Having a stocked pantry is essential to making quick, easy meals during the week. The pantry I keep is mostly a whole and not processed foods pantry - you won't find any Fluff or Jiffy peanut butter here. A great way to keep it stocked without having to constantly run to the store because you're out of one or two things, is to order online. I like to use Amazon because it's easy to price compare and search for all your favorite brands but there are many other sites you can use. Often, you can even buy directly from the producer - which is a nice route to go, especially when they're a small local business.

 

So what do you keep it stocked with? Most of my recipes can be made with the below list of my pantry essentials:

 

OILS - There is a lot of debate around oils and how healthy/unhealthy certain oils are. I use a touch of cold-pressed extra virgin olive oil in the majority of my dishes and keep a variety of others on hand for specialty cuisine. Another oil I use a lot is coconut oil. Coconut oil is an amazing super food with a number of different uses and health benefits. You can read some more about it here.

• cold-pressed extra virgin olive oil

• coconut oil

• cold-pressed avocado oil

• white truffle oil

• sesame oil

• sunflower oil

 

VINEGARS - Vinegars are great for salad dressings and sauces. I love having a variety on hand to experiment with but I use white wine vinegar the most in my dishes.

• white wine vinegar

• aged balsamic vinegar

• sherry vinegar

• rice vinegar

• blood orange vinegar (or some other fruit infused variation)

 

OTHER CONDIMENTS

• stone ground mustard 

• coarse grain mustard

• tamari (a gluten free version to soy sauce)

• dulse flakes

• vegan mayo

• organic ketchup

• worcestire sauce

 

DRY GOODS

• raw almonds

• raw cashews

• raw walnuts

• raw brazil nuts

• pepitas (pumpkin seeds)

• sunflower seeds

• hemp seeds

• hemp protein powder

• chia seeds

• flax seeds

• ground flax

• almond butter (or you can make your own)

• raisins

• medjool dates

• lacuma powder

• raw cacao powder

• probiotic powder

• tahini paste

• sun-dried tomatoes

• canned artichoke hearts

• capers

• nutritional yeast

• dried green lentils

• dried yellow lentils

• dried kidney beans

• dried chick peas

• brown rice

• basmati rice

• short grain rice

• quinoa

• nori sheets

• brown rice flour

• organic cane sugar

• brown sugar

• almond flour

• brown rice flour

• xantham gum

• tapioca powder

• himalayan pink sea salt (fine ground)

• coarse kosher sea salt

• whole wheat flour

• all-purpose flour

• baking soda

• baking powder

• whole oats

• buckwheat

• ground corn meal