When you embrace a whole food plant-based diet, you open the door to a wide range of foods and ingredients you may not find in your local grocery store.
Our favorite places to shop include farmer's markets (for fresh produce and locally-produced, minimally-processed foods), our local food co-op, Asian and international markets, and national chains like Whole Foods, Natural Grocers and Trader Joe's.
If you can't find what you're looking for there -- or if your town doesn't have stores like these -- you can buy many plant-based food products online. Here's a selection of foods we enjoy, available online.
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Staples
Soy Curls
Tastes like chicken! Seriously!!!
Pasta
Veggie Pasta dishes are satisfying
Jackfruit
Tastes like pork!
Cooked Quinoa
More protein & fiber than rice
Cooked Brown Rice
Pre-cooked pantry item
Organic Black Lentils
No salt added
Brown Rice Manicotti Pasta
Pair with Kite Hill Ricotta and Engine 2 pasta sauce!
Instant Black Beans
Refried black beans in 5 minutes!
Almond Tortillas
Fat-free chips in minutes!
Powdered Peanut Butter
90% less fat than peanut butter
Breakfast Foods
Overnight Oats
Overnight oats are great!
Overnight Oats
A few flavors to choose from
GF Rolled Oats
Gluten Free Oats
Oatmeal
Oat, quinoa & healthy seeds
Superfood Oatmeal
Variety pack oats with superfoods
Puffed Cereal
No artificial anything!
Corn Flakes
Sweetened with fruit juice
Quinoa Puffs
Simple healthy Quinoa
Corn Grits
Grits for a savory breakfast
Quinoa Flakes
Something other than oatmeal!
Plant-Based Milks
Almond Milk
Unsweetened is best
Hemp Milk
Experiment with Plant-Based milks!
Oat Milk
Yes, it's OK to add oat milk to oats...or whatever!
Coconut Beverage
Higher in fat, but creamier
Macadamia Milk
Highest in fat, but super creamy
Coffee Alternatives
Coffig
Figs are good for us! Nice thick coffee alternative. You need to steep and strain this.
Coffig Gold
Chickpeas and figs. Who would have thunk? Protein and iron in a coffee alternative!
Cacao Magic
6 powerful organic ingredients! Mental focus, clarity, and memory support.
Dandy Blend
Dandy Blend. It’s been around for years as a coffee alternative.
MUDWTR Morning Ritual Kit
MUDWTR seems to be a new craze. Some superfoods in your coffee alternative.
Condiments
Tamari
Low sodium, gluten free alternative to soy sauce
Coconut Aminos
A sweeter alternative to soy sauce
Ketchup
No refined sugar or preservatives
Nutritional Yeast
A cheesy flavor high in B12
Salt Substitute
A Chef AJ recommendation!
Organic BBQ Sauce
Gluten free, no corn syrup or cane sugar
Organic Ketchup & BBQ Combo
No refined sugar or MSG
Natural BBQ sauce
No refined sugar or preservatives
Pasta Sauce
Fat-free pasta sauce!
Pizza Sauce
Fat-free pizza sauce
Vinegars
You can get these premium vinegars directly from California Balsamic.
Chef AJ’s Favorite Sampler Set
Another Chef AJ recommendation!
Simply Lemon Balsamic
Simply wonderful
Chocolate Orange Balsamic
Fun! Try it out on Greens!
Coconut White Balsamic
A lower fat way to get that coconut flavor
Fig Balsamic
Experiment. Have Fun. Lots of flavors to choose from
Sweeteners
Organic Stevia
Our favorite stevia (packets)
Organic Stevia
Our favorite stevia (jar)
Stevia
Non organic version (packets)
Date Syrup
Another sugar alternative
Maple Syrup
Great "natural" sweetener
Snacks
GF Crackers
Lots of flavors to choose from
Org. Chestnut Crispbread
When you just have to have that crunch.
Beet Chips
A sweeter "crunch"!
Rhythm Kale Chips
Try all the flavors
Brad's Kale Chips
Another Kale Chip
Rosemary Flax Seed Crackers
Have you tried Flax Crackers?
Italian Herb Flax Crackers
Another flax cracker choice
Julian Bakery Paleo
Sometimes you just need a cracker!
Flax Cracker Variety Pack
Variety: the spice of life!
Hemp Seed & Green Chile Crisps
Are you in a green chili mood?
Snack Bars
Lots of flavors!
Snack Bar
Super foods are added to this snack bar!
Superfoods Bars
Lots of superfoods added to these snacks
Power Snacks
Who doesn't need a power snack sometimes?
Power Snacks
Another flavor to choose from
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