Kitchen Staples Checklist
Stocking your kitchen with staple ingredients can make cooking and baking easier! Check out the list below (or download our PDF version of the checklist) to stock up on Snapdragon's suggested kitchen staples!
Pantry:
Flour
White Sugar
Brown Sugar
Confectioners sugar
Baking soda
Baking powder
Vanilla extract
Cream of tartar
Cocoa powder (unsweetened)
Chocolate: chips or bar
Evaporated milk
Canned goods:
Roasted diced tomatoes
Broth (chicken and/or veggie)
Beans: cannellini, navy, chickpeas and black
Vegetables: corn, green beans
Olives or capers
Chiles: chipotles in adobo or pickled jalapenos
Salsa
Tomato paste
Tuna can
Chicken in a can
Rice white/brown
Quick Microwave Rice Pack
Pasta
Lentils
Fine Couscous
Peanut Butter/other nut butters
Honey
Extra virgin olive oil
Vegetable oil
Apple cider vinegar
Red wine vinegar
Balsamic or sherry vinegar
Salt
Black Pepper
Panko breadcrumbs
Quick and/or old-fashioned rolled oats
Counter:
Garlic
Potatoes: sweet, white or new
Onions
Fridge:
Milk
Plain yogurt: regular or Greek
Unsalted butter
Shredded Cheese of choice
Eggs
Lemons
Limes
Ketchup
Mayonnaise
Mustard: Dijon or whole grain
Pickles
Hot sauce: Tabasco, Sriracha or sambal
Worcestershire sauce
Soy sauce or tamari
Toasted sesame oil
Freezer:
Ground beef, ground turkey, or ground chicken
Boneless, skinless, thin-cut chicken breasts
Bacon
Bread: baguette or sandwich bread
Vegetables: peas, chopped spinach, carrots, corn, green giant microwave freezer veggie packs
Fruit: berries, peaches or mangos
Nuts: almonds, walnuts or pecans
*While you certainly don't need to have everything on this list in your kitchen, we wanted to provide an easy checklist to help people start from scratch. Leave a comment with must-have ingredients in your household!
About Snapdragon Wellness:
We are a food therapy and neuropsychological assessment team here in Gaithersburg, MD. If you found this checklist helpful and would like to learn more about creating your own kitchen chaos, reach out to us!
