Sometimes it just takes one special ingredient to give your favorite cook a much-needed boost.

The problem is … it can get a little uninspiring and take some of the joy out of cooking.

Here are 10 dreamy ingredients that’ll hopefully inspire and excite your favorite cook!

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Cam Dechert

Made with just three simple ingredients: Soom Tahini, premium cocoa powder, and powdered pure cane sugar.

Use as a sweet dip for fruit, pretzels, or fingers.

Perfect in baked goods, over pancakes, or as an ice cream topping.

New York Shuk Preserved Lemon Paste

New York Shuk

The possibilities are endless!

A rich, creamy, sweet vanilla, mildly assertive, with old-fashioned vanilla flavor.

An ideal all-purpose vanilla.

Soom Chocolate Sweet Tahini

Soom Foods

Brush over the bread before baking for a sweet, tasty shine.

It’s fermented in 100-year old barrels on a small island in Japan’s inland sea.

Smooth and balanced taste, Kishibori Soy has a milder fuller flavor than most soy sauce.

Regalis Wild Sasktaoon Berry Jam

MyPanier

Its destined to become the condiment your pantry cant live without.

Buy it:Signature Harissa,$12.95 from New York Shuk

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