Ingredient Essentials

Stock your pantry – arm your kitchen.
Here are suggestions for the brands we’ve come to know and trust.

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Gluten & Grain Free Baking Essentials

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Blanched Almond Flour is an absolute favorite for gluten and grain free baking.

Alldrin Brothers Almonds

Coconut Flour made from finely ground coconut meat, is a high-fiber flour that lends itself to muffins, cupcakes and sweet breads.

Nutiva Organic Coconut Flour

A great thickener for sauces and pie fillings.

Bob’s Red Mill Arrowroot Starch/Flour

Works similarly to arrowroot but adds stretchiness.

Bob’s Red Mill Tapioca Flour

Can often replace wheat flour 1:1.

Otto’s Naturals – 100% Natural Cassava Flour Made from Yuca Root

Ground from whole peeled and trimmed potatoes – it can be used as a thickener.

Bob’s Red Mill Potato Flour

A great replacement for cornstarch.

Bob’s Red Mill Potato Starch

Acts as a leaving agent in baked goods.

Bob’s Red Mill Baking Soda

Aluminum free, non-GMO.

Rumford Baking Powder

Salt & Seasonings

Takes food from blah to wow!

Eden Foods Sea Salt

A must for flavorful food.

Simply Organic Gourmet Starter 12 Spices Gift Set

You can never have too many spices.

Ultimate Organic Starter Spice Gift Set

Natural Sweeteners

Catskill Mtn Sugar House maple syrup Rich in antioxidants, easier to digest.

Catskill Mountain Sugar House

Low glycemic, a 1:1 replacement for white and brown sugar.

Nutiva Coconut Sugar

medjool-dates_tierra-farm Nature’s candy.

Chocolate

Essential to any chocolate treat.

Equal Exchange Baking Cocoa

Organic and fair trade, soy and dairy free

Equal Exchange Organic Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips

Chocolate Chips make life a little sweeter.

Equal Exchange Bittersweet Chocolate Chips

Nuts, Seeds, Dried Fruit

almonds

Keep almonds on hand for making nut mylk and almond butter.

sunflower-seeds

If you shy away from nuts, try some seeds.

shredded-coconut

Dried fruit, like shredded coconut is a must for mylk and macaroons.

Healthy Fats

One of the world’s most nourishing superfoods.

Nutiva Organic Virgin Coconut Oil

My go-to cooking fat when I don’t want to impart a coconut flavor.

ORGANIC VALLEY BUTTER PASTURE

Crafted from butter with the moisture and milk solids removed.

Simply Ghee Original Ghee

Miscellaneous Items

Gives bbq sauce that great smoky flavor.

Living Nurtionals All-Natural Liquid Smoke

Make dairy free whipped cream; helpful in a pinch when homemade mylk isn’t ready.

Native Forest Organic Classic Coconut Milk

A cure all. Raw, unfiltered, contains the “mother.”

Bragg Organic Raw Apple Cider Vinegar