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COOKIE CUTTERS

Cookie cutters help form cookies and mini cakes. You can always use your hands, and kids can help make fun shapes, too.

COCKTAIL SHAKER

Cocktail shakers are fun to have, especially when making elixirs for dinner parties. You can use a jar with a tight lid to seal and shake, then a strainer, instead.

MASON JARS

Mason jars are good containers for making my raw fermented vegetables. But any glass jar with a lid will work, too.

BAKING, PIE, OR TARTLET PAN

Baking pans help shape and hold cakes, pies, and tartlets. You can always use a plate and form shapes with your hands.

RUBBER SPATULA

A spatula makes it easier to scrape up all batter off the edges of your food processor, bowl, or blender. I also like scrapers, a semicircular spatula without a handle, for scraping bowls.

GLOVES

When using your hands, wearing disposable plastic or latex gloves will keep food from sticking to you, and they’re more hygienic.

Spend Time in Your Own Kitchen, Rather Than in a Restaurant

RESTAURANTS MAY KNOW how to make food taste good, but they don’t care about your health. Take time to prepare more of your own meals at home, and take snacks and lunch to your workplace. This will save you a bunch of money, and you might find yourself losing weight while looking and feeling better, too.

SHOPPING

I prefer buying seasonal food because it’s at its peak in nutritional content and flavor, so I get more for my money. Local food travels less and is handled less, lowering the chances for contamination and food-borne illness.

I love shopping at my local farmers’ markets. The produce arrives superfresh, straight from the farm, usually picked just a few hours before. You’ll notice how much longer this food keeps, compared with what you’d buy at a regular grocery store. This means less spoilage and less money wasted.

Buying directly from farmers means you’re bulk buying without packaging. This helps you tread lightly on our planet by using less resources. And if you bring your own bags, you’ll be helping that much more. Paper, plastic, and packaging prices are soaring due to the increase in gas prices, contributing to rising food costs.

I choose organic whenever it’s available, which means I’m investing in the future of our planet and my health. Disease is caused by the toxins we put into and onto our body and eating organic lowers this toxic load. Prevention is the lowest-cost way to save money in the long run.

Grocery stores put items on sale weekly at a really low price to bring customers into their store. If you have the time, it’s worth it to do your shopping at several different stores, to save money by buying sale items.

THE ESSENTIAL RAW PANTRY AND FRIDGE

Here is a list of basic items I keep in my pantry and fridge. You can use this as your shopping list, to make it easy to stock your kitchen with everything you’ll need to make the recipes in this book.

Fresh fruits and veggies, on the other hand, are specific to each recipe and should be purchased at time of use. This will also encourage you to be creative and use these recipes as a template for new dishes.

I store shelf-stable items, such as dried spices and herbs, nuts, and seeds, in my pantry. I store food with a shorter shelf life, such as flaxseeds and fresh produce, in my fridge.

THE ESSENTIAL RAW PANTRY

NUTS

I buy nuts in bulk a pound at a time and store them in glass jars, as I use them up quickly. You can also store them in your fridge or freezer to slow their turning rancid.

Almonds, whole and meal

Brazil nuts

Cashews

Coconut, dried and shredded

Pecans

Pistachios

Sunflower seeds

Walnuts

SEEDS

I buy bulk raw seeds by the pound, when available, and store my seeds in glass jars. It makes it easy to see what’s inside. In case you haven’t yet discovered chia seeds and buckwheat groats, they are available at natural food co-ops and health food stores, and online at my store at www.AniPhyo.com/store.

Buckwheat groats

Chia

Hemp seeds, also called hemp nuts