What staples do you keep in the pantry or on your shopping l

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  • oceanrose78
    oceanrose78 Posts: 133 Member
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    Beans - both dried and canned. I prefer dried, but I keep cans of black beens.
    Brown rice
    Barley
    whole wheat pasta.
    garlic
    avocado
    Olive Oil
    Greek yogurt
    frozen fruit (blueberries, cherries, mixed berries)
    steel cut oats.
    apples
    bananas
    chicken breast
    lean steak
    salmon fillets
    yellow onions
    crushed tomatoes (canned)
    squash
    peas
    salad mix (organic baby greens)
    spinach
    baby carrots
    celery
    broccoli
    cauliflower
    sea salt
    paprika
    pepper
    oregano
  • kayemme
    kayemme Posts: 1,782 Member
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    my pantry is about as basic as it gets:

    dry pantry

    whole wheat flour
    unbleached white flour
    brown sugar
    white sugar
    nuts / nut meal
    baking powder
    baking soda
    dried egg whites (just in case)
    molasses

    dry beans of all sorts
    oatmeal
    pasta
    rice

    coconut milk
    olive oil
    vegetable oil

    coconut
    cocoa powder
    bulk granola (for when i'm in yogurt mode, otherwise this isn't a staple)

    whole bean coffee - absolute staple

    spices

    dry mustard
    tumeric
    oregano
    paprika
    basil
    mint
    salt, pepper (all sorts)
    cayenne
    summer & winter savory
    herbs de provence
    anise
    ground ginger

    ginger
    garlic
    onions

    freezer

    booty from the garden (currently, tomatoes, tomato sauce, roasted tomatoes, peppers of all sorts, & some berries)
    store-bought frozen vegetables: corn, peas or anything that doesn't get gross when you cook it
    soup stock
    home made bread (i usually make 2 loaves at a time, halve them and then freeze 1/5 loaves and pull out what i need when i need it)
    active dry yeast & instant yeast

    fridge

    eggs
    whole milk (from this i make yogurt or cheese)
    cheeses that i can't make
    real butter
    buttermilk
    soy sauce
    vinegars
    mustards
    at least one kind of jam at all times
    hot sauce

    i can't think of anything else i would consider a staple (by definition for me, it is something that stores well enough to not be in the seasonal category, kept in the house at all times and can be made into a multitude of things).

    from this we base most of our food. we don't buy meat, so that's never an issue and we eat only seasonal vegetables, preferably local. so there aren't any real produce staples except for maybe what i've been able to store from the summer.

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