{"id":1578,"date":"2018-02-21T03:44:08","date_gmt":"2018-02-21T02:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lecoeurelephant.com\/?p=1578"},"modified":"2018-02-23T05:27:28","modified_gmt":"2018-02-23T04:27:28","slug":"petits-plats-vans-nouvelle-zelande","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lecoeurelephant.com\/gb\/petits-plats-vans-nouvelle-zelande\/","title":{"rendered":"The small dishes in vans in NZ"},"content":{"rendered":"
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After few months in our van, and our exchanges<\/strong> through the blog, we realized that a question was regularly asked: What are you eating<\/strong>?
\n\"cuisine_plats\"And yes, as a good frenchies<\/strong> that we are, with more or less talent<\/strong> for cooking, add this to the van lifestyle and unusually high prices on fresh food<\/strong> and you will get a good dose of perplexity.<\/p>\n

Questions such as \u00ab\u00a0What can you buy and keep without a fridge<\/strong>?\u00a0\u00bb, \u00ab\u00a0How to buy healthy<\/strong> and balance diet without breaking the bank?\u00a0\u00bb, and especially\u00a0 \u00ab\u00a0How to cook in such a small space<\/strong> ?\u00a0\u00bb seem to have followed us all along the journey. We sometimes shocked<\/strong>, sometimes advised and sometimes even amazed<\/strong>. This is how we decided to make a little article about our cooking equipment, our tips<\/strong> to save money, and above all to share some of our recipes<\/strong>, to change the pleasures<\/strong> and to finally say goodbye instant noodles.<\/p>\n

Equipment<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

All our utensils, without exception, were purchased at “Warehouse<\/a>” at a very reasonable<\/strong> price and therefore are easily findable and replaceable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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  • Gas cooker<\/li>\n
  • Stove with high edges<\/li>\n
  • Saucepan with lid<\/li>\n
  • Cutting board<\/li>\n
  • Set of wood ustensils<\/li>\n
  • A good sharp knife<\/li>\n
  • Can and bottle opener<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
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  • Set of cutlery<\/li>\n
  • 2 plates<\/li>\n
  • 2 bowls<\/li>\n
  • 2 mugs<\/li>\n
  • 2cups<\/li>\n
  • Set of plastic boxes<\/li>\n
  • Clamps<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
\u00a0\"Matos_plats\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Note that small butane<\/strong> bottles can also be found at “Warehouse” in a 3 or 4 bottles lot or “Kmart<\/a>” under the same conditions.<\/p>\n

The purchases<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

As you may have noticed, the fresh<\/strong> produces price in New Zealand might give you pause. Indeed, even if the country is a big produce<\/strong>r, all local fruits and vegetables have an abnormally high cost. Apparently, New Zealand would apply a single tariff policy, so the price is the same whether the production is exported<\/strong> or\u00a0 it stays in the country. No luck for locals who see their budget ignite at checkout. It’s also because of it that it’s possible to find imported fruits and vegetables<\/strong> at a lower cost, anyway, we will not rebuild the world.
\nOn the other hand, for all that is “junk food” there is no budget<\/strong> problem, I would say that it’s outrageously tempting, no, but seriously a real pizza<\/strong> for 5$? A 1$ ice cream or granite ? Fish & chips<\/strong> for less than 10$ ? Snickers, Mars, Twix and other bars at 1$ each? The same goes for fries, cookies, burgers and other candies of all kinds. Yes, yes, yes, you got the idea, it’s easy to be seduced<\/strong>. It’s not for nothing that the country has the 3rd position in world concerning the rate of its population obesity<\/strong> (source OECD<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Tips<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n