Are you ready for Thanksgiving? For those of you who are hosting some kind of gathering, I suppose it's time to start cooking. Or at least thinking about it! No doubt the grocery stores will be packed for the next few days. I'm getting off light this year - bringing tea and 2-liters and someone else is picking them up for me. Shocking, I know, for all the cooking I like to do. But it's a nice change of pace.
At the holidays, a fully-stocked pantry comes in even more handy than usual. I found lists online, changed them a bit, and added to them for my personal list of 31 Pantry Staples - pretty much everything I try to keep on hand. What did I miss?
- Cans of tomatoes
- Cans of beans
- Chicken, beef, and/ or vegetable stock/ broth/ bullion/ granules
- Pasta (different kinds: spaghetti, penne, etc.)
- Rice
- Breadcrumbs
- Extra-virgin olive oil
- Vegetable oil
- Vinegar, Balsamic vinegar
- Spices - cinnamon, nutmeg, cumin, chili powder, etc
- Salt and pepper
- Red-pepper flakes
- Garlic - dried and/ or fresh
- Ketchup
- Coffee and tea
- Oats/ oatmeal
- All-purpose flour
- Sugar, brown sugar
- Bread, crackers
- Jarred marinara and alfredo sauces
- Nuts
- Milk
- Butter
- Cheeses
- Honey
- Tabasco
- Peanut Butter
- Frozen veggies (peas, corn, spinach)
- Fresh fruits (apples, bananas, grapes) and veggies (broccoli, green beans, peppers, onions, potatoes)
- Chocolate
- Yeast
For more, read this Martha Stewart article on Setting up a Pantry and this Real Simple Checklist.
And thanks to my mother-in-law, Sharon, for the idea for this list!
2 comments:
I think you covered everything. For me I would have to include popcorn and hot coco mix. Wish I had a pantry like the one in the picture!
I know - a dream pantry!
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