Cooking Ingredients

What's in the range

You'll find flours and grains such as almond flour, coconut flour, quinoa and buckwheat groats; seeds including chia, brown and golden linseeds, hulled sesame and nigella seeds; cacao and carob as powder, nibs and cacao liquor; coconut products like raw coconut oil, desiccated coconut and coconut palm sugar; and seasonings such as Himalayan pink salt, vegetable bouillon, nutritional yeast and dulse and wakame seaweed. Goji berries, mango slices and a few fruit powders round it off.

Baking and breakfasts

Almond flour gives moist, tender cakes and is the base of macarons and frangipane. Coconut flour is far more absorbent, so recipes need extra eggs or liquid. Cacao powder is rich and bitter-sweet for brownies and hot chocolate, while carob is naturally sweeter with a caramel note. Chia and ground linseed thicken when soaked and make a handy egg replacer: mix one tablespoon with three tablespoons of water and leave for about ten minutes. Sprinkle cacao nibs, goji berries or desiccated coconut over porridge and yoghurt, and use coconut palm sugar as you would soft brown sugar.

Savoury cooking

Rinse quinoa before cooking, then simmer one part grain to two parts water for about 15 minutes. Buckwheat groats can be toasted and cooked like rice or made into porridge. Nutritional yeast flakes add a cheesy, savoury flavour to pasta, popcorn and vegan sauces, and vegetable bouillon powder makes quick stock for soups and risottos. Nigella seeds are the small black seeds you see on naan bread; sizzle them in oil at the start of a curry or dal. Dulse is soft and smoky and can be eaten as it is or crisped in a pan, while wakame is soaked for a few minutes before adding to miso soup and salads.

Storing and sizes

Keep flours, seeds and grains sealed in a cool, dry cupboard. Ground linseed and almond flour are best kept in the fridge once opened, as their natural oils can turn stale. Coconut oil is solid below about 24°C and turns liquid in a warm kitchen, which is perfectly normal. Most products come in sizes from small packs up to larger bags, and UK orders over £50 get free delivery.