My Favorites | Gluten and Dairy Free Pantry Staples
Are you the type of personal that has your pantry full all the time? Or do you have the bare necessities?
If you are one or the other – it doesn’t matter, it’s always good to have on hand your favorites. Especially for those quick meals, or when your brain just doesn’t work to be creative in the kitchen. Trust me, it happens to me a lot, but when I have some great pantry staples in my cabinets, refrigerator and freezer – I can more easily put together something delicious.
Dry Pantry Goods
- Canned Coconut Milk and Refrigerated Unsweetened Coconut Milk
- Tea/Coffee: Four Sigmatic is my jam and I CAN’T live without it.
- Coconut Sugar, good quality raw honey and real maple syrup
- Gluten Free Baking Flour Mix – I’m loving King Arthur Gluten Free Blend and Cup 4 Cup
- Gluten Free Grains: Quinoa, buckwheat, brown rice, oats and millet are all great options
- Gluten Free Pasta: All we buy is Tinkyada
- Dried lentils, beans and rice (including chickpeas)
- Cooking oil and fats: Coconut oil, olive oil, sesame oil,
- Vinegars: Balsamic, White Vinegar, Rice Wine and White Balsamic are my choices.
- Spices, Dried Herbs, Salt and Pepper: Bland food is never good, under any circumstances (Pick 5: garlic powder, cumin, smoked paprika, dried thyme, salt and pepper).
- Crackers, Chips + Pretzels: Check out Van’s Crackers
- Sun-dried tomatoes, Salsa, canned tomatoes (like fire roasted, whole and tomato puree) and tomato paste.
- Nut Butters: We love almond, sunflower and peanut butter
- Raw nuts, dried fruits and trail mix.
- Chocolate: I buy a lot of Enjoy Life.
- Gluten Free Baking extras: Coconut Flour, Almond Flour, Tapioca Flour or Arrowroot Flour, and Xanthan gum.
- Vitamins/supplement: because well your health is important.
Counter Top Foods
- Lemons and Limes. Because cocktails need a garnish, soups need some acid and baking can always use some.
- Ginger: add to smoothies, juices, soups and stir fries.
- Garlic: because hello, its amazing.
- Yellow and Red Onions and Shallots
- Potatoes: I can’t get enough sweet potatoes.
- Apples and Oranges
- Avocados
- Bananas. Eat them within a week or watch them brown up for some great bread.
- Squash: Butternut, spaghetti and acorn last a while on the countertop.
Refrigerator and Freezer
- Root Vegetables: Carrots, Parsnips, Turnips – great in soups and roasting them adds so much to a meal.
- Cured meats: Salami, Sausages and Jerky. They last a long time, great for snacks and lunch.
- Olives
- Eggs, Eggs and more Eggs (or egg replacer)
- Juice, Seltzer, No sugar drinks
- Frozen Berries: make great smoothies, add to any baked good or chow down on them frozen.
- Butter (fat): any kind of REAL fat. Butter makes a lot of things better in life.
- Cheese: a collection is always best
- Gluten Free Breads, Waffles, Bagels, Naan, and English Muffins – all of them!
- Frozen Fish: I know it’s not the fresh kind, but in a pinch its great!
- Frozen vegetables: don’t forget something green – we love frozen peas and spinach.
- Bone Broth: I love Bonefide Provisions
How do I stock up on all of these items?
Add a couple to each shopping trip you make to the grocery store.
Don’t feel pressure that you have to take this entire list and buy everything. It would be expensive.
Work gradually towards filling your shelves with items you love and will use.
Have anything to add to my list?
Did I forget anything? Or did I forget one of your favorites?
Let me know in the comments. I look forward to hearing what your must have’s are.
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