Healthy Food
“I’m a wellbeing expert – you’ll always find these 6 healthy essentials in my kitchen”
Keeping our kitchen cupboards stocked with wellbeing essentials is key to keeping our nutrition goals on track.
Think jars filled with nuts and seeds for healthy snacks, tins of beans and pulses to boost the protein and fibre in our meals, and oils, herbs and spices to jazz up salad dressings, soups and stews.
But what exactly does our founder, Liz Earle, always keep stocked in her kitchen cupboards and what can we learn from her choices?
Liz Earle’s healthy kitchen essentials
Ground almonds
Packed with healthy fats and vitamin E, Liz loves sprinkling ground almonds into her brunch bowls of full-fat yoghurt and antioxidant-rich berries.
Ground almonds can also be used as a lower carb alternative to flour to up the content of protein and fats in baking.
Top tip: try Liz’s banana smoothie recipe, which uses ground almonds for a high-protein breakfast idea.
Nut butters
Nut butters contain lots of healthy fats and some protein, helping you to stay fuller for longer and feel energised.
Liz’s current favourite is almond, but you will also find peanut and cashew butters in her food supplies, too. She loves to slather any nut butter onto toasted sourdough, or add a spoonful to her brunch bowls.
Make sure to choose one that doesn’t use palm oil or any other unwanted ingredients. Alternatively, follow our guide to make your own at home.
Chickpeas
Liz tends to buy dried chickpeas in bulk, as they are often cheaper. She will then cook them at the start of the week to make to her own houmous to enjoy with vegetable crudités for a healthy snack.
Liz also likes to bake chickpeas with a sprinkling of salt and other spices until they are crispy and crunchy for another delicious snack for the whole family to enjoy.
Find the recipe here:
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Brazil nuts
Most days, Liz has two brazil nuts to top up her selenium levels as a quick snack. We need this micro-mineral to support production of glutathione (known as the master antioxidant).
Selenium also helps to support our immune system, metabolism and thyroid function.
Pink Himalayan salt
Not only does Liz like to use pink salt in her cooking, she also uses it to make her own electrolyte water.
How so? Most mornings, Liz adds a pinch of this salt to a glass of water, often with a squeeze of lemon.
This helps to better rehydrate and replenish electrolytes.
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Raw honey
A good natural sweetener, you will always find a jar of raw honey in Liz’s kitchen.
Raw honey has not been heat processed or treated, and has prebiotic properties that may be good for our gut health too.
Liz uses raw honey in herbal teas, protein shakes and drizzled onto plain live yoghurt, if she is feeling like a sweet treat.
