Trying to stock your pantry during a quarantine may be challenging but eating more plant based is definitely not so. Below is a list of ingredients that I keep on hand for my go to recipes. And I find that by having these things, when I look up a new recipe, I’m often not SOL. It takes time to build up if you’re not used to cooking and eating this way but once you get it set up and you’re only refreshing, it’s pretty easy to maintain. Plus this way of eating is delicious, naturally healthy and ethical.

Plant Based Pantry Staples

Grains

• Long or short grain brown rice

• Basmati brown rice

• Rolled Oats

• Pasta

• Quinoa - Technically a seed but I eat it in the way I’d eat a grain so it’s going here

Nuts and Nut Butters

• Almond Butter

• Peanut Butter

• Tahini (Sesame Seed Butter)

• Cashews

• Almonds

• Walnuts

Seeds (I store mine in the fridge once opened)

• Hemp

• Flax

• Chia

Legumes

• Red Lentils

• Brown Lentils

• Chickpeas - Canned or Dry

• Black Beans - Canned or Dry

• Cannelloni Beans - Canned or Dry

Additional Canned Goods (Or Jars or Cartons)

• Coconut Milk

• Diced Tomatoes

• Tomato Paste

• Shelf Stable Almond Milk

• Shelf Stable Soy Milk

Dried Fruit

• Dates

• Dried Mango - Not in many recipes but always in my pantry

Oils, Vinegar and Other Liquids

• Extra Virgin Olive Oil

• Sesame Seed Oil

• Coconut Oil

• Soy Sauce, Tamari or Coconut Aminos

• Red Wine Vinegar

Produce - This post is not featuring the produce we buy but these stay so long and are used so frequently and are often stored in the pantry!

• Fresh Garlic

• Yellow Onions

Spices - This list could be it’s own post but here are my staples

• Cumin

• Smoked Paprika

• Turmeric

• Table Salt

• Pepper

• Nutritional Yeast - Not technically a spice but I use it as one

• Garlic Powder

• Onion Powder

• Red Pepper Flakes

• Cayenne Pepper

• Cinnamon

• Pumpkin Pie Blend - Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Cloves, Ginger

• Curry Blend - Cumin, Turmeric, Coriander, Ginger, Mustard, Black pepper, Cinnamon, Cardamom, Cayenne pepper

Let me know in the comments below what your pantry staples are. Are they similar to my list or wildly different?

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