What’s In My Cupboard?
Nadia Damaso, author of Eat Better Not Less, shows us the health food essentials that will transform our pantries into healthy spaces
5 Jan 2017 |
| The ingredients listed below are what I always have stored in my kitchen and use in my recipes. If your cupboard and freezer are full of packaged, ready-made and sugary products, which are full of preservatives and additives, the time has now come to go grocery shopping and replace them with fresh, nutritious and natural products. Once you have them stored on your shelves, my recipes can then be easily and quickly recreated. Then you will only need to buy fresh produce like fruit, vegetables and dairy products or plant-based alternatives. Since people are increasingly becoming more interested in a healthy and balanced diet, most products are now readily available at bigger supermarkets at a very reasonable price. If you can’t find them there, you’ll certainly find less common ingredients or superfoods at a health food store. It might cost a little more, but to me it’s absolutely worth spending a bit extra on good and wholesome produce. You are what you eat. The better you feel, the more energy you will have and emit. It’s just a question of how much you want it and how strong your will is to eat well and follow a more balanced lifestyle. |
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| GRAINS Barley: whole, flakes, flour Brown Rice: whole, flour, cakes, flakes, noodles Corn: thins, flakes, popped Millet: flakes, puffed, semolina, golden, flour, milk Oats: rolled, milk, bran Rice: milk, paper, syrup Spelt: flakes, flour, milk, noodles Wholewheat: flour, couscous, bulgur, bran, tortillas |
DRIED FRUIT Cranberries Dates: Medjool dates Goji Berries Mangos Mulberries Pomegranate |
| SUPERFOODS Acai Powder Cacao Nibs Carob Powder Chia Seeds Maca Powder Matcha Powder Protein Powder: whey (isolate), soy, hemp Raw Cacao Powder Spirulina Powder Wheatgrass Powder |
NUTS & SEEDS Almonds: whole, ground, milk, butter Cashews: whole, ground, butter Coconut: whole, shredded, chips, milk, water, oil, butter Hazelnuts: whole, ground, butter Hemp Hearts Linseeds (flaxseeds) Peanuts: whole, butter Pecans: whole Pine Nuts Pistachios: whole, butter Pumpkin Seeds Sesame Seeds Sunflower Seeds Walnuts: whole, ground |
| OILS Coconut Oil Olive Oil Toasted Sesame Oil |
PSEUDOGRAINS Amaranth: whole, flour, puffed Buckwheat: whole, flour, flakes Quinoa: whole, flour, puffed, flakes |
| POTATOES, ROOTS & LEGUMES Beans Chickpeas (garbanzos): whole, flour Lentils: red, yellow, brown, green Potatoes Soybeans: whole, flour, milk Sweet Potatoes Yams |
100% PURE SWEETENERS Agave Nectar Brown Rice Syrup Coconut Nectar Coconut Sugar Date Syrup Honey Maple Syrup |
| BASICS Baking Powder (gluten-free) Balsamic: vinegar, glaze Fish Sauce Garlic Powder Himalayan Salt Lemon Juice Lime Juice Nut Butter Onion Powder Oyster Sauce Spices: chilli, black pepper, ground coriander, cumin, curry powder, cinnamon Tahini Tamari/Soy Sauce Tomato Purée (paste) Vanilla: bean, extract White Wine Vinegar |
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Nadia's new cookbook Eat Better Not Less: 100 Healthy and Satisfying Recipes is available now where all good books are sold.
