What You Need to Health-ify Your Pantry

When starting out on your health journey, it can feel like everything is weighted against you, especially your pantry. It’s possibly stocked with many things you’ve been advised to avoid, and not much left of what you need to be consuming. The best way to do this I’ve found, is to slowly stock up on the items to keep or add each time you visit the supermarket, and then slowly bin or donate the Items to remove once your pantry becomes more stocked. This doesn’t have to be a huge effort in one day, and can slowly happen over time.

Items to Remove:

Fructose Corn Syrup
Processed Foods
Refined Sugars
Vegetable Oils
Genetically Modified Foods
White Flours, Salt and Sugars.

Items to Keep or Add:

Oils: Coconut Oil, Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Legumes: Kidney Beans, Lentils, Split Peas, Chickpeas
Seeds & Nuts: Sunflower, Pumpkin Seeds, Linseed, Flaxseed, Almonds, Cashews, Hazelnuts
Grains: Quinoa, Brown Rice
Gluten Free Flours: Coconut, Chickpea, Buckwheat and Arrowroot Flour, Almond Meal, Baking Powder, Bicarb-Soda
Spices: Chilli Flakes, Cinnamon, Cumin, Paprika, Turmeric, Cayenne Pepper, Sumac, Basil, Parsley, Thyme, Coriander, Curry Powder
Condiments: Mustard, Apple Cider Vinegar, Herbamare Vegetable Salt, Himalayan Sea Salt, Pepper, Balsamic Vinegar,
Nut Butters: Almond or Cashew Butter, Hulled and UnHulled Tahini
Sweeteners: Raw Honey, Rice malt Syrup, 100% Purple Maple Syrup, Brown Coconut Sugar
Canned Goods: Crushed Tomatoes, Tomato Paste, Kidney Beans, 4 Bean Mix, Chickpeas, Coconut Cream, Coconut Milk, Low-Sugar Curry Pastes
Superfoods: Raw Cacao, Chia Seeds, Shredded Coconut