We’ve compiled a food product guide to assist you in sourcing the highest quality ingredients for your cooking needs. Click on the categories below to see our recommendations.
The first step to a healthy kitchen is to purge all nonstick pots, pans, and bakeware, then replace all plastic containers with glass or stainless steel. Feel free to explore lifewithoutplastic.com for more information.
- Gluten-free bread – Canyon Gluten Free
- Grain-free, high-fiber sliced bread, bagels, rolls, and baguette — Barely Bread
- Grain-free tortillas (Cassava, almond, cashew, coconut, or chickpea flour based) —
Siete - Gluten-free sourdough bread — Bread SRSLY
- Cassava flour based, grain-free bread mix and sandwich loaves — Legit Bread Company
- Bread and baking mixes that are grain-free, low carb, Paleo friendly, and no sugar, soy, dairy, yeast, or extracted starches — California Country Gal
- Pizza crusts (cauliflower & almond flour mix) — Cali’flour Foods or Simple Mills
“Coffee” & Tea
Dairy & Dairy-Like Products
- Dairy
- Non Dairy
- Coconut milk — Thrive Market (no gums or fillers), Native Forest
- Almond milk — New Barn , C alifia Farms , Malk , Three Trees , Elmhurst
- Hemp milk — Pacific Foods
- Cashew milk — Malk
- Flax milk — Good Karma
- Macadamia milk — Milkadamia
- Hazelnut milk — Elmhurst
- Pecan milk — Malk
- Pea protein milk — Ripple Milk
- Oat milk — Oatly
- Fermented Coconut Yogurt — CoYo Coconut Milk Yogurt , So Delicious Dairy Free , Anita’s , & The Coconut Cult
- Nut milk cultured yogurt — Kite Hill
- Ice cream – “Purely Decadent” and “ Coconut Bliss ” Brands are both made with agave syrup
- Non dairy creamers — Califa Farms
- Nut-based cream cheese — Kite Hill
- Nut-based cheeses — Kite Hill , Treeline , Miyoko’s Creamery , Punk Rawk Labs , Dr. Cow
Organic Meats & Wild Seafood
Philadelphia Area
Bone Broth
Fresh Milk or Water Kefir Grains
Pantry Supplies
- Organic raw vanilla powder – Divine Organics
- Raw organic cacao powder – Essential Living Foods or Nativa’s Organics
- Maca for cooking/baking — Essential Living Foods or Nativa’s Organics
- Supplemental maca powder — (note: the yellow variety from Natural Health International is the one to use to boost female fertility and the black variety is for male fertility. Our favorite for the ladies is Femminessence or Femminessence Pro, while for the guys we recommend Revolution Pro. )
- Chocolate (look for raw organic chocolate (cacao) beans, nothing under 70% or 80% dark, with simple ingredients, cocoa solids, cocoa butter, possibly sugar and vanilla, lecithin (a naturally occurring emulsifier).) – ChocolaTree Organic Oasis (no sugar), Dagoba Organic , Sacred Chocolate , Taza , or Enjoy Life (soy, dairy, and nut free)
Feeding our minds and spirit is just as important as feeding our tummies. Take a look at our favorite CDs, websites, books and centers – you’re sure to find something that appeals to you! We didn’t forget about your tummy though; you’ll also find our favorite diet books and cookbooks that will be good resources for you regardless of whether you are Vegan, Vegetarian, Paleo, or Omnivorous.
- Downloadable Hypnosis Tracks and Resources – www.hypnosisdownloads.com
- Perfect Health Diet: Regain Health and Lose Weight by Eating the Way You Were Meant to Eat, by Paul Jaminet Ph.D. and Shou-Ching Jaminet Ph.D.
- The Primal Blueprint: Reprogram your Genes for Effortless Weight Loss, Vibrant Health, and Boundless Energy, by Mark Sisson
- It Starts With Food: Discover Whole30 and Change Your Life in Unexpected Ways, hardcover by Dallas Hartwig and Melissa Hartwig
- Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs and Sugar – Your Brain’s Silent Killers, by David Perlmutter
- The Blood Sugar Solution: The UltraHealthy Program for Losing Weight, Preventing Disease, and Feeling Great Now!, by Mark Hyman M.D.
- 8 Weeks to Optimum Health: A Proven Program for Taking Full Advantage of Your Body’s Natural Healing, by Andrew Weil