No refrigerator

[tinalouise]

Title about says it.  I've been fridge free for over a year.  not even a cooler.  no desire to start now really. 

 

I live on a sailboat with my son, and while we're currently at a marina, this isn't always the case.

When I first moved onboard I tried the cooler bit.  It's an expensive hassle.  Right now I have no utility bill, but running a refrigerator 24/7 will end that, plus, when we're underway it's a major drain on the batteries.

 

We've been living on  a lot of canned goods, pastas, cheeses, tortillas and sweet potatoes.

And I'm not that great a fisherman....

 

It makes all gorcery lists seem very daunting since I can't cook meals for leftovers, nor can I keep fresh meats for more than a day. 

 

  Eggs I can keep for weeks -- did you know even store-bought are good for two weeks at room temperature?  Free range farm fresh can keep for months!

 

Anywhoo, suggestions?

[Tallulah Wolf-Angel]

Wow, I can't imagine being without my fridge, but I see your point if you're on a boat. You can get just about anything in a can: fish, beef, lamb, chicken, as well as veggies of all kinds, fruit, and coconut milk. Probably not as nutrient-rich as fresh, but not terrible, either. There's also irradiated shelf-stable meats, but I don't know if they would be Whole30 compliant, or if you would even want to eat them in the first place. 

[Physibeth]

I know nothing about this personally...but you might want to look into pre-industrial food storage methods. 

[amberino21]

While youre at the marina, would you shop every day or two? When you're not in the marina, how often do you have access to shops?

I could survive on jerky, tinned fish, fresh fish and eggs for protein but you couldn't pay me to eat tinned vegies....except tomato! Fresh vegies would keep for a few days, some (potato, onions etc), you could get as much as you think would keep, along with jars or tins to last you until you got to another shop?