To lead a healthy lifestyle it is so important to keep your cupboards not only full of good food but full of good, quick and easy foods too. The reason I say this is because there is nothing worse than coming home absolutely starving marvin and only having foods in the cupboard that takes ages to make, i.e. brown rice (who feels me on that one? lol). Also, having full cupboards means that you have everything on hand, options are endless and you are going to eat great food. I buy all my “health” foods in bulk on Buywholefoodsonline (who have their store on Amazon also), then everything else from the supermarkets. These foods are ALWAYS in my cupboards and it might seem a lot to some people, I’m not sure, but for me they’re essentials and if you want to eat in abundance, with variety and flavour I recommend stocking up on these too 🙂 A boring diet isn’t fun so get creative.

Here is my list of store cupboard essentials:

• Brown rice
• Brown pasta
• Quinoa
• Buckwheat
• Red lentils
• Oats
• Pasatta
• Chopped tomatoes
• Chickpeas, kidney beans, butter beans
• Tahini
• Nutritional yeast
• Dates
• Prunes
• Chia seeds
• Goji berries
• Coconut flakes, desiccated coconut, coconut oil, coconut milk
• Flaked almonds, whole almonds, walnuts
• Tamari
• Apple cigar vinegar and red wine vinegar (because I have vinegar with everything…)
• Sesame seeds, linseed, flaxseed, pine nuts
• Spices (paprika, smoked paprika, turmeric, cayenne chilli powder, cumin, cinnamon etc)
• Hemp powder
• 100% Maple Syrup
• Raw Cacao and Cacao nibs
• Brown rice flour