Foods List

Here’s a list of items that you can eat on a Plant-based diet.

Vegetables

  • Amaranth greens – same as Callaloo, a variety of Spinach
  • Avocado
  • Bell Peppers
  • Cannabis (where legal)
  • Chayote (Mexican Squash)
  • Cucumber
  • Dandelion greens
  • Garbanzo beans
  • Greens (in general)
  • Green banana
  • Izote – cactus flower/ cactus leaf – grows naturally in California
  • Kale
  • Lettuce (all, except Iceberg)
  • Nopales – Mexican Cactus
  • Okra
  • Olives
  • Colored Onions
  • Poke salad – greens
  • Sea Vegetables (wakame/dulse/arame/hijiki/nori)
  • Squash
  • Tomato – cherry and plum only
  • Tomatillo
  • Turnip greens
  • Zucchini
  • Watercress
  • Purslane (Verdolaga)

Fruits

  • Apples
  • Bananas – the smallest one or the Burro/mid-size (original banana)
  • Berries – all varieties- Elderberries in any form – no cranberries
  • Cantaloupe
  • Cherries
  • Currants
  • Dates
  • Figs
  • Grapes- seeded
  • Jackfruit
  • Limes (key limes preferred with seeds)
  • Lemons (EnQi Inserted)
  • Grapefruit (EnQi Inserted)
  • Mango
  • Melons – seeded
  • Orange (Seville or sour preferred, difficult to find)
  • Papayas
  • Peaches
  • Pear
  • Plums
  • Prickly Pear (Cactus Fruit)
  • Prunes
  • Raisins –seeded
  • Soft Jelly Coconuts
  • Soursops – (Latin or West Indian markets)
  • Tamarind

Herbal Teas

  • Allspice
  • Anise
  • Burdock
  • Chamomile
  • Elderberry
  • Fennel
  • Ginger
  • Raspberry
  • Tila

Spices and Seasonings

Mild Flavors

  • Basil
  • Bay leaf
  • Cloves
  • Dill
  • Oregano
  • Parsley
  • Savory
  • Sweet Basil

Pungent and Spicy Flavors

  • Achiote
  • Cayenne/ African Bird Pepper
  • Coriander (Cilantro)
  • Onion Powder
  • Habanero
  • Sage
  • Tumeric

Salty Flavors

  • Celery “Salt”
  • Powdered Granulated Seaweed (Kelp/Dulce/Nori – has “sea taste”)

Sweet Flavors

  • Raw Manuka Honey
  • Maple Syrup

Grains

  • Amaranth
  • Fonio
  • Einkorn
  • Quinoa
  • Teff
  • Wild Rice

Nuts and Seeds – (includes Nut and Seed Butters)

  • Hemp Seed & Milk
  • Raw Sesame Seeds
  • Raw Sesame Tahini Butter
  • Black Walnuts
  • Brazil Nuts
  • Pine Nuts
  • Coconuts

Oils

  • Olive Oil (Do not cook)
  • Coconut Oil (Do not cook)
  • Grapeseed Oil
  • Sesame Oil
  • Hempseed Oil
  • Avocado Oil. -Taken from Dr. Enqi’s 40dayfruitfast.com