Here you will find a list of my favourite pantry must have items for a REAL FOOD kitchen.
Fridge Items
- Fresh in season Vegetable
- Fresh in season Fruits
- Free range (natural fed) eggs
- Cured Salmon or trout (wild caught if possible)
- Homemade tomato sauce
- Home made condiments
- Fresh herbs (bought or grown)
- Grass-fed butter
- Medjool dates
- Coconut Water
- Mineral Water
- Limes
- Lemons
- Fresh Ginger Root
- Bacon
- Cured meats
Freezer Items
- Meats (Grass fed where possible)
- Frozen berries
- Frozen chopped bananas
- Frozen chopped mango
- Ice
Pantry Items
- Dried Spices & Herbs
- Himalayan Salt
- Coconut Aminos
- Herbal teas – my favourite is ginger & lemon
- Cacao powder
- Raw Honey
- Natural organic maple syrup
- Baking soda
- Crème Tartar
- Coconut flour
- Tapioca/Arrow Root
- Chia Seeds
- Linseeds
- Pumpkin Seeds
- Shredded coconut
- Almond meal
- Raw nuts – Almonds, pecan, cashew, macadamia etc
- Dried dates
- Apple cider vinegar
- Coconut oil
- Extra virgin olive oil
- Canned fish – salmon & tuna
- Canned tomatoes – no sugar added
- Tomato paste – no sugar added
- Onions
- Sweet Potato
- Garlic Cloves
- Coconut Milk
- Coconut Cream
Must Have Gadgets
- Food processor
- Good knives
- Wok
- 3 Pans, large, medium and small
- Good pot set
- Steaming pot
- Strainer
- Good salt and pepper grinders
- Garlic crusher
- Citrus juicer
Real Food Pledge 
Sorry if I’ve asked this before but do you eat quinoa or brown rice?? And if not why not?? Thanks 🙂
Hi. I don’t eat any grains because I don’t feel that good after eating them even brown rice. Quinoa is not a grain but I have never had it simply because I haven’t tried it yet.
Cool thanks I’m loving quinoa hoping you would too so it would show up in some of your delicious recipes 😉 so as your “sides” traditionally potato,rice,pasta etc you either omit or use cauliflower or kumera/sweet potato? No lentils or pulses??
I usually just have meat & vegetables as sides. Some times sweet potato or cauliflower mash. I think that we just traditionally think that we need, protein, potato or rice & veg but we actually don’t need that at all. What sort of things do you do with the quinoa? If you want to send me a nice photo & recipe I can put it on my blog and try it myself.