We're going to Whiritoa Beach on the Coromandel Peninsula for a few days. The only shop is a dairy, so we'll be on taking all our food with us. We can top up with a few things from Waihi or Whangamata, but most of the foods we eat regularly won't be available. For many years, we had to carry gluten free food with us. Now that's quite commonly available, we've moved on to starch free!I'm still finalising the food packing list, but it will probably look something like this (in no particular order).
- Raw milk (fresh and frozen)
- Caspian sea yoghurt (that we can use to make a fresh batch every day)
- Stock (frozen in small containers. If it was winter, they'd be pre-made vege soup, but in summer that feels too heavy)
- Filler free sausages (Stoneycreek Farm or Harmony)
- Meat (fresh & frozen)
- Maybe a couple of tins of salmon or sardines, or maybe just get some fresh fish there
- Sauerkraut
- Carrots, baby beetroot, tangelos and blueberries that will be coming in our order from the CSA the day before. From Commonsense Organics, I'll get a couple of small pumpkins, and see what else will travel well, maybe some avocado. Other than that, we'll probably take pot luck with what produce is available.
- Green Pastures fermented cod liver oil (we're currently "enjoying" Salty) and a probiotic
- A jar of each of Reilly's nut butters
- "Crispy" cashews and macadamias
- Some dried fruit or maybe some homemade fruit cake
- Coconut almond muffins or bread
- Organic butter or ghee
- Cheese
- Eggs - we'll take whatever's here, but buy extra free range eggs as needed
- A jar of Zenian Phillipine coconut oil or maybe just some refrigerated "slice" made from coconut oil and nut butter or cocoa butter
- EV Olive oil and some lemons
- Sea or Himalayan salt
- Bottles of kombucha
- Maybe some bottled water, but we'll mostly buy that once we're there
Anything I've forgotten?
PS. If you're a Nature Foods customer, don't worry, we're leaving my mum and sister in charge of sending out the orders.
