My friend Jamie asked me the other day to help her come up with recipe ideas. But, you can’t make a dish without the right ingredients, right? So, I tediously wrote down a list of most everything I have stocked in my pantry. May I also add that I began this list about 6 weeks ago, and I had so much stuff in there my hand cramped as I was trying to record it all and I had to take a 6 week leave of absence from that project! Without any further ado, here is:
My Official Pantry List:
Tomato Products:
Canned spaghetti sauce
tomato sauce
tomato paste
Whole tomatoes (including home-canned ones, I recommend buying whole ones and cutting them up for recipes, the flavor is better!)
tomato based soup base (home-canned)
Red enchilada sauce
Canned fruits:
Pineapples, in own juice!
Pears in own juice,
Peaches, in juice
Cranberry sauce
Beans/Legumes:
Black beans
Kidney beans
Garbanzo (chickpeas) Beans
Great Northern Beans
Pork N’ Beans
Black eyed peas
Pinto beans
Canned Veggies:
Diced green chilies
Pimiento peppers, diced
Creamed corn
Hominy
Sliced Mushrooms
Green enchilada sauce (made from green chilies…qualifies as a veggie for me!)
Miscellaneous:
Organic peanut butter
Solid white albacore tuna
Wolf Brand Turkey Chili, no beans (tastes GREAT)
Dry Goods:
Quick cook oatmeal
Organic rolled oats (takes a little longer to cook than quick cook)
Bob’s Red Mill Muesli cereal
Bob’s Red Mill Steel Cut Oats
Bob’s Red Mill 10 grain hot cereal (can you tell I’m a fan of Red Mill now???)
Cream of Wheat
Assorted whole grain cereals, like Kashi Go Lean/Go Lean Crunch
Cheerios
Popcorn, both microwave and kernels
Elbow macaroni
Egg Noodles
Vermicelli
Spaghetti
Fettuccine
Boxed Mac N’ Cheese
White Rice (oh no!)
Instant white rice (horrors!!!)
Instant brown rice
Organic brown rice
Scalloped potatos (boxed)
Taco shells
Panko bread crumbs (for a crispy, crunchy coating)
Seasoned bread crumbs
Rice A Roni
Cornbread mix (I prefer my own, but just in a pinch….)
Graham crackers
Wasa whole grain crackers
Stuffing mix, chicken flavored
Jello, assorted flavors
Mixes/Spices:
Homemade Taco Seasoning
Homemade Cream Soup mix (AWESOME, recipe to come later!)
Onion soup mix
Dried Legumes:
Pinto Beans
Lima beans
Lentils
Navy Beans
Vinegars/etc:
White vinegar
Cider vinegar
Red wine vinegar
White wine vinegar
Rice vinegar
Balsalmic vinegar
Sherry cooking wine
Dry white wine (I use Chardonnay, in the little 4 packs)
Dry red wine (Usually use Cabernet Sauvignon or Merlot in the little 4 pk)
Assorted cooking goods:
Olive oil
Vegetable oil
Sweetened condensed milk
evaporated milk
Molasses
Vegetable shortening
Pancake syrup
Baking soda
Cornstarch
Brown sugar
White sugar
Flour (we are currently switching from white to whole wheat)
Powdered sugar
Yellow cornmeal
Powdered milk
Sweetened coconut
Cocoa
Pickling salt (for making canned goods)
Beverages:
Instant coffee
Regular coffee beans
Hot cocoa
Black tea
Whew, see why my hands needed that 6 week break??? Let me also add that I am currently switching everything over to whole grain products where possible, and I am trying to get away from white sugar and white flour, too. So, all of my noodles and such will soon be whole wheat pastas. I’m trying to get rid of as many possible processed foods as I can without going crazy! I hope that this list will help you with stocking your own pantry. Recipes will also be coming soon!
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