Your pantry should take time to develop. Don't feel like you have to go out and buy all kinds of expensive flours and foods in one day. A lot of these items I developed a taste for and started to incorporate slowly. Once you do start to use them on a regular basis you can buy larger quantities online or even find a friend to split with! Here are some of the items I use on a regular basis:
Pantry:
Brown Rice Flour
Millet Flour
Coconut Flour
Almond Meal
Arrowroot
Coconut Oil (unrefined)
Quinoa Flakes
Quinoa
Dry legumes
Rolled and Steel Cut Oats
Brown long and short grain rice
Brown rice pastas
Corn Meal (I like Bob's Red Mill - medium ground)
Peanut Butter
Almond Butter
Coconut Milk
Raw nuts and seeds (I usually have almonds, cashews, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seed, walnuts and pecans on hand)
Chicken, Beef, Vegetable and Mushroom broths (I make A LOT of soup - and use broth for rice and quinoa as well)
Vinegar (rice, red wine, balsamic and apple cider)
Green Tea
Fridge/Freezer:
Almond Milk
Cow's milk (the fattiest I can find : whole, 2%....for my husband who will never give this up!)
Farm fresh brown eggs
Grass fed unsalted butter
Cream top yogurt (someday I will make my own)
Cheese (goat, parmesan, feta, aged-cheddar)
Greens (mixed, spinach, swiss chard, kale....)
Fresh and frozen veggies (whatever is seasonal: broccoli, beets, brussel sprouts, tomatoes, peppers, squash, whatever I don't use I freeze for later.)
Fresh and frozen fruit (again, whatever is seasonal: berries, citrus, apples, pears, bananas, pomegranate,cranberries, etc. Again, I freeze what I can for smoothies and desserts)
Free range whole roasting chickens
Grass fed beef and bison
All kinds of seafood (tilapia, salmon, halibut,scallops, shrimp and of course how ever many blue gills my grandpa caught for me!)
Olives, pickles and other fermented foods
Onions
Sweet Potatoes
Spice Rack:
Celtic Sea Salt
Black Peppercorns
Olive Oil
Cooking Spray
Good quality vanilla (or homemade!)
Cinnamon
Cumin
Dried herbs (basil, thyme, rosemary, etc. although I use fresh herbs too!)
Garlic (fresh and dried)
Paprika
Tumeric
Chili Powder
Red Pepper Flakes
Cardamom
Nutmeg
Ginger
Sweeteners (all used sparingly):
Pure Maple Syrup
Agave Nectar
Honey
Coconut Palm Sugar
Pantry:
Brown Rice Flour
Millet Flour
Coconut Flour
Almond Meal
Arrowroot
Coconut Oil (unrefined)
Quinoa Flakes
Quinoa
Dry legumes
Rolled and Steel Cut Oats
Brown long and short grain rice
Brown rice pastas
Corn Meal (I like Bob's Red Mill - medium ground)
Peanut Butter
Almond Butter
Coconut Milk
Raw nuts and seeds (I usually have almonds, cashews, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seed, walnuts and pecans on hand)
Chicken, Beef, Vegetable and Mushroom broths (I make A LOT of soup - and use broth for rice and quinoa as well)
Vinegar (rice, red wine, balsamic and apple cider)
Green Tea
Fridge/Freezer:
Almond Milk
Cow's milk (the fattiest I can find : whole, 2%....for my husband who will never give this up!)
Farm fresh brown eggs
Grass fed unsalted butter
Cream top yogurt (someday I will make my own)
Cheese (goat, parmesan, feta, aged-cheddar)
Greens (mixed, spinach, swiss chard, kale....)
Fresh and frozen veggies (whatever is seasonal: broccoli, beets, brussel sprouts, tomatoes, peppers, squash, whatever I don't use I freeze for later.)
Fresh and frozen fruit (again, whatever is seasonal: berries, citrus, apples, pears, bananas, pomegranate,cranberries, etc. Again, I freeze what I can for smoothies and desserts)
Free range whole roasting chickens
Grass fed beef and bison
All kinds of seafood (tilapia, salmon, halibut,scallops, shrimp and of course how ever many blue gills my grandpa caught for me!)
Olives, pickles and other fermented foods
Onions
Sweet Potatoes
Spice Rack:
Celtic Sea Salt
Black Peppercorns
Olive Oil
Cooking Spray
Good quality vanilla (or homemade!)
Cinnamon
Cumin
Dried herbs (basil, thyme, rosemary, etc. although I use fresh herbs too!)
Garlic (fresh and dried)
Paprika
Tumeric
Chili Powder
Red Pepper Flakes
Cardamom
Nutmeg
Ginger
Sweeteners (all used sparingly):
Pure Maple Syrup
Agave Nectar
Honey
Coconut Palm Sugar
