Clean Plate Pantry

12/10/2025

Remember me? I’m made with local butternut squash, so I’m only available part of the year. I keep well, though, so you can stock up.

Available at Kakao in Maplewood, and Tower Grove Farmers' Market.

08/08/2025

We’re so happy to collaborate with this great local business!

Chicken Mole babes today!

Featuring this delicious red mole from Clean Plate Pantry!

Complete the flight with Sofrito Bean and Cantaloupe!

Peep the stories for frozen. See ya soon!

11/01/2024

It’s back!

Out Calabaza Sauce, made with Doublestar Farms butternut squash.

For a limited time only. Starting tomorrow at the Tower Grove Farmers' Market.

08/30/2024

A grocery story in midtown cancelled us -- they made us jump through a ton of hoops, asked us to make their lives easier by paying a distributor to pass along their orders, didn't order because the distributor had a high minimum order, and then decided we weren't selling all that well. (One of their county stores wanting to carry us but mid-town denied them.)

But we've got you covered! You can get Clean Plate Pantry at Kakao Chocolate, Tale to Table, Parker's Table at Oakland & Yale, Local Harvest Grocery, Fair Shares CCSA and other select stores, plus at the Tower Grove Farmers' Market and U City Farmers Market.

Or, you can buy it directly on our spiffy new website and we'll ship it to you!

Transform meals with our sauces!Elevate your meals effortlessly with our delicious, versatile sauces – perfect for adding that extra burst of flavor to any dish! Shop Our Pantry All Shakshuka Sauce $8.00 Add To Cart Spicy Red Chile Sauce $8.00 Add To Cart New Mexican Red Chile Sauce $7.00 Add To C...

08/28/2024

Tale to Table is here! Come say hello!

04/03/2024

We've got some fun treats in store for Opening Day!

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10/01/2023

We are at the St. Louis VegFest today. It will be a beautiful day in the park. Come visit us, and while you’re here, learn about ways we can all be more sustainable and humane to our animal friends!

09/27/2023

Clean Plate Pantry Salsa Macha on leftover chicken, which was baked with Salsa Macha.

We can’t get enough of this stuff!

09/05/2023

It always starts with everything in the right place.

07/22/2023

How it started, how it’s going. Introducing Yellow Tomato Saffron Jam, available starting today only at the Tower Grove Farmers' Market. Handmade with beautiful tomatoes from Double Star Farms and Spanish saffron, this jam is perfect on toast, sandwiches, charcuterie, or anything off the grill. Get some summer in a jar while they last!

05/31/2023

Here's another installment in our "ridiculously easy meal" series: Red Chile Beef.

Ingredients
1 jar Clean Plate Pantry New Mexican Red Chile sauce
1 2-3 lb chuck roast, trimmed and cut into 1" cubes
salt and pepper
splash of neutral oil

Heat a skillet to medium heat with the oil. Sear the beef in a skillet with salt and pepper. Transfer beef to a slow cooker and add 1 jar Red Chile sauce. (Extra points is you rinse the jar with a little water and deglaze the skillet with it and add to slow cooker.) Cook on low heat for 8 hrs.

I made a quick mango salsa to go along, which was yummy (and photogenic) but unnecessary. Enjoy!

05/24/2023

One of my favorite things to make with our Mango Coconut Curry sauce is to turn it into a Dal. Dal is an Indian dish that uses spilt legumes. I like split red lentils best because they cook sooo quickly and they have a beautiful color and creamy texture. Here is a really simple and quick dal recipe:

1 cup red lentils, washed and sorted (sometimes there are rocks or other bits in dry beans)
1 jar Clean Plate Pantry Mango Coconut Curry sauce
about 1 jar's worth of water
3 cups of any veg you have around! I like the combo of cauliflower, red peppers, peas, and greens

So, this recipe is ridiculously easy. I sort of feel weird calling it a recipe. Here it goes. Literally put all of those ingredients in a large skillet (one with a lid is important) and cook at med-low with the lid on for about 20 mins. You'll need to stir the dal every 5 mins or so to keep it from sticking, but that's it! Serve with rice or naan. Dinner is done 🙌🙌🙌

P.s., if you like it a little spicy (like I do), add some cayenne to the mix!