Stock Your Kitchen With These Vegan Ingredients

Hi there, Vegan Coach VIPs!

Are you wondering which vegan ingredients you should have on hand to make your life easier in the kitchen?

Well, after over a decade of being Vegan myself, and purchasing all sorts of ingredients, here's what I've discovered...

When you're working with cookbooks and recipes, you're bound to run across some vegan ingredients that you've never heard of. And you're bound to go out and purchase that ingredient. But the truth is, you may never run across another recipe that uses that same ingredient! And many times you've spent quite a bit of moula on that ONE THING that will just take up room in your precious cupboard or refrigerator space.

So I've combed through my freezer, fridge and cupboards to compile a list for you. Is this the "be-all end-all" of what you might find in a vegan cupboard? Nawwwwww. But it's certainly the basics, and they're the vegan ingredients I've found myself using over and over and over again.

Hope you find it useful. ;O)

FREEZER

• Grains
• Nuts
• Seeds
• Flours
• Rolled oats
• Frozen Bananas -- let ripen, peel, and wrap in plastic
• Egg Replacer
• Tomato Paste -- open a can, remove by the Tablespoon, wrap each Tablespoon's worth of paste in plastic. Ready to go when you need just 1 or 2 Tbsp. of tomato paste. NO MORE WASTE!
• Frozen Pizza Crusts -- for those hunger emergencies!
• Tempeh
• Vegetarian Bacon
• Fillo Dough

FRIDGE

• Sauerkraut
• Dill Pickles
• Capers
• Pepperoncinis -- mild pickled peppers
• White Miso
• Red Miso
• Lime Juice
• Lemon Juice
• Peanut Butter
• Salsa
• Organic Safflower Oil (for occasional use only)
• Horseradish
• Vegenaise (vegan mayo)
• Dijon
• Prepared Mustard
• Tahini
• Ketchup
• BBQ Sauce (vegetarian)
• White Wine
• Non-Dairy Milk (I like Plain Oat Milk)
• Red Spices -- Chili Powder, Dried Chipotle Peppers, Crushed
  Chili Pepper Flakes, Paprika

CUPBOARD

• Silken Tofu
• Crackers
• Pasta Sauce
• Tomato Paste
• Canned Beans (for those emergencies -- especially last-minute cheese sauces)
• Pimento Pieces (for cheese sauces)
• Breadcrumbs
• Sun-Dried Tomatoes
• Dried Cranberries
• Whole, dried chipotles
• Seaweeds (Arame, Nori, Dulse)
• Liquid Hickory Smoke
• Red Wine
• Red Wine Vinegar
• Apple Cider Vinegar
• Ume Plum Vinegar
• Balsamic Vinegar
• White Wine Vinegar
• Brown Rice Vinegar
• Bragg's Liquid Aminos
• Tamari Soy Sauce
• Extra-Virgin Olive Oil
• Olive Oil Spray
• Safflower (or other) Oil Spray
• Vegetarian Worcestire Sauce
• Coconut Oil
• Toasted Sesame Oil
• Marsala Cooking Wine
• Agave Nectar
• Brown Rice Syrup
• Sucanat/Stevia/Granulated Sweetener Of Choice
• Raisins
• Dates
• Vegetable Broth Cubes (or similar)




Spices/Herbs

• Nutmeg
• Cinnamon
• Poppy Seeds
• Allspice
• Chives
• Cloves
• Cumin
• Curry
• Rosemary
• Thyme
• Marjoram
• Sage
• Tarragon
• Parsley
• Dry Mustard
• Ginger
• Celery Seeds
• Dill Weed
• Bay Leaves
• Basil
• Oregano
• Garlic Granules (not as fine as a powder)
• Onion Granules (not as fine as a powder)
• Salt
• Pepper




Baking Stuff

• Organic Powdered Sugar
• Unsweetened Cocoa
• Vegan Chocolate Chips (I like Sunspire)
• Vanilla/Almond/Lemon Extracts
• Coconut
• Non-Aluminum Baking Powder
• Baking Soda
• Cornstarch
• Arrowroot
• Agar Agar

Equipment -- Essential

• 2 Coffee Grinders (1 for coffee, 1 for seeds/grains)
• VitaMix (or other strong blender)
• Good Chef Knife (I like ceramic)
• Steamer
• Pressure Cooker
• Chopper (great for nuts)
• Grater
• Sifter
• Colander -- 1 with large holes; 1 with teeny tiny itty bitty holes for rinsing small grains like quinoa
• Cooling Racks

Equipment -- Non-essential, but helpful and fun

• Food Processor
• Juicer
• Dehydrator

So there you have it. What you'll find at any given moment in my cupboards. Absolutely everything else I cook with is fresh, just-purchased ingredients from my local natural foods store.

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Happy cooking!

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