Stay well prepared for every recipe & meal with these Foods and Spices, ready and waiting in your kitchen:
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Refrigerator Basics
Freezer Basics
- Frozen vegetables - edamame, soy beans, peas, spinach, broccoli, bell pepper and onion mix, corn, chopped and small whole onions
- Uncooked hash browns
- Frozen Sea Food - shrimp and salmon fillets (if fresh is not available)
- Frozen Berries - mixes are fine, but purchasing blueberries, strawberries and raspberries separately will provide you greater versatility
- Italian turkey sausage and sliced prosciutto - to flavor fast pasta sauces
- Veggie Burgers - one recommended brand is Morningstar Farm’s Spicy Black Bean burger
Items NOT Best to Keep in your Pantry but can be useful — Only Buy as Needed
Note - In the interest of freshness, quality, and not keeping foods around that encourage mindless or unhealthful eating, buy these products only as you need them. Purchasing small quantities from supermarkets, restaurants, or specialty shops you trust, also, provide a better eating experience when you do eat them.
- Pint of low-fat ice cream
- One slice of pound cake
- Small amounts of high-fat cheeses - we use them for accents on dishes only — best not to keep them around
- Squares of dark chocolate - some shops sell amazing brands of dark chocolate by one-ounce squares — cheap, and tasty! Think of them like a “sipping whiskey.”
- Bran muffins - from a quality baker
- Whole-wheat baguettes - for slicing and making bruschetta
- Bottled Drinks - Various juices, diet sodas, and juice concentrates
- Chips (brown rice or fiber-oriented brands)