Hi Wynter,

You've picked the right and the wrong person to ask. Because I spend a lot of my time developing recipes, I use only the "raw" ingredients of LC cooking. So, no mixes, syrups and stuff like that. I use fresh herbs and have spices for baking and cooking Indian food.

All of this stuff I've bough here at Capers, Choices and the Gourmet Warehouse. I would start off with small quantites. If you find yourself having to buy it frequently then buy bigger.

Off the top of my head, here's what I always have around...

• Plain soy protein isolate
• Plain whey protein isolate
• Vital wheat gluten
• Oat flour
• Flax seeds and flax meal - dark and golden
• Albumen
• Ground almonds
• Sliced almonds
• Coconut
• Macadamia Nuts
• Pumpkin seeds
• Sesame seeds
• Hazelnuts
• Good Quality Unsweetened Chocolate
• Cocoa powder
• Cocoa butter
• TVP
• Soy flakes
• Soy milk in tetra packs
• Xanthan gum
• Gelatin
• Nut butters – almond (raw and roasted), macadamia, tahini, pumpkin, peanut, hazelnut
• Good quality extracts – vanilla, maple, strawberry, cherry, raspberry, lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit, banana, rum
• Stevia Chicolin combo
• Liquid stevia
• Sugar Twin – brown, white and liquid
• Splenda
• Frozen Berries
• Cold pressed oils – olive, sesame, sunflower
• Coconut oil
• Red wine, white wine and balsamic vinegars
• Soy sauce, fish sauce, Chinese black vinegar, sake, dry sherry
• Cinnamon, ginger, allspice, nutmeg, cloves
• Coriander seeds, cumin seeds, turmeric, bay leaves, cinnamon sticks
• In the freezer - kaffir lime leaves, galingale, curry leaves

Hope this helps you out,

Karen