Stock Up on Staples

Before you start, let’s make sure your good intentions and healthy eating plan don't fall apart. If you suffer “Old Mother Hubbard” syndrome, you’ll need to purchase every single ingredient every time you cook. That means multiple shopping lists and trips a week! The result? You’ll give up and order a take-away - which is bad for the waistline and purse.

So here’s the solution: Stock up on these Staples and cooking is made easy. If all these are on-hand in your kitchen, your weekly shopping list will be shorter and your healthy eating plan + cooking are made easy!

Thanks to our healthy eating plan and shopping list, we supply you with all the tools so healthy eating and cooking are made easy. Vital Spoon is the vital kitchen ingredient to look after you and your family.

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Dairy & Eggs

  • Butter (unsalted)
  • Margarine (low fat)

Frozen

  • Broad beans (frozen)
  • Peas (frozen)
  • Soya beans (frozen)

Fruit & Vegetables

  • Raisins (seedless)
  • Sultanas (seedless)

Herbs & Spices

  • Basil (dried)
  • Bay leaf (dried)
  • Black pepper (ground)
  • Black peppercorns
  • Bouquet garni
  • Cayenne chilli pepper (ground)
  • Chilli powder
  • Chinese five spice
  • Cinnamon (ground)
  • Cloves (ground)
  • Coriander leaf (dried)
  • Coriander seed
  • Coriander seed (ground)
  • Crushed chillies (dried)
  • Cumin (ground)
  • Cumin seed
  • Curry powder
  • Fennel seed
  • Garam masala (ground)
  • Garlic
  • Ginger (ground)
  • Green cardamom (whole)
  • Marjoram (dried)
  • Mixed herbs (dried)
  • Mustard seed
  • Nutmeg (ground)
  • Oregano (dried)
  • Paprika (ground)
  • Parsley (dried)
  • Root ginger
  • Rosemary (dried)
  • Saffron
  • Sage (dried)
  • Salt
  • Tarragon (dried)
  • Thyme (dried)
  • Turmeric (ground)

Nuts & Seeds

  • Cashew nuts (unsalted)
  • Flaked almonds
  • Peanuts (unsalted)
  • Pine nuts
  • Pumpkin seeds
  • Sesame seeds
  • Sunflower seeds
  • Walnut halves
  • Whole almonds
  • Whole blanched hazelnuts

Packets & Cereals

  • Baking powder
  • Breadcrumbs
  • Brown basmati rice
  • Brown rice
  • Caster sugar
  • Cornflour
  • Dark muscovado sugar
  • Egg noodles (dried)
  • Plain wholemeal flour
  • Quinoa
  • Red split lentils (dried)
  • Risotto rice
  • Self-raising wholemeal flour
  • Udon Noodles
  • Wholewheat couscous
  • Wholewheat fusilli pasta
  • Wholewheat penne pasta
  • Wholewheat spaghetti pasta

Tins, Jars & Cooking

  • Adzuki beans (can)
  • Agave syrup
  • Balsamic vinegar
  • Beef stock (reduced salt)
  • Black eye beans (can)
  • Borlotti beans (can)
  • Butter beans (can)
  • Cannellini beans (can)
  • Capers
  • Chicken stock (reduced salt)
  • Chickpeas (can)
  • Chopped tomatoes (can)
  • Cider vinegar
  • Cranberry sauce
  • Dijon mustard
  • Fish sauce
  • Fish stock (reduced salt)
  • Flageolet beans (can)
  • Gravy (reduced salt granules)
  • Green lentils (can)
  • Green olives (pitted)
  • Haricot beans (can)
  • Honey (clear)
  • Horseradish sauce
  • Kidney beans (can)
  • Malt vinegar
  • Mayonnaise (extra light)
  • Mint sauce
  • Olive oil (extra virgin)
  • Rapeseed oil
  • Red wine vinegar
  • Redcurrant jelly
  • Soy sauce (reduced salt)
  • Sweet chilli dipping sauce
  • Tabasco
  • Toasted sesame oil
  • Tomato ketchup (reduced salt and sugar)
  • Tomato purée
  • Vegetable stock (reduced salt)
  • White wine vinegar
  • Wholegrain mustard
  • Worcestershire sauce