Links
Affiliations
- Bauman College
- NANP
- FNTP
- Alliance for Natural Health
- Nourish Health Foods
- Healthy Living Blogs
- Technorati
- WEGO Health
- Healthypages.co.uk
Favorite Ingredients
(all links are for UK online stores)
- Bragg’s Liquid Aminos – An alternative to soy sauce or tamari for anyone who has trouble digesting those products (though it is derived from non-GMO soybeans, so not safe for those with soy allergies). Contains all the essential and non-essential amino acids, thus a complete protein.
- Brown rice noodles – Great with a stir-fry. Opt for brown rice over white (not just in noodle form!) for the added fiber and minerals.
- Cacao nibs – Very dark and bitter bits of raw cacao. Wonderful when added to warm grains in the morning (like quinoa or millet), in raw desserts, baked into vegan cakes and cookies, etc etc etc!
- Carob powder – Powdered form of the carob fruit which resembles a chocolate taste when used in raw smoothies or puddings. Plus it has a great nutritional profile – a wonderful source of calcium.
- Coconut oil – So many uses, so little time! Look for organic extra virgin oil, and make sure it has been cold pressed. I like to use it in stir frys, in baking (once melted), and as a skin moisturizer.
- Coconut sugar – Also known as palm sugar, these sugar crystals are low GI and contain a good variety of vitamins and minerals.
- Himalayan Crystal salt – Beautiful pink salt with minerals and trace elements you just don’t get from standard table salt.
- Raw Cacao powder – Great for making raw chocolate and in smoothies, this is your favorite dark chocolate stripped down to its bare essential. Plus, raw cacao is rich in antioxidants.
- Spelt flour – An ancient grain from Roman times. Wholegrain is best, as it isn’t as processed as the white stuff. Spelt is wheat-free but NOT gluten-free, and can be used as an alternative to plain or whole wheat flour.
- Spelt pasta – Again, go for wholegrain varieties rather than white for the nutritional impact and fiber content.
- Unsweetened almond milk – This is available packaged when you can’t make some at home. Like everything else, the fewer ingredients, the better.
- Vanilla powder – Ground up vanilla pods. It provides that intense vanilla flavor without the added ingredients you find in vanilla essence or extract.
Blogs
- The Picky Foodie
- The Intolerant Gourmet
- Gluten Free Girl
- Gluten Free Travelette
- Choosing Raw
- 101 Cookbooks
- Nourished Kitchen
- Better Raw
- Mark Bittman
- Crazy Sexy Life
- Meghan Telpner
- Whole Promise
- Zen Habits
- Not Just Apples
- My New Roots
- Green Kitchen Stories
- Heather Eats Almond Butter
- Honest Fare
- Raw on $10 a Day (or less!)
- Sketch-Free Vegan Eating
- Two Blue Lemons
- Wine & Butter
- Whole Promise
- Comfort Cravings
London favorites
- Whole Foods
- Planet Organic
- As Nature Intended
- Barnes farmer’s market
- Broadway market
- Vitao
- Saf
- Leon
- Luscious Organic
- The Gate
- Mildred’s
- Greens and Beans
- Amico Bio
- Bonnington Café
- 222 Restaurant
- Cooper’s Natural Foods
- Bake at Home Pizza Co
- Rosie’s Deli
- Le Pain Quotidien
- Bushwacker Whole Foods
- Vital Ingredient
- Happy Kitchen
- The Veggie Table
- Café Below
- The Living Food Kitchen
- Inspiral
- The Honest Carrot
- Manna
USA favorites
- Trader Joe’s
- A Market, Newport RI
- Tucker’s Bistro, Newport RI
- Keenwah, Newport RI
- The Green Grocer, Portsmouth RI
- Veggie Planet, Cambridge MA
- Blue Shirt Café, Somerville MA
- City Feed and Supply, Jamaica Plain MA
- City O City, Denver CO
- Borrowed Earth, Downers Grove IL
- The Chicago Diner, Chicago IL
- Green Cuisine, Stone Harbor NJ
- Red Mountain Resort, St George UT
- Evolution, San Diego CA
- Henry’s, San Diego CA
- Stretch’s Café, Coronado CA
- Rancho’s Cocina, San Diego CA
- Zensei Sushi, San Diego CA
- Govinda’s Café, Philadelphia PA
- Mugshots, Philadelphia PA
- Martindale’s Natural Market, Springfield PA
International favorites
- Viva La Vida, Madrid, Spain
- Mercado de San Miguel, Madrid, Spain
- Les Cinq Saveurs d’Anada, Paris, France
- Naturalia, Paris, France
- La Fontaine de Mars, Paris, France
- Locanda di Bacco, Lucca, Italy
- La Pierotta, Scarlino, Italy
- Ristorante Benedicta, Florence, Italy
- Lokal, Gothenburg, Sweden







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