Pantry Items

Pantry items or staples can be a lot of different things based on your tastes and on your cooking ability.  Below is a list of items that would be a great starting point:

• Baking powder
• Baking soda
• Beans, canned: black, red kidney, white
• Broth, canned: beef, vegetable,  and/or chicken
• Cooking spray
• Cornstarch
• mustard, ketchup, mayo, etc.
• BBQ sauce, A1 sauce
• Crackers
• Vanilla extract
• Flour: All purpose
• Sugar:  regular and brown sugar
• Pasta, dried: spaghetti, linguini, angel hair, fettuccine, penne, noodles, etc. (whatever you like)
• Vegetables: canned – corn, peas, green beans, etc. (whatever you like)
• Potatoes, fresh or frozen and instant
• Rice: flavored
• Soup: canned – cream of chicken and cream of mushroom are great in a lot of recipes
• Tomatoes: canned whole, crushed, chopped, puree, sauce, fresh (whichever you like)
• Tuna, canned
• seasonings:  salt, pepper, garlic salt, onion salt, chili powder, cinnamon, paprika, etc.

This is just a basic list of items.  You need to figure out what you will use the most and keep those on hand.