The Pantry
I've been so busy most of this year, shopping has been hit-or-miss. but I had a nice stocked pantry I could always turn to to make most of the things we need from scratch. But now my pantry is sorely depleted. I'm all out of stuff I canned, all out of flour, even almost out of dried beans. So I'm stocking up, and was curious about what you keep in your pantry. Some of what I do:
dried beans (red, black, pinto, navy)
flour (unbleached, wheat, bran)
sugar (granulated sugar, powdered sugar, brown sugar
honey
rice (brown & white)
starter dough (in fridge)
vegetable shortening (non hydro)
raisins & other dried fruit
various kinds of nuts
chocolate chips
vinegar
pasta
herbs & spices
tea
cocoa
Space is an issue but time & money even more so, so I buy in bulk as much as I can because it saves me both time and money.
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not too bad but we haven't gotten in a paycheck in a while. This is teh stuff I like to have on hand
~pasta, many shapes & different kinds I like the wheatgrass and the reg whole wheat
~canned tomatoes
~sea salt, fine & course
~popcorn
~dried fruit (favorites are raisins and pineapple)
~brown rice, jasmine and basmati. Black rice when I can afford it
~olive oil
~pam, for cooking & baking
~oatmeal
~herbs, lots
~stevia
~evaporated cane sugar
~agave
~powdered sugar
~almonds
~corn starch
~canned beans~black, pinto, garbanzo, vegetarian baked
~flour, I usually only have white whole wheat
~yeast
~coffee, good strong fair trade coffee 
~black tea for DH
~vinegar
~cocoa powder
~baking soda & powder
~I like to have a few mixes, my favorite are the fantastic foods~tabbouleh, falafel, chili
~fruit leather for the little Bug, a few kinds as he appreciates choices
~applesauce, can't make it for what I can buy it for 
I do need to do homemade so Bugsy can see what it's like
But I make a weekly menu and shop for that. We will usually buy flour in bulk, and so we get way more than we need for the recipe that week, and I'll write new recipes for the coming weeks based on what we have, but we don't usually buy to resupply anymore.
I resupply baking soda, yogurt, spices/herbs, vinegars, oils, and soy sauce, and then refill the jars of beans, nuts, nut/seed butters, etc...as they are called for in recipes for the week.
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Brown rice
Bulgar
lentils (red, green and Dupuis)
Olive, hemp, flax and toasted sesame oils
Apple cidar vinegar
raw sugar and icing sugar
Oat bran
Wheat germ
nutritional yeast
dried beans (black turtle, mung, kidney, lima and chickpeas)
brownrice pasta
spelt and unbleached all purpose flour
a 5 pound pail of hemp nuts
Lots of dries herbs and spices
dried coconut
An assortment of nuts (currently Brazils, filberts and pecans)
agave nectar
dried seaweeds
I think thats about it right now while I'm at my parents place
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flour (unbleached)
sugar (also unbleached)
brown sugar
steel cut oats
dried beans (pinto & chick peas mainly)
nuts (usually pine nuts, almonds, pecans)
baking chocolate
spices and spice blends
dried herbs
rice (brown and white although trying to do more brown)
extra-virgin olive oil (we tend to buy lots when overseas and also get the giant tins of it)
vinegar (balsamic and giant tubs of the white since we use for cleaning as well as cooking)
tea
coffee beans (green- my husband roasts it)
pasta (mix of semolina and brown rice)
dried lentils (split red, moong, chana)
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How could I forget oats and olive, vegetable oil. I knew I'd get some helpful reminders from this post!
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I am completely addicted to them! They take much longer than the minute rolled oats, but they are soooooo yummy.
(in addition to everyone's lists)
Canned Tomatoes
Onions
Potatoes (sweet and russet)
Garlic
Chicken broth
Onion soup mix
Corn Meal
Polenta
Cous Cous
Macaroni
Baking Soda
Baking Powder
Olive Oil
Balsamic Vinegar
In the fridge
Maple Syrup
Curry Paste
Parmesan Cheese Wedge (for grating)
Capers
Pickles
Nonfat Plain Yogurt
Butter
Bacon
Eggs
Wasabi Paste
Ketchup
Mustard
Milk
OJ
good list, I totally forgot that also
my fridge list is tiny, other than eggs, soy milk, cow's milk, juice and condiments I really don't keep other staples in the fridge. Lotta leftovers to use for lunches throughout the week though.
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The last time we had chocolate chips in our pantry (ostensibly for chocolate chip banana pancakes) they were gone in about 3 days. We're not allowed to keep them anymore.
yah I feel you. We're pretty much out of sight, out of mind, so I store them way in the back. A nice big bag can last us for months, and the kids really like homemade chocolate chip cookies.
banana chip pancakes! I will have to try that sometime
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Popcorn
Whole wheat flour
Unbleached bread flour
Brewer's Yeast
Powdered sugar
Oatmeal
Couscous
Brown Sugar
Corn meal
Angel hair pasta
Refried Beans (canned)
Black beans
Pinto Beans
Rice (white)
can of diced green chilis
oh and...
speghetti sauce
whole canned tomatos
diced canned tomatos
pizza sauce
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because several items I can't get here (extracts, brown sugar, etc)
sugar: brown, raw, white & powdered
flour: all-purpose unbleached, wheat & spelt
corn meal
oats
chocolate chips
vanilla extract
rice: basmati, jasmine, brown, wild
pasta
tomato paste
vindaloo curry paste
beans: pinto, black & garbanzo
spices, garlic, onion, baking soda & powder
popcorn
corn chips
artichoke hearts
canned diced tomates
canned pumpkin
cocoa powder
pine nuts
olive oil
balsamic vinegar
rice vinegar
dried cranberries & cherries
cooking wine
I stay on vanilla extract, use it in a lot of recipes!
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nice list! I forgot about popcorn, baking powder, soda, other baking stuff. and falafel!
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