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Granulated sugars: coconut sugar, turbinado sugar, maple sugar, organic cane sugar

Liquid sweeteners: agave syrup, brown rice syrup, maple syrup

Dried fruits: mango, fig, date, apricot

BLEND INTO A PASTE WITH A LITTLE WATER FOR A WHOLE FOOD SWEETENER!

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Stock as many as you can eat and replenish your stash regularly

BUY LOCAL AND IN SEASON!

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Plant-based butter: we like the taste of Miyoko’s Creamery Butter or Earth Balance sticks

Cheese: Chao and Follow Your Heart cheese, cream cheese and ricotta (Kite Hill is a fave), Parmesan (such as Follow Your Heart), mozzarella (Miyoko’s mozz is a good choice)

PERFECT SLICES FOR SANDWICHES

Milk: soy milk, almond milk, coconut milk, or other nondairy milk

Sour cream: Follow Your Heart tops the list again

Yogurt: we haven’t found one better than Kite Hill

Miso: white, red, dark (try South River—you’ll be happy you did)

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Convenience foods: burgers (beets make Beyond Meat’s Beyond Burger look deliciously red!); sausages (Field Roast Italian and chipotle are faves); meatless crumbles; a variety of fishless items (look for Good Catch)

BEYOND MEAT IS GOOD

Frozen veg and fruit: corn kernels, peas, edamame, strawberries, raspberries, peaches, mangoes, blueberries

WHEN YOU CAN’T GET FRESH, USE FROZEN FRUIT FOR DRINKS, SMOOTHIES, AND SAUCES

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Whole-grain rustic loaf, corn tortillas, baguettes as needed

PREFERABLY FRESH—SEE HERE!