Being vegan and staying this sexy requires a certain amount of preparation and planning. Stocking your cupboards with basic essentials can make a funk of a lot easier to whip up delicious super vegan meals.
Most of these items can be found at your local natural foods store, and whenever possible I buy items from the bulk section to cut down on that trash factor, cuz you know… trash sucks (click here if you are not sure why trash sucks). I am lucky enough to have two natural foods stores within biking distance, one of which also carries bulk herbs and spices. This is what i generally keep in my pantry:
Pictured from left to right, top to bottom: rice flour*, cocoa powder*, dark chocolate buttons**, raw coconut palm sugar*, cornstarch, vanilla extract*, baking powder, baking soda, himalayan crystal salt, braggs liquid aminos, lecithin granules, wild rice*, quinoa*, soba noodles*, dry chick peas*, sea kelp sheets, flax and sesame crackers*, wakame flakes, nori sheets*, flax crackers (hickory and paprika flavor, they taste like barbeque yum yum yum)*, mesquite powder*, basil*, ground ginger*, cumin*, cinnamon*, nutmeg*, 2 more varieties of himalayan crystal salt, ground dulse, yacon syrup*, brown rice syrup*, raw coconut oil*, raw agave syrup*, maple syrup*, hemp seeds*, rolled oats*, raw almonds*, raw cashews*, curry cashews*, tamari almonds*, raw brazil nuts*, goji berries*, quinoa flakes*, dried blueberries*, golden hunza raisins*, various supplements including MSM, kava kava, immune support, niacin, white willow bark, vegan b12, sea vegetables, food based multi vitamin, sun chlorella, magnesium powder, melatonin, various teas including kava kava*, chamomile*, ginseng*, rosehip*, barley.
Not pictured: dry pink lentils*, paprika*, chili powder*, tumeric*, parsley*, ground onion*, ground kelp, extra virgin olive oil*, balsamic vinegar*, e3live*
*organic
**organic and fair trade
Not all of these are what you might consider “basic” essentials, but once you start being a sexy vegan, you build up a pretty sexy arsenal pretty quickly.
Add a few perishable essentials, and get sexy.
Always keep on hand: bananas**, avocados*, oranges*, strawberries*, lemon*, lime*, garlic*, ginger root*, onion*, sweet potato*, yam*, kale*, carrots*, beets*, cucumber*, zucchini*
My fridge is rather bare, and my freezer contains only ice, and occasionally leftover nut pulp that I am saving to make granola with.
In the fridge I keep only fresh fruits and vegetables that require refrigeration, and a few other perishables like liquid chlorophyll, ground flax seeds*, nutritional yeast, tempeh*, raw miso*, occasionally a kombucha*, and freshly made nut milk*.
I don’t really believe in leftovers except for in the case of some raw items like chopped salad, nut milk, fresh hummus, and baked goods. After three days, I personally wouldn’t eat it…. Stay fresh and stay sexy….
