Natural Home, Health, & Living Amazon Favorites

When we transitioned to a whole foods diet and took a more natural approach to our health, beauty, cleaning, and childcare products, it seemed to take forever to sift through all the information to find the best and safest products. Over the years our family has tried many products and the following lists consist of items we use every day! Check out our nourishing pantry products, natural home essentials, lead-free and non-toxic baby and child products, kitchen and cookware must-haves, home remedies for common illnesses, and supplements we use daily.

amazon favorites for a healthy more natural home

Non-Toxic Cooking and Kitchen Essentials

  • Immersion blender – to puree soups, smoothies, ice cream, pancake and cake batter, homemade soap
  • 5 gallon stock pot (stainless steel). I use this weekly to 2x, 3x, 4x meals, teas, and soups and freeze them for later use.
  • Lead-free stainless steel cooking pots
  • Stainless steel measuring cups– for baking, measuring, ladling hot soups and stews without concern of plastic leaching
  • Oven and freezer safe 9×13 glass pans with lids– used to bake casseroles, desserts, roast veggies and meats, and transfer leftovers easily to the fridge or freezer. We often prep meals ahead and freeze to bake fresh on busy nights. I may have been teased a time or 2 about the number of 9×13 pans we have- seven!
  • Oven and freezer safe glass storage containers– we use these for storing and freezing food in, but they can also be used to bake or roast smaller quantities of food in
  • Stainless steel bowls with non-slip silicone bottom. I mainly use the extra large sizes, as we make several servings to eat fresh plus freeze for future use. I use these bowls multiple times every day for:
    • Mixing dessert batter
    • Holding chopped veggies for soups
    • Blending ingredients with an immersion blender like smoothies, soups, condiments
    • Serving salad, watermelon, and other bulkier food items
  • Stainless steel jelly roll pans 
    • Roasting veggies and meats
    • Baking cookies and desserts
    • Cooking large quantities of hamburger patties
    • Cooking bacon, side pork, porkchops in the oven
    • Dehydrating fruit leather on parchment paper
  • Sharp chopping knives. Once you have good knives, you will never be able to go back. Eating nutrient dense foods can require chopping tons of veggies, fruits, cutting meats, etc. 
  • Pint, quart, half gallon mason jars with no leak lids for:
    • Storing lemonade, tea, smoothies, broth/stock, soup
    • Drinking glasses at home (and with a lid for travel water)
    • Canning applesauce, bone broth, fruits, meat, veggies
    • Storing raw milk and homemade kefir or yogurt
    • Fermenting veggies
    • Storing bulk orders of honey
  • Slow masticating juicer. If you are on the GAPS diet, you are likely already familiar with the importance of fresh pressed juices. The health benefits of fresh pressed juices are astounding, and our family has been juicing for about 10 years to date. The kids love helping make the juices, drinking them fresh, freezing them into popsicle molds, and adding to smoothies.
  • Ice cream maker. This is the ONE and ONLY item we have in our kitchen that cannot be used for multiple different things. However, we use it for the one thing, ice cream, all the time! Simply use yogurt, coconut cream, or cow dairy milk or cream as a base. Then add fruit and/or honey to create hundreds of delicious and healthy ice cream variations for your family.
  • Silicone mold for jello, fat bombs, chocolate, caramels
  • Non-toxic cutting boards
  • Chest freezer. This is definitely an investment, but over time saves a lot of money and pays for itself. A few examples of foods we have in our chest freezer are:
    • Meat: we buy a whole cow and pig each year, butcher our own deer meat for storage, and raise or buy chickens in bulk. Buying directly from a farmer helps ensure higher quality, healthier meat, and convenience of having these cuts of meat ready to use in the freezer. Often the price is more affordable as well.
    • Produce abundance: we store our garden produce or seasonal sale abundance in our chest freezer.
      Fruits like berries, apples, and pears can be picked in abundance and frozen for smoothies and desserts
      Veggies can be blanched and frozen as well, unless you ferment them.
    • Ready to go meals and desserts: cookies, fat bombs, smoothies, soups, and spaghetti sauce are great to freeze for quick meals, travel snacks, and breakfast options on busy days.

Healthy Babies and Children Essentials

Babies

Children

  • Silicone squeezy pouches: These non spill, drinkable pouches can be used for almost everything, every day.
    • We have had these about 8 years and they haven’t broken or worn out yet!
    • We use these for travelling in car seats, eating in the high chair, packing for older children at events (the 16 ounce size), storing in a stroller for a walk.
    • The pouches can carry water, smoothies, applesauce, baby food purees, fresh pressed juices, tea, lemonade, yogurt, kefir, and just about any puree or liquid.
  • Kid safe knives. We are a huge proponent of raising capable children, and empower them to help with tasks starting around age 2. I love that these kid safe knives teach gross and fine motor skills, foster a feeling of inclusion and community in family tasks, and it actually is super helpful to have help with veggies and fruits- even if they all come out different sizes. This is a great way to keep a busy toddler busy as well- ha! I have also found when kids help in the kitchen, they are more grateful and less picky eaters, as they were a part of the creation.
  • Stainless steel cups with silicone sippy cover lids. These are durable, do not break when dropped, and do not have plastic parts. As the kids grow out of the need for a sippy cover, we continue using the stainless steel cup bottoms for everyday drinks. The silicone lids also fit over 4 oz mason jars (like the kind used for jam), which is convenient if the other cups are in the dishwasher, etc.
  • Lead-Free Hydroflask thermoses – at home, travel, sports, vehicle water containers that are easy to clean and lead-free
  • Extra large silicone popsicle molds: after buying several kinds over the years, I like these best because they are:
    • Easy to pour into
    • Have a flat bottom for easy stacking
    • Hold the largest amount of liquid and make the most amount of popsicles at one time (10 per mold!)
    • The popsicles slide out extremely easily (no hot water or time thawing is needed)
    • We’ve used these weekly for several years and they are still in great shape
      We have 2, so we make 20 popsicles at a time from smoothies, teas, lemonade, etc. and freeze the extras in the chest freezer as we make more. I love these for a healthy snack and to keep little hands and mouths busy when needed. 

Nourishing Pantry Food List

Fats

Nuts, Seeds, Dried Beans

Dried Fruits and Sweeteners

High Mineral Herbs, Tea

Seasonings

Paleo and GAPS Baking

Natural Home & Remedies

High Mineral and GAPS Supplements

Check out this post for a comprehensive list of supplements our family uses.

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I hope you find these lists helpful and time-saving for you and your family. I wish we had a list like this when we started on our natural living journey years ago. I would love to hear your family favorites in the comments!

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  3. This is very helpful. I would love to get some of these items for my kitchen and am saving this for future reference!

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  4. The kid safe knives are next in my Amazon shopping cart! Love this list ♥️

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