What are your staple items?

[quakerboy]

We all have them... the things we buy on virtually every shopping trip. Often things that we could buy at virtually any store in the country, that we make sure are always in the pantry or fridge. What are yours?

For me: Eggs, Broccoli, Cauliflower, and lately Oranges.

Once it would have been Mashed Potatoes, Soda, hamburger, bread. Man has my diet changed.

[OffWithTheirHeads]

1. Vodka, ciggarettes and two buck chuck.

[pinboy3niner]

13. Forgot cigars

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Skim milk, jack cheese, buttery stuff (Smart Balance), orange juice, stewed tomatoes...

Water, peanuts.

Like that!

[pinboy3niner]

3. For LynneSin, it's...

...staples.

[sadbear]

4. Milk, onions, salad, tomatoes

Other than those things, we like to keep it mixed up.

[Betsy Ross]

5. It does vary by season:

pre-washed spinach
red bell peppers
corn tortillas
beans
onions
cheese
rice
bananas
apple cinnamon muffin mix
seeds
nuts

I have a small pantry with some canned goods, but the above are used frequently.

[fishwax]

6. sweet potatoes, spinach, jars of roasted red bell peppers, and thai chili rice cakes

[GoCubsGo]

7. Milk and cereal

The milk can be cow juice, soy milk, almond milk... I wish hemp milk wasn't so damned expensive. I love that stuff! Other than that, I tend to get what is on sale that week, and stock up on whatever items I find that are a bargain that I will use. I have a pretty good stock pile of tuna and canned tomatoes right now.

[vanlassie]

8. Avocados. Whole grain tortillas.

Bacon. Beer. Canned whipping cream. Nuts Beer. Oh. I said that already?

[applegrove]

9. Cheese, salad, ciabatta, chicken, smoked salmon, cookies, raspberries, milk, peas, & eggs.

[Incitatus]

10. Milk, yogurt, broccoli, carrots. eggs, chicken

[onehandle]

11. Soy milk, orange juice, tomatoes, blueberries, Cheerios-like cereal, salmon, black beans,

walnuts, carrots, greek yogurt, spinach, hummus, wine and beer.

8 foods you should eat every day:
http://eatthis.menshealth.com/node/61205

[MiddleFingerMom]

12. Bread, rice, dried beans, chicken, low-salt tuna, seltzer water...

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... frozen corn, peas, lima beans, mixed soup vegetables,
salt-free canned tomato paste. sauce, diced tomatoes, bananas,
red pepper, shredded cabbage, cheese, salt-free chicken bouillon
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I often splurge on one thing each week that's either sweet or
salty and not necessarily good for me.
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[pinboy3niner]

17. Are those the things on your...

...Tapir Diet?

[MiddleFingerMom]

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[pinboy3niner]

21. Ah, the Tapir Dog

Keep dreaming, MFM, keep dreaming.

[grasswire]

14. milk, V8, cheese, apples....

cucumber, plain greek yogurt....

oh yeah, nuts. Prefer walnuts, but almonds are cheaper now.

[Kaleva]

15. Onions, butter, bread, dried beans, brown rice, white rice, spuds, cabbage, canned tomatoes,...

cereal (when it's on sale), Ramen noodles, spaghetti, eggs, celery, carrots.

[pokerfan]

16. coffee

and romaine lettuce, fresh spinach (extra virgin olive oil and balsamic vinegar for salad dressing), sweet onion, garlic, potato, broccoli, carrots, brussels sprouts, mushrooms, apples, bananas, brown rice, red lentils, steel cut oatmeal, granola, greek yogurt and whatever meat looks good but usually boneless skinless chicken.

Other fruits and vegetables come and go with the seasons.

[Major Nikon]

18. Whiskey

[pinboy3niner]

19. That kinda goes without saying, doesn't it?

[Major Nikon]

23. It makes everything else irrelevant

[pinboy3niner]

24. It makes everything else numb

[tjwmason]

25. My breakfast food

This is something which basically never changes - coffee, apple juice, greek yoghurt (which I eat with some stewed fruit, varying with season and my mood).

Other basic essentials are canned tomatoes, onions, oilve oil, pasta.

ETA - forgot the most basic essential of all - tonic water and gin.

[Quantess]

26. I was thinking about this yesterday.

bread, cheese, ham, cabbage, converted rice, onions, inexpensive fruit, vitamin C tablets, calcium & D tablets, coffee.

I am on a budget and these are the things I must always have.

[HopeHoops]

27. A stapler and a staple puller.

[Dr. Strange]

32. Where do you purchase such things?

[HopeHoops]

33. Staples

No, actually OfficeMax, but it was an obvious answer.

[turtlerescue1]

28. Milk, english muffins, honey and yogurt.

AND chocolate. Its my altered/old duffer response to alcohol.


AND NatraTaste!

[LWolf]

29. Let me think:

Dog food
Cat food
Hay
Lay pellets


A couple of those come from the feed store instead of the grocery store, so when I go shopping, I stop in more than one place.

And then, for me; maybe not on every trip, but these are what I like to keep on hand, so whenever I need to restock:

boneless, skinless chicken
eggs, if the hens aren't laying or I can't get to the eggs before the magpies
bread
coconut milk
cheese
spinach
green beans
okra
lentils
white beans
black-eyed peas
black beans
canned tomatoes
wild rice
tea
olive oil
onions
garlic
nut butter
stevia
vinegar
hot cereal
apples and/or oranges

Sometimes, but not always, for a little protein variety:

salmon and/or tuna
buffalo burgers
italian sausages
quorn

[irisblue]

30. coffee, coffee filters, half and half

Massive coffee snob, Massive. Organic milk,eggs and butter then the commercial ones- they taste so much better, challah bread for lunch, sandwich or with soup, odawalla protein drink for my protein hit, sometimes with fruit blended in.
For Ms Wonderful, fage 2% yogurt, some kind of fruit for slicing into her b-fast and some granola that tastes/looks like high quality cat food, (same texture too...hey it was 4am, i didn't have my new glasses on, and the coffee was still in the french press--she was not amused at my telling her how it tasted. I do notice, she does not let me make her b-fast any longer.) Havarti cheese and club crackers. I make a lot of homemade chicken broth and chicken meals.
We've both had gastric bypass at different times. Mine was in September 2002, hers' was in December 2011. Because of the surgically induced anatomy changes, there are things we cannot eat. I am looking into a veggie juicer to make sure there more veggies in our diets. For example, I can eat one slice of a fresh apple, but i can bake pork or chicken in applesauce...just the way it goes for me.
Interesting topic, thanks for encouraging another cuppa joe

[hifiguy]

31. Canned cat food.

If that isn't in stock, nothing else matters. If kitty ain't happy, no one is allowed to be happy.

[Wait Wut]

34. Cat food...

...dog food, cat litter, dog treats, cat treats.

Oh, and ice cream and peanut butter.

[RebelOne]

35. Dog food, cheese, wine, Suddenly Salad, olive oil, olives, butter, sour cream,

baking potatoes, juices, cottage cheese, pasta and pasta sauce. No meat as I am a vegetarian, so I save a lot of money.

[pinboy3niner]

36. You probably save even more...

...by avoiding the Suddenly Beer, Suddenly Whiskey, and Suddenly Vodka.

[MissMarple]

37. Pantry staples

Canned or jarred tomatoes
Pasta
Whole grains
Eggs
Cheese
Bread
Chicken, bison, fish to freeze
Frozen veggies
Canned beans
Nut butter
Nuts and seeds
Cold and hot cereal
Small box of powdered milk
Salad stuff and fresh vegies
Fruit, fresh and frozen
Wine, scotch, gin and vodka...sherry
And tea and cookies

It is possible to eat here for weeks with out HAVING to go to the store. But we still do.