Just assemble a platter with an assortment of your leftovers: cured meat, nuts, crackers, olives, pickles, jam, pretzel chips, cheese, fruit, raw veggies, etc!

Pat Rupiper said:  I love using the crescent roll, ham and swiss (or cheddar) cheese, roll them us and top with a little butter and crushed packed of frito's. Bake just like the crescent roll package suggests.

If your rental has a slow cooker, pulled pork sandwiches are of the best easy meals for large groups on vacation, or when you want plenty of leftovers to use throughout the rest of your trip.

Michael Farina said:  Looking for an easy breakfast, but "cereal" is off the table because transporting a gallon of milk on the long drive is problematic? Try bagels and cream cheese. There are many fresh and frozen options of bagels, many flavors of cream cheese, and a number of options to kick it up a bit -- peanut butter, strawberry or banana slices, lox, etc.

Shrimp boil is a classic summer dinner, and it's an easy meal to make on vacation, especially if your destination has great seafood. Cleanup is easy because the shrimp, sausage, corn and potatoes all cook in the same pot, but just make sure your rental has a pot that's big enough. Make it a fun, communal eating experience with everyone digging in directly from a shared platter, and paper spread on the table.

This often-imitated one pan pasta from Martha Stewart is more fresh than a simple pasta with jarred sauce, but still quick and easy enough for a busy weeknight or vacation dinner.

This pizza pasta salad is best made a few hours in advance so it has time to marinate in the fridge, and the leftovers are great for lunches. It's an easy meal to make on vacation because you won't be left with a lot of partially-used ingredients.