This is he realest pantry tour I’ve seen!! It Wasn’t staged or over the top it’s like unorganized and how most of us are. I like how casual this is I’m definitely subscribing
I love your videos. I'm not 100% vegan yet, but your videos help me a lot and give me a lot of ideas to make delicious vegan recipes. Keep on the good work! 👏🏼👏🏼
I'm Swedish and I want to go vegan. It's hard bc when I try to explain that I don't want to eat animal products anymore to my parents they just babble about how animals here in Sweden have it good (they have it better than other parts of the world but it's still not good), I try to explain to them that as long as the animal doesn't want to be killed it can't be good but they just think I'm exaggerating. Plus when I try to bring the environment aspect in they just talk about how I should think about that when I forget to turn off the light when I leave a room or something minor. They are so hard to convince and idk what to do really.
I'm sorry you are dealing with this! It can be very hard when your family is not understanding :( maybe try asking them to sit down with you and watch a documentary together or something? if you tell them it is something that is very important to you and that you are serious about, they may be more likely to listen
one of my go-to responses to people who say the animals that they eat have a good life is that "humanely raised does not mean humanely killed." There is no humane killing of an animal in today's world (especially first world countries) where eating vegan is cheap, sustainable, and easy.
Don't think my parents understood why i went vegetarian, but I just picked out any meat/ stopped eating meat dishes and sticked to the sides. and my mom slowly adjusted to it and started prepping the meat separately and actually tried some mock meats as well. If they dont want to understand why that is okay, but they should respect your choice. Also not switching cold turkey helps them to adjust to the new situation
It´s so refreshing to see a pantry video where everything isn´t like super tidy and clean! Thanks for the video! Got so inspired to try out new groceries.
Girl don't ever apologize for kitchen mess we cooks who the deal 💁👍 awesome pantry 😀 I am the same way about expensive stuff like clothes but will spend $130 on groceries 👀 LOL I love your videos. I watch them cause sometimes I feel like an outsider due to my eating habits. Most family and friends laugh at me 😳 but I try to surround myself with positive and u girl sure are 🌍🌸🌺🌻🐦😊👍😀
Well, watched your previous pantry tour just yesterday:) so interesting! I'm at the beginning of my vegan journey and your vids are soooo inspiring!:) love your RU-vid channel so much! Hugs from Russia 💕❤️💕❤️
Looks like you have a lot of amazing food. You should invest in one or two of those industrial bakers racks. You have so much vertical space that you're not using. All those amazing foods should be displayed. Love your channel!
Caitlin Shoemaker also IKEA shelves work great! Like you I have a ton of mason jars and pantry items compared to most and the IKEA shelves work perfectly I have the 2 x 4 lack shelves in white.
Caitlin! I love your videos and your energy 😊 I work at a tea company that works with matcha a lot. We always store our matcha in the fridge since it preserves the freshness most optimally!! It extends the shelf life and keeps the nutritional benefits way longer if you move your matcha to the fridge 😁😁
Thank you soooo much for uploading this! ❤️ I got back to college next week and I was kinda stressed about what I needed to buy since I'm planning on cooking my own food.
Before reading: please be prepared for unsolicited advice on organizing your stuff. I have a thing for organizing. >< sorry. You could put all your baking goods to the very top shelf of that cabinet and move the grains and legumes to the lower level of the tower in front of the tea or next to the tomatoes; all of your oats could go in the lower cabinet along with your potatoes (maybe put them in a bin that you can slide in and out of the cabinet for easy access). Then put all your teas on the lowest level of the tower. Second shelf up should be the tomatoes, like you have, as well as the pasta sauce and other pasta/asian items. Keep all of the cooking sauces/vinegars on that top shelf as well as the larger spice containers. Last step: sort out the non-dried fruits from that bin to their designated spots! The big bags of powders can go right next to the tower on the ground. That should declutter your space up a bit if you were interested in that!
Caitin you are looking sooooooo well :) Have been loving all your videos and instagrams recently, I didn't think you could get any more smiley and glowing and passionate and inspiring to watch but you are totally glowing at the moment! Since starting watching you last August I have been gradually transitioning to veganism for the last 12 months, sending you much love! 💕❤️
i've been binge watching your videos for the past week and i think im in lovvveeee! you are such a down to earth person and i feel like my goals and morals in life are similar to yours, so i can definitely relate. so, i just want to thank you for being such a real, amazing and absolutely adorable role model for your subscribers and young vegans like myself.
My mom turned me on to mung bean sprouts. I make them at home. They're super easy to sprout and tasty to eat. I recommend trying them! Also, in Florida heat, I would put my walnuts and sunflower seeds in the fridge or freezer to keep them from going rancid if I were you.
It's kind of shocking how similar the items we have are! Since I live in a non vegan house hold I struggle in some ways with my diet but after watching this I'm kind of stunned because I didn't think of some of those as vegan! (I was vegetarian for three years but have been vegan for a month or so) Thank you so much for these videos!! 💗
With your rice and mung beans you should make some kitchari. I'm relieved to see you also keep your vinegars in the pantry. In fridge tours I always see it kept in the fridge and I thought I've been doing it wrong all these years. But I do refrigerate Sriracha and other hot sauces. Who knows?
This was really helpful for me because I've run out of a lot of my staples recently and my pantry is nearly empty! Going shopping tomorrow, thanks for the inspo :)
My mentality has almost always been if you can't eat it, it ain't worth it 😂. I hope when your lease ends you're able to find a place with a big kitchen to help meet your foodie needs. 😊
Ooooo you can always drink tea, even in warm weather ;) What I've been doing is make ice tea! : - make regular tea, put it in a bigger bottle (that can take the heat) - add a little bit of sugar if you want - put it in the refrigerator overnight - have delicious ice tea in the morning :) For me it's a hit or miss if the tea i pick is bitter and needs a little sugar after tasting. I've been trying it with the Yogi tea's and their "green energy" tea is so yummy as an iced tea :D
Just use the mesquite powder the same way you have your maca. Same with the lucuma. Throw them both in a smoothie. I'm an organizational nut. I hate all the room those tea bag boxes take up. I take out my tea bags and put them in a tea bag container I got from The Container Store and it saved so much room in my pantry.
Could you do a video on what needs to be refrigerated? I transitioned to veganism and I wasn't storing hemp seeds and flax seeds in the fridge but I was told to?!
You can add the mesquite powder to oatmeal or overnight oats along with maca! It makes the oatmeal taste very caramel-ly! Or it's great in smoothies, also giving a caramel flavour :)
Is it hard to live with a non vegan? I know some people hate living with someone who isn't vegan and some don't really care as long as the person stays clean and doesn't cross-contaminate
Jessica Braunscheidel my BF isn't vegan and the only part that is hard is making sure his raw meat isn't near my food. Sometimes his raw chicken will leak, and it stinks, but it's not the end of the world. Just make sure they are sanitizing properly after they prepare/store raw meat.
I live with a non vegan and it's actually kind of nice because they will never eat your food. When someone has cheese and chicken and mayo and all that stuff to eat, nobody considers taking your apples or tempeh :P
Caitlin, Thank you for your pantry tour!!!! I love hearing your updates! Your videography and edits are incredible. Legumes* 😂 I am totally buying through your links. Thank you! Do you find that apples are best kept in the refrigerator and never get along with any other fruit and veggies?! Ethylene agh I bought goji berries yesterday ✅ have not tried cacao nibs yet. Hu Kitchen chocolate and Taza chocolate ✅ Bless the mess. Your pantry is awesome and that water filter WOW 👏 Love your outro, your Live Below the Line wrap up video three months ago speaks loud to me all the same.
Lucuma powder is really good with smoothie bowls that have denser vegetables/less sweet fruit. It's very sweet and tastes fruity. Mixed in with oatmeal is really good too! :)
Lucuma is my favorite fruit! very delicious with anything that has milk, milkshakes, yogurts, ice cream. To be honest I feel like the lucuma powder is not nearly as delicious as the fruit itself but I enjoy it in a shake with almond milk and banana
I live in Florida too, and one thing you have to be aware of is that most water districts have gone from chlorine, to chloramines... Chloramines can only be removed by reverse osmosis water filters... You don't want to drink that toxic stuff... I can't afford a reverse osmosis system, so I buy reverse osmosis filtered water from the health food store, or I buy distilled water...
I've seen the lucuma & mesquite powders used in smoothies. I've also seen them in baked goods. I know I've seen Jason Wrobel & Julie Morris feature these superfoods.
OMG!! Im from Peru and Lucuma is soo good!! Just put the powder in a banana smoothie (maybe a tbsp) or make some nicecream. I have only used the real fruit before, not the powder, but lucuma tastes amazing! (Try it :D)
I have tons of stuff too, glad i'm not the only one ;) Especially in the winter up here in NY, i get paranoid i'll be snow buried and have to live off pantry items haha PS keep your hot sauces in the fridge--it's last longer and taste better than on the counter. but your fridge may be too full idk ;)
This video is old now but i wanted to say that nuts and seeds should be keep in fridge to keep all the vitamins and nutrients, minerals... and all the good stuff ☺❤
Hi - quick side note - I used to keep my soy sauce in the pantry but learned that it should be stored in the refrigerator. Anyway - thanks for the pantry tour!
Whenever I watch Caitlin's videos, I want to be vegan or at least vegetarian LIKE LOOK AT ALL THOSE WHOLESOME FOOD THEY LOOK DELICIOUS (and I love going to vegan restaurants so I am half-way there already LOL)
Looooved the video :) I always get super happy to see a new one in my inbox. Have you ever tried pumpkin seed butter? :) and you need to try Lucuma on top of oats, I really like that!!
Hello! I love your videos and I have been inspired to be vegan when I gain more freedom.. (University!). This video was relaxing to watch and informative, however I was wondering if you could pick a few of your favourite essentials and tell us what kind of things you use them for- not necessarily single recipes. Thanks, sorry if you have this kind of thing already..
Pro Tip: Buy an air popper to make some oil-free pop corn with the kernels you have in your pantry! The machines are super inexpensive and last for a good while, and the popcorn is delicious :-)
I recently went vegan! It’s easier than I thought it would be, but I’m not sure how this school year (I’m a high schooler) will go, as far as time and holidays.
I found a tofu scramble I liked on another channel. Extra firm tofu, spinach, bell peppers, and nutritional yeast. I found Nutritional Yeast in bulk at Whole Foods. I didn't need a lot, and it was cheaper in bulk. I should have bought some cheeries, I put them back. How do you drain Extra Firm Tofu without a tofu press? Or a DIY press.
pantry goals; having so many vegan staples that you forget whats in the back of your pantry lol (referring to when you found that random jar of tahini behind the nut butters)
Hey Caitlin! Do you think it's better to eat natural peanut butter or powdered peanut butter? I know powdered peanut butter has a lot less fat, but isn't it a lot more processed?
Same happens to me... I prefer to buy something like for example a bag of whole almonds( it's expensive in my country ) rather than buying new fast fashion clothes.
I LOVE videos like this and your What I Eat in a Days because I get SO much inspo! Thanks to you I have not only gone vegan but stayed vegan since the beginning of this year ✌🏽❤️ #VeganForLife
What kitchen appliances do you suggest buying for a first time apartment? I'm thinking definitely a blender and food processor, but didn't know if you had any other ideas. Thanks 😊
No judging. But I keep all my nuts, seeds, and nut butters in the fridge. They go stale fast if I don't. I like that your kitchen looks real, so don't worry about onion skins, etc.
Caitlin I would love to hear your thoughts on Dr. Gregor's recent videos on the arsenic levels found in rice. I've been pretty sad about it the past few days! Lol
CAITLIN! I use the exact same brand of ashwagandha and I'm having the hardest time finding ways to 'hide' it into my morning meal. It's fine in smoothies, but on days that I'd like something different, what would you recommend? I love taking it and have absolutely noticed a positive change in my stress reactions, but it's awful pungent and I find it similar to tobacco in smell and taste 😂
Hi c: do you have any tips to a vegeterian who try to cut down on dairy and eggs? I want to try to make more vegan meals, both for me and the animals, but i am really picky about my food Any tips would be helpful, food and other
