The delivery thread inspired this. I admit, i am not the best stocker. I would try to be, but its only 2 of us and a lot of times, the food i would buy to have just in case, or even with intentions of making a specific meal later on go to waste. I JUST purged my pantry and freezer of expired items and WOW, what a waste. Anyway, that being said, are there things you always keep on hand? Perishable or not.

Me, I like to have:

1 onion (one will be used in several meals for the two of us)

1 potato (cant have carbs, so one is enough for SO,a whole bag would rot before he could eat them all)

Butter

Breakfast items (bacon,eggs, sausage, bread,etc.)

Chicken stock(i tend to use this instead of water a LOT)

Me and SOs preferred drinks, Mountain dew and bottled water for him. Whatever i want for me.

Various kinds of cheese, American for sure. And cheddar, I use them often.

These are the only things i ALWAYS keep on hand and restock regularly.

Everything else i tend to just go to the store and buy individually right before i make the meal. We are not the type to plan a weekly menu and stick to it. We are more the type to decide what we want at that moment and go with it. SO is a chronic under-eater and is underweight and doesn't really care that much about food, and when he does he is kinda picky about it. The breakfast stuff is good for me to keep on hand because i KNOW what we usually eat for that meal, so that stuff doesn't go to waste. When i buy a pack of meat i will try to use it up in a couple days but will sometimes foodsave and freeze the extra and that does come in handy. I also have some random amounts of pasta because i hardly ever use a whole box. I always get a gallon of purple hull peas from my sister who grows them, every year. I cook them all at once and freeze in individual portions for SO, i don't eat them.

That's the extent of my stockpile.

What about you?

What are you working on?

The Kitchen Table