Kiama Gluten Free

We will be camping in Kiama in the next few months so I thought I'd start a list of places we might be able to eat out.  If you know of any others or have feedback on any of these please comment!

I'm actually pleasantly shocked at how many options there are, not used to so much choice!

oooh i just found this, great place to start! (after i've done all the work below lol)
http://illawarraglutenfree.blogspot.com.au/2009/09/illawarra-restaurants-with-gluten-free.html

Restaurant 1871
Sebel Harbourside, 31 Shoalhaven St (Cnr Minnamurra St)
http://www.mirvachotels.com/sebel-harbourside-kiama/restaurant-1871

Hanoi on Manning
10 Manning Street
http://www.hanoionmanning.com.au/

Burgers and More Takeaway
127A Queen St, Berry
Burgers, Fish and Chips

HedgeHogs Coffee Shop
4/98 Queen St, Berry
http://www.hedgehogscoffeeshop.com.au/

Minnamurra Cafe + General
1a Rangoon Rd
Breakfast/Brunch, Coffee, Modern Australian

Pippy's Seafood & Australian
68 Manning Street
Modern Australian, Seafood

Domino's Pizza
40 Terralong Street

Stonegrill Anchor Inn 
Anchor Inn Gerringong Level 1, 139 Belinda St
http://www.anchorinn.com.au/restaurant.html

Seabreeze Dining
31 Shoalhaven St
http://www.seabreezedining.com.au/

Harbourside Brighton Restaurant 
4-6 Terralong St
http://www.harboursidebrighton.com.au/index.php

Waves at the Beach ???
87 Manning St

Cafe Parkview
82 Terralong Street

Short Black Coffee cafe
88 Terralong St

Out Of The Blue Cafe
Terralong St


from http://www.coeliac.org.au/nsw-act/Content/NSWRestaurantLists/Illawarra.pdf
COUNTRY ILLAWARRA
BULLI
Sea Salt on Bulli Beach Lot 68 Trinity Row 4284 8808
DAPTO
Dapto Bowling Club 70 Marshall Street 4261 1652 Gluten free lasagne and other dishes
GERRINGONG
Gerringong Pizza  123 Fern Street 4234 2454 Gluten free pizza bases available in small size only. Good knowledge of suitable toppings
JAMBEROO
Jamberoo Pub  12 Allowrie Street 4236 0270 Range of gluten free options including pasta, bread, chips etc and items marked on menu
KIAMA
Manning Street Café 14 Manning Street 4232 4030
Cafe Parkview Kiama 82 Terralong Street 4232 1152 Gluten free items marked on the menu
Dolphins Diner & Deli 38 Terralong Street 4233 2333 A range of gluten free options
SHELLHARBOUR
Muffin Break Shellharbour Square Shopping Centre
UNANDERRA
Unanderra Thai Restaurant 127 Princess Highway 4271 3844
WARRAWONG
Muffin Break Westfield Shoppingtown
WOLLONGONG
Lorenzo’s Diner Keira Street 4229 5633 (Professional Member)
Piato Coffee & Fine Food  Shop 322, Level 3 Crown Street Mall, Wollongong Central 4229 4499
Cold Rock Icecreamery  Shop 3, 22 Market Street 4227 3143
Zweefers Great Cakes 43-45 Princes Highway 4285 4155 Gluten free cakes and savoury items
Muffin Break Wollongong Central Shopping Centre
Crust Gourmet Pizza Bar Shop 105, 53 – 61 Crown Street 4226 4479 (Professional Member)
WOONONA
Lucy & Bears Café Shop 3/373 Princes Highway 4285 7060 (Professional Member)
Domino's Pizza 413-415 Princes Highway (Cnr Cambell Street) 4251 3633
Pai-Tong Thai Restaurant  Shop 5/409 Princes Highway 4284 0321 Separate gluten free menu
available - please advise staff of requirement

Risotto Pronto Review

This is one of the products I discovered on my shopping tour. carefully checked the ingredients to find it was gluten free. went back to buy it and rechecked. got home and rechecked. then discovered it says "gluten free" on the front! DOH! lol

anyway, geoff cooked the mixed vegetable one last weekend. he said it was 'so-so' but the kids were happy to eat it (after picking out all the vegies of course lol). you do need to provide the rice for it.

it would be perfect for camping though!

camping report...

it was an interesting experience!

the menu didn't quite go according to plan, mainly because of weather...

the first night we got to green patch at jervis bay was lovely and we used the gas bbq's to do our hamburgers which were great, but overnight the weather changed and we had 2 full days and nights of freezing winter weather, constant rain showers and some heavy falls, and very strong winds.

the wind made it pretty impossible to use our gas stove without one of us going off into the amenities block for hours - there's no camp kitchen and the bbq's have a roof but no walls so with wind AND rain they were a no-go too. it took me over half an hour to boil a pot full of water one day so it just made life very difficult.

we still did our dinners roughly according to the menu plan (a few minor changes depending on what defrosted when), and that worked really well - the ice box was brilliant at keeping everything frozen / very very cold for the whole week. breakfasts however were a whole nother matter. we ended up giving the kids peanut butter on weetbix (til we ran out of pb - aagh!) and then we would find a WARM DRY cafe to have a huge cooked brunch in ! lol

i think next time if i knew there were free gas bbq's i would plan more bbq meals rather than pre-cooking meals.

the best meal we had out was our brunch at the cafe at hyams beach in jervis bay - a gorgeous little cafe and amazing food for good prices. i wanted to go back but couldn't talk geoff into it!

PS: i wish i could have taken my thermomix, it would have made life much easier! lol

PPS: for some reason blogger is posting my photos big even though i'm selecting the small option. i'll just post the ones of the hyams beach cafe and one of the gorgeous beach and you can see the rest of my pics on flickr if you want :)

Camping Menu - first draft

Tuesday (arrive first campsite)
lunch - bread rolls with ham, cheese, & salad
dinner - hamburgers (frozen burgers)

Wednesday
breakfast - scrambled eggs & bread rolls or weetbix
lunch - buy on the day or baked beans or sandwiches
dinner - vegie nachos (frozen nacho mix)

Thursday
breakfast - french toast & bacon or weetbix
lunch - buy on the day or spaghetti or sandwiches
dinner - chilli (frozen) & steamed rice

Friday (travelling between campsites)
breakfast - pancakes (with bacon, bananas, syrup, whatever is left) premix dry ingredients
lunch - buy on way
dinner - gnocchi with broccoli & pesto

Saturday
breakfast - sausages, bacon, tomatoes, eggs & rolls
lunch - baked beans or buy
dinner - bbq sausages & marinated chicken with rice salad

Camp Cooking part 2

lots of ideas are out as we're pretty sure we can't have an open fire (but will check) so it means gas stove only for cooking.

ideas:
pasta or gnocchi & pesto
bacon sandwiches / BLT's (breakfast)
hamburgers
butterscotch pudding or golden syrup dumplings
salad with macaroni / quinoa / cous cous / rice and sun dried tomatoes, corn, tinned capsicum (?) pine nuts or almonds, pesto or oil & vinegar dressing


links:
eb search
summary of ideas from link
main meals

• Omelette - mix all ingredient in ziplock bag and boil
• damper on a stick (for open fire)
• baked bananas with marshmallows
• steak salad sandwiches
• hamburgers
• beef & tomato casserole
  
• steamed baby potatoes
• roast (in a dutch oven)
• fried rice already cooked
• nachos
• fajitas
• kebabs
• stir fry with long life noodles (udon etc)
• pizza
• premix dry ingredients for pizza bases, dampers, scones etc etc
• risotto

breakfasts

• baked beans, tinned spaghetti,
  
• eggs, tomatoes, sausages, bacon
• premixed pancake
  

snacks

• cookies, cakes, muesli bars
• fruit tubs
• tins of creamed rice
• nuts & bolts
• anzac biscuits

more links (thanks dixie :))
http://camprecipes.com/index.php?comm=2&PH...8020c579899aaba

• cowboy mac & cheese
• Anciu Stew (beans & sausages)
• dumplings in soups or stews
• hot dogs
• satay noodles
  

http://www.aussiecampovencook.com/
http://www.lovetheoutdoors.com/camping/Outdoor_Cooking.htm

• breakfast burritos
• french toast
• vegetables in foil
  

http://www.koa.com/recipes/campfirecooking.htm

• taco salad (basically tacos with corn chips instead of taco shells)
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things to buy
small UHT milks
pkts of fried noodles
dried parmesan
golden syrup in squeeze tube
foil

Camp Cooking

we are going camping for a week in october. it's the first time we've camped for more than 2 nights so it will be interesting to see how we go foodwise! we don't have a fridge or any great way to keep things cold - we have an esky and can borrow another but last time we tried to pack for a weekend the food was all swimming in water after 24 hours :( the last few days won't be so bad as we're camping with friends who'll be staying in cabins (*waving hello to my lurkers lol*) so we can refreeze freezer blocks etc, but the first 4-5 days we'll be on our own in a campground with no electricity.

we do have a campstove now which is more than we've had before! we dont' have any pots though as i gave all our old ones away before we started camping. i need to get out to some garage sales to see if i can get some more. i do have a huge cast iron frypan i picked up that way but it needs serious rust removal done on it first...


so anyway, i've been meaning to post some ideas on here, but kept forgetting, but i just found this link on taste which reminded me :)