What five items are always in your kitchen?
1. "I always have one of my friend Colleen Patrick-Goudreau's cookbooks laying around. I'm currently reading her latest one, The 30-Day Vegan Challenge, and pestering all my non-veg friends and family to read it."
2. "Coconut water. I'm totally addicted! I just found a really awesome organic brand called Coco Libre that I drink after my morning runs. Hydrating and delish!"
3. "Hemp seeds. I just recently discovered a ton of health benefits from these little guys after browsing through some raw cookbooks. The fact that they're a complete source of all 20 known amino acids including the 9 essential amino acids which our bodies can't produce had me sold. I'm kind of a nerd like that when it comes to nutrition!"
4. "Daiya vegan cheese. How I survived without it, I'll never know. It's the closest-tasting thing in the vegan world to cheese made with dairy. I use it as a substitute in all my recipes that call for cheese."
5. "LuLu's organic raw chocolate. I would wrestle someone if they tried to take my Aztec Crunch and Maca Love bars from me. Give me chocolate or give me death, I say! Ok, not really. But seriously, it's that good."

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