Pantry Staples

[DCJenn]

Since we're all inspired by the Easy/Quick recipes, a lot depend on having certain staples around- so, what are the things that you KNOW you always have on hand?

For me:

Tomatoaste, canned, sauce

Pasta

Frozen mixed veggies

Rice

Soups (at least one variety of cream soup)

Cheese- cheddar, parmesan, soft and goat (and I refuse to pay extra to buy grated cheese these days)

Crackers

Tortilla Chips, Salsa, refried beans, pickled jalepenos, etc.

Stouffer's Spinach Souffle. Nikolai and I are both addicted to the stuff.

Crushed tomatoes
Pasta, at least 3 varieties
Cream of something soup
Extra sharp Cheddar
Grated Parmasan
Real bacon bits
Bread
Beef and chicken base in a jar
popcorn
butter
oatmeal
Frozen veggies
Eggs
onion

[houseelf]

fresh produce...I absolutely have to have this!

beef and chicken broths
jar of minced garlic
milk
frozen loafs of french breads and rolls for quick heating(I am a bread snob)
bags of frozen shrimp (easy to toss into pasta, stir fry, nachos, whatever)
angel hair
sphagetti sauce
frozen bags of veggies
olive oil
frozen cookie dough for quick "baking cookies with mom"


Kelly

For us:

chocolate ( of some sort, I am addicted)
crackers
string cheese (2 yo old is a picky eater and I can get this in her)
frozen veggies
tortillas
cheese
mac n' cheese
spaghetti sauce
pasta
soup
fruit snacks
yogurt


Do I need to confess my Dr. Pepper addiction here too?

[SueC]

In our house:
Hamburger Helper (and lots of it!)
Rice (not Minute Rice, the real stuff that you buy at the Asian market!)
Cream of chicken and celery soup
Diced tomatoes
Bisquik
Jars of spaghetti sauce
Frozen veggies
Cans of salmon and crab
Black beans, refried beans
Pizza dough mix
Cake and cookie mixes
Muffin mix
Canned corn
Pineapple tidbits
Chinese Sausage and Asian seasonings
Deli meat and chease for paninis
Vegetable Soup

[houseelf]

I forgot to add fresh pico de gallo from the deli. While certainly not a staple, there is so much you can do with it: top a baked potato, add it to burgers, mix it with a can of peaches and use it as a sweet salsa on fish or on tortilla chips, add it to veggie soup to give it some pop. It just makes everything taste fresher.

Essentially, I get a small amount of pico de gallo from the deli and use it on everything.

Kelly

[houseelf]

Sue,

What do you used canned crab and canned salmon for? I've never found a good use for canned salmon.

I've tried salmon burgers once. ::

Kelly

[SueC]

I use canned crab for crab cakes and canned salmon for salmon patties. (Super easy and we like them, but you have to make sure you buy the boneless salmon--mix it with egg, form into patties, roll in bread crumbs and brown on the stove).