None of the Healing or Mana Potions seem useful, but Elixers of the Sage are low level and they increase all stats by 10%. The gathering potions could be useful if you do not plan on leveling all your gathering skills, and if you unlearn a gathering skill, you may be able to continue refining (have not confirmed yet).
Low level Cooking is actually more useful than low level alchmeny, for the number of goodies you can make, but you have room to learn them both so why not try it.
Use your pet to produce crafting materials, and that can help you power level a profession pretty quickly.