Cooking in a hotel room, revisited

It's two weeks until the trip and I've had a couple more thoughts.

It was mentioned, and I'm leaning towards pan-fried steaks. He loves filet minon; I'd go with either that or pan-fried NY strip. Heck, I even told him I'd nuke "baked potatoes" LOL

Last year we did use leftover pasta after I used the first two chicken breast halves to make stuffed chicken parmesan in a tomato sauce. The remaining two chicken breast halves were used with artichoke hearts, etc. to prepare a second meal a couple of nights later with the leftover pasta. It worked out very well.

Anyway, last night I had a dream about this. You fish nay-sayers may criticize all you wish, but I would think a hotel room that has a kitchen provides some sort of relief from cooking scents. Besides, this isn't a hermetically sealed suite; the windows actually open. And now I'm not talking about fish, I'm talking about already cooked frozen shrimp. Not like I'll be boiling cabbage. So I'd like your opinion, given I dreamt about this last night:

Saute some broccoli florets in olive oil until tender-crisp. Throw in lots of garlic (I'm picturing 4-6 cloves, slivered) and maybe some sliced mushrooms. Continue to saute until garlic is lightly browned and mushrooms are tender. Deglaze the pan with a splash of white wine or squeeze a small lemon into the pan. Add medium-sized cooked frozen peeled deveined shrimp. Add half & half and simmer until the shrimp are heated through and the sauce has reduced. Season with salt & pepper, perhaps some Italian flat-leaf parsley (I don't want to go heavy on or buy a lot of herbs). Serve on a bed of pasta.

And there's always hamburgers. He and I both love mushroom swiss burgers.

The whole point of this is not to impress but to save money. We could go out for a steak dinner and spend $75, or we could make use of the kitchen in the room and spend about $15-20 for the same dinner. He's bringing the wine dinner, or (again) make a similar dinner in our room.

NOTE: I'm not trying to nay-say any ideas but I *will* say I'm not carrying cooked food with me on the plane LOL I'm just trying to get a little creative without having to spend a fortune eating out for six days, four of which we'll be tired from working at the art show.

Jill