Kia ora and welcome to Toru Road!
Bringing people together is the key ingredient in the establishment of Toru Road and good food is the basis of this.
Toru Road Kai brings healthy and wholesome kai to your table.
Toru Road Kai brings healthy and wholesome kai to your table.
Toru Trio of Antipasto (including our Kale & Kawakawa Pesto) products plus a pepe size Toru Road Tahi Bay Oil
NZ$26.95
Choose any Toru/three of our antipasto products and we will pop in a mini-me bottle (100ml) of our Toru Road Tahi Bay Oil as well.
Kale & Kawakawa Pesto - Te Kuīni/Queen of Greens
Kale, kawakawa, sunflower seeds, extra virgin olive oil, Good Oil rapeseed oil, salt
Need to get more healthy greens into you that actually tastes great! Our vegan pesto combines kale with sunflower seeds and our own indigenous ingredient of kawakawa. This fresh-as deliciousness, with no preservatives, all natural, wholesome goodness is 180grams of feel good dip and will stay fresh in the fridge for two weeks. Once opened top it with extra virgin olive oil to keep air from getting to it and refrigerate. Please note Pesto is only available to be delivered in the Wellington to Kapiti region. If you live out of the region please choose another product in the trio range.
Toru Road Kalamata Olives
Kalamata Olives, extra virgin olive oil, water, bay leaves. garlic, rosemary, fennel, salt
In our view the best olives are kalamata olives! We've packed kalamata olives with herbs into 180grams recyclable glass jars which are ready to serve from the jar at the table. Once opened leave the bay leaves and the oil - you can use that later for cooking in another dish. Refrigerate after opening.
Toru Road Sundried Tomatoes
Sundried tomatoes, extra virgin olive oil, sunflower oil, mixed herbs, paprika, garlic, acidity regulator (260,330), Preservative (202,220), salt, sugar
Cuzzie to our Kalamata Olives is our Sundried Tomatoes. We've added herbs and spices to 180gram jars of Sundried Tomatoes. They sit nicely next to olives on your antipasto board and taste delicious. Also great to add as a topping on pizza night.
Toru Road Horopito Dukkah - Ruku/Dive into our Dukkah
Almonds, Walnuts, Sesame Seeds, Poppy Seeds, Cumin, Coriander, Fennel, Salt, and Horopito
Dry-roasted nuts, seeds, and spices are combined with the aromatics of horopito - a traditional plant used to improve gut health. Horopito Dukkah is tasty as over hummus, and matched with our Tahi Bay Oil its a perfect addition to your antipasto. 80gram packs are available as part of the trio deal.
Toru Road Tahi Bay Oil - Iridescent Karera/Green
Organic bay leaves, extra virgin olive oil
Add some extra depth to your kai with this beautiful green oil. Use it in the same way you would use extra virgin olive oil - its pepper tones are perfect as a salad dressing, drizzled on some warmly baked bread, as a marinade, brushed on vegetables ready for roasting, or as the base for many recipes where you fry off onions, garlic and carrots. Tracey uses it on a platter board accompanied by fresh bread and Toru Road's Horopito Dukkah. 100ml bottle comes with your choice of 3 products.
Toru Road Kai brings healthy and wholesome kai to your table.
Toru Road Horopito Dukkah & Toru Road Tahi Bay Oil Rua Deal (2 bottles of Oil, plus 2 packets of Dukkah)
NZ$29.95
It takes two/rua deal
Grab yourself a combo deal of Horopito Dukkah Rua size (80 grams) and Tahi Bay Oil (250mls). Our whānau's most favourite way to use Horopito Dukkah is on a platter that has three things (fresh bread that you can slice or pull apart, a delicious extra virgin olive oil like our Tahi Bay Oil, and our Horopito Dukkah). Dab a piece of fresh bread into some Tahi Bay Oil, and then into the Horopito Dukkah - it is the perfect pick me up and you don't even realise it's good for your puku. Twice as much fun - just like our twin mokopuna.
Iridescent Karera/Green
Organic bay leaves, extra virgin olive oil
Organic bay leaves have been infused into extra virgin olive oil to create our warm, mild-tempered bay olive oil, that we have named Tahi Bay Oil. Its name is a twist on Titahi Bay, Porirua, where August spent his youth, and also takes into account our brand name Toru - Tahi seems to fit (we just need a Rua Oil now!)
Add some extra depth to your kai with this beautiful green oil. Use it in the same way you would use extra virgin olive oil - its pepper tones are perfect as a salad dressing, drizzled on some warmly baked bread, as a marinade, brushed on vegetables ready for roasting, or as the base for many recipes where you fry off onions, garlic and carrots.
Ruku/Dive into our Dukkah
Almonds, Walnuts, Sesame Seeds, Poppy Seeds, Cumin, Coriander, Fennel, Salt, and Horopito.
Dry-roasted nuts, seeds, and spices are combined with the aromatics of horopito - a traditional plant used to improve gut health.
You can use Horopito Dukkah as a crumb on your vegetables, protein, or ika/fish, tasty as over hummus, or shakshukah (middle-eastern eggs in a tomato base), or sprinkle liberally over your kai like Tracey's sis Frances does, as salt and pepper.
Toru Road Kai brings healthy and wholesome kai to your table.
Kawakawa Kaputī Bundle
NZ$25.95
Aotearoa's own Heart-Shaped Organic Kawakawa Tea
Singularly handpicked organic kawakawa tea leaves have been dried and packed ready for your kaputī. Add one crushed kawakawa leaf to your tea ball infuser, add boiling water, and if you like, 1/2 teaspoon of honey, a lemon slice, and/or ginger, and start the day off right over a nice cuppa that's good for your tinana/body. Makes 20 tea cups per packet.
Manawa Rewarewa Honey
Manawa Rewarewa Honey won the Grand First Prize at the 10th Black Jar International Honey Tasting Contest held in Asheville, USA. Each gift box includes a 110g jar of Manawa's Rewarewa Honey. Read more about Manawa's pakihi/business here.
Toru Road Dried Lemon Slices
A slice of lemon is heaven and goes perfectly with our kawakawa tea (think lemon, honey, ginger), or pop one in and spritz up your favourite cool drink. Our lemons have been sliced and dehydrated ensuring that we make the most of the season for you to enjoy year round.
Tea Ball Infuser
Our single cup stainless tea ball infuser is so cute. Push it together on the handle and it opens up, pop in your tealeaves, and then let it seep in your cup. Each giftbox comes with a tea ball infuser.
Packaging
This gift box is presented in a cardboard box with a window so you can see some of the goodies inside. Underneath are wood shavings (or wood wool). The box is labelled ready to give to someone spesh, or as a treat for yourself. Everyone loves a treat!
Toru Road Kai brings healthy and wholesome kai to your table.
"I so love the Toru Road Kale & Kawakawa Pesto! It’s so delicious & versatile!
Any other pesto now just doesn’t cut it for me! Keep up the great work Toru Road!"
Dee McRae, Kaukapakapa. January 2021
Any other pesto now just doesn’t cut it for me! Keep up the great work Toru Road!"
Dee McRae, Kaukapakapa. January 2021
Toru Road Events and Toru Road Props Hire
Toru Road Events and Toru Road Props Hire are an extension of Toru Road with the same ethos, having whanau and friends in one place is always a celebration and Toru Road has created some bespoke events. Check out our events page to find out more.
With an events management background, Tracey looks forward to bringing you news of some exciting events that she is working on.
Running numerous events often means finding some awesome props. Check out our props for hire, we are adding to our stock all the time.
ABOUT US
Tracey is the owner of Toru Road and like many of us there are two things she loves most, firstly whānau, and always always good food. Getting the whānau together to share kai is a joy!
A few years ago Tracey started moving into eating healthy food, trying out vegan, organic, more wholesome and more natural foods. Buying a bunch of kale was at the top of the list - that's healthy right? Not enjoying the taste of that kale made her think that she could probably eat it if it was hidden in a pesto. Kale Pesto was born and is now a staple in her household, no longer hidden its the forefront of our business. Toru Road Kale & Kawakawa Pesto was the beginning of the Toru Road journey for her and her whānau.
A few years ago Tracey started moving into eating healthy food, trying out vegan, organic, more wholesome and more natural foods. Buying a bunch of kale was at the top of the list - that's healthy right? Not enjoying the taste of that kale made her think that she could probably eat it if it was hidden in a pesto. Kale Pesto was born and is now a staple in her household, no longer hidden its the forefront of our business. Toru Road Kale & Kawakawa Pesto was the beginning of the Toru Road journey for her and her whānau.