Pantry Item Sources

Pantry Staples

Must Have

• At least 3 kinds of dry or canned beans — lentils, pinto beans, black beans
  • These are usually available at your local supermarket, organic varieties at health food stores but sometimes Walmart as well
• Salt (Himalayan pink, fine, or Celtic sea salt are my favorites)
  • Fine Himalayan
• Onion — fresh, granulated, and dry minced
  • Granulated Onion Powder (doesn’t get hard over time)
• Garlic — fresh, granulated (not powdered)
  • Granulated Garlic
• Coconut oil, Avocado, or extra virgin olive oil spray
  • Avocado Oil spray
  • Coconut oil spray
  • Olive Oil spray
• Tomatoes — canned, diced
  • Organic Diced Tomatoes
• Long grain brown rice — basmati has a nice flavor
  • Basmati
  • Jasmine
• 2 other kinds of intact grains (millet, quinoa, oat groats, wheat berries, whole barley, etc.)
  • Millet
  • Quinoa
  • Oat Groats
• Raw walnuts
  • Walnuts
• Raw sunflower seeds
  • Sunflower Seeds
• Raw almonds
• Pure vanilla extract

I Recommend

• Rolled oats (old fashioned)
• Split peas, dry
• Raw cashews
• Raw sesame seeds
• Nutritional yeast flakes
• Raisins
• Dates
• Date sugar (dried, ground whole dates)
• Italian seasoning herb mix
• Dry basil
• Dry sage
• Dry marjoram
• Dry oregano
• Coriander
• Cumin, ground
• Turmeric

Nice to Have

• Maple syrup (the real thing, please!)
• Raw honey for very occasional use
• Almond extract
• Rosemary
• Thyme

Kitchen Equipment

High Priority

• Blender (almost any kind will do — Vitamix is my favorite though!)
• Set of sharp basic knives — vegetable knife, paring knife, large chef knife
• Cutting board or surface
• Heavy sauce pan
• Good quality non-stick medium-to-large fry pan or 3″ deep straight-sided pan
• Hand tools (vegetable peeler, silicone utensils and spatulas, can opener)

Really Useful

• Crockpot
• Large mixing bowls

Nice to Have

• Pressure cooker or Instant Pot
• Rice cooker
• Waffle iron
• Non-stick griddle