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Garlic

Garlic is green tier.  We typically use bottled minced garlic in our recipes.  Fresh, minced, or dried are all acceptable. Garlic

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Herbs

Fresh or dried herbs are green tier.  This includes herbs such as cilantro, dill, parsley, rosemary, thyme, chives, lemongrass, and more. Herbs

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Spices

Spices are green tier (except sugar or spice mixtures that contain red tier ingredients).  This includes your standard spices such as Allspice, Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Ginger, Basil, Bay Leaves, cayenne, Chili Powder, Cloves, Cumin, Curry Powder, Dill, Garlic Powder, Onion Powder,…

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Mustard

Standard yellow mustard is green tier.  It's always a good idea to check ingredients with different brands though as this is a product and various brands could add junk if they wanted.  Spicy brown mustard and deli mustard are often…

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Vinegar

Vinegar is green tier.  This includes white vinegar, balsamic vinegar, red wine vinegar, rice vinegar, white wine vinegar and more. Vinegar

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Seeds

Seeds are green tier.  This includes essentially all seed varieties such as pumpkin, sesame, sunflower, quinoa, chia, flax, and more. Seeds

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Olives

Olives are green tier. This includes black, green, kalamata and essentially all varieties of olives.  NOTE:  Olives often come packed in oils or vinegars and can have many other additives.  Be sure to check ingredients when buying olives. Olives

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Nut Butters

Natural nut butters with no red or yellow tier additives are green tier. The ingredients in the nut butters should be just nuts and maybe salt.  This would include cashew butter, peanut butter, almond butter and more. Brands like Jif…

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