Substitute: Imported foods are often not as fresh or nutritious as locally grown alternatives. Substitute local for imported food whenever you can.


White wheat flourGiant swamp taro, breadfruit, banana,
  coconut flours
Shortening, vegetable oil, butterCoconut oil
MilkCoconut milk
Soda / Soft drinkDrinking coconut
Jam, jelly, peanut butterCoconut spread, local apple, papaya
  & banana jams
White sugarCoconut palm sugar molasses
Sweetness in bakingBanana, papaya or even pumpkin
Meat & eggsLocal chicken, pork & eggs
Plastic disposable platesBanana, taro, keleu leaves
Soap, Laundry powderCoconut soap, Coconut laundry soap