PANTRY ESSENTIALS | KITCHEN STAPLES | PANTRY MUST-HAVES 

I have a list I keep of my inventory for when I do my grocery order. I can look through it real quick and make sure I am not forgetting anything. :) I like keeping tomatoes on hand, last night wasn't sure what to cook and I made a quick marinara sauce that was so good.

I love to keep “cream of” soups because if I want a lazy chicken recipe, I dump a can in a big skillet and cook the chicken in it and serve it over rice with a side of broccoli!

For pantry- I also keep bbq sauce and Italian dressing! Italian dressing is great for marinades. I keep yeast for making bread, plus it lasts forever! I also like to keep clam juice in the pantry because it’s great for any seafood pasta dishes. I substitute it for stocks! Yummy! I also keep brownie mix and select cake mixes for a quick treat at anytime.

You pretty much covered everything. I would add frozen fruit for smoothies, and frozen heels of bread. I use them to make breadcrumbs. Nobody in my family will eat the heels anyway.

This is a great list! For my pantry, I always have the Lipton Onion soup packets on hand. These are great for adding flavor.

I also keep Progresso and Campbells soups - especially tomato, veggie, beef & veggie, and chicken noodle. They're great for a quick lunch/dinner with a grilled cheese or other sandwich. Also - canned chicken and tuna for chicken/tuna salad. Great with mayo, pickles/relish, black pepper, and a lil dijion mustard. Works well for a sandwich or just with crackers and raw veggies (carrots, cucumber, bell pepper, etc.). We also love a good frozen stir-fry (like P.F. Changs) and frozen Lassagne (Stouffer's). Great video, Mandy! TFS!

Since food waste is such a serious environmental problem, I would add that if you aren't used to cooking with fresh foods, don't "stock up" on foods that will spoil in a short time. Meal plan, and purchase only the fresh items you need for meals that week.

Your hair and makeup is on point 👌

I also keep maple syrup, molasses and honey ! Staples at our house !

Avocado oil! The light oil is great for high temp cooking. The avocado oil that comes in a tin is very good as a salad dressing base!

Keeping my pantry stocked up has been great. It is very budget friendly too.

Girl you are so close to 40k subscribers. I'm so happy for you and I bet you hit 80k before the year ends. I love your videos. Thanx for sharing. Cheers

Two of my favourites are Panko breadcrumbs and tomato purée. Great video Mandy, really useful for new cooks . Tip I use for keeping fresh herbs is to chop them and place in ice cube trays, top with a little water freeze and place in ziploc bags. Or you can spread out on a baking tray and fast freeze then put in bags. They taste just as good as when fresh and saves them rotting away in the back of the fridge.

Always have coconut oil, oats, and smoked paprika too for various things. Honey and maple syrup and some kind of breadcrumbs

We have the same basic pantry needs! You can always stir up a quick, one pot, golish with these pantry essentials! Crisco is the only thing I haven't bought in years! I always have BBQ sauce and dressings for marinades in my pantry.👍😊❤

I really like this video Mandy ! Very helpful for the kitchen ! I’ve been wanting to make a video like this for my viewers as well - thanks for all the inspiration 🥰👩🏼‍🍳👌 Little tip for butter milk 🥛 incase you don’t have or don’t need a lot for a recipe ... Take 1 cup Whole Milk and add 2 Tbsp of White Vinegar. Mix together well . Let it sit for 20 to 30 minutes at room temp & you have delicious buttermilk ! Have a great day to all ! 😊

I am loving following you! Your grocery hauls and recipes are inspiring!! Love your kitchen!! ❤️❤️

I made the Italian chicken with white wine sauce and it was a hit. My husband ate two helpings. This is a keeper. Thank you Mandy.

I love this video idea!! These are fantastic ideas of what to keep on hand! I remember thinking I would really feel like an adult when I had staples on hand like this! Lol

My list is very similar to yours! In addition, I always keep canned tuna, chicken and clams on hand for quick and easy melts, quesadillas or (in the case of clams) pasta dishes. We always keep good quality marinara and/or vodka sauce in the pantry, too.

Breadcrumbs! Both panko and regular plain breadcrumbs.

A pantry item we love is unsweetened cacao powder. Great for smoothies and baking.

Have all of these, but pickles are a must. And canned tuna

I'm with ya girl. I do the same. every fall I can my own tomatos, (sauce. paste) it's very handy. I have a huge pantry. ha

Hey Mandy thank you for doing this video. Its important to always have some back up in your pantry you never know when you will need certain items.

Good list of items 😀😀. FYI, some fresh herbs can last a lot longer if kept in a small glass of water on your window sill or just out on the counter. I used to keep my parsley and basil like that. It's like having fresh flowers 😀😀. And I would just pick off what I needed.

I definitely keep most of the same things on hand. I love having a stocked pantry and freezer! 😀

I keep all the same things! Also for produce we always keep berries (smoothies, for Greek yogurt (I try to make it myself most of the time) parfaits, and freeze any we won’t use in time). Fresh spinach for omelets, salads, smoothies and on sandwiches in place of lettuce. Also sweet potatoes for baking or sweetie fries. 😋

Love your curly hair!

Thanks, Mandy, my kitchen looks just like yours. God Bless!

I use BTB in jars instead of bouillon or broth because it takes up less space, rich flavor, and no MSG. Along with onion, garlic, and tomatoes in season, I always have bell peppers. Sometimes fresh jalapeños, and always jarred pickled jalapeños. Canned tomatoes in every form is a must!

You pronounced Worcestershire sauce perfectly. I also keep breadcrumbs and Arborio & jasmine rices in my pantry as well as tinned fruit which can be put in a pie or cake.

Frozen corn dogs are a must here! 😂

I also have most of those items in my pantry and fridge. By the way, I like the way you are wearing your hair today, with the soft waves and that part on the side ...and those earrings....😍 Very pretty.

Hi Mandy. I came over from Mr. & Mrs. Bs channel, 🤣😂 love the Bunkey’s. Excited to follow you.

A great list for a ‘beginner cook’ if they are unsure of what to have on hand. Mandy you nailed it on this one. I have to say, ALL of these items are my must haves to have on hand as well.

Bread crumbs are good to have too!

Enjoy all your videos. I finally prepared Monteray chicken, My son and I loved it. Lots more of your recipes to try, cant wait. Thanks.

love love love this!!! i love learning new things. I try not to buy too many fresh items if they're organic b/c they go bad by the end of the week! I just threw out organic strawberries only 4 days after I bought them! I'm so sad. I always like to have frozen foods.. and LOTS and lots of spices/seasonings!! Anything to flavor up the dinner! (but you already got that lol)

Great video Mandy!!

Because I'm married to an Englishman, we keep some "strange" staples :-) He loves HP Sauce (it's sort of like A-1), pickled onions (he loves them for breakfast with bacon and eggs!! Crazy, I know!), and "Salad Cream" which is sort of like a salad dressing, but not exactly. I'm not a fan of any of this stuff, but luckily we can get most of it at Cost Plus World Market -- or Amazon of course. I also keep all the regular items that you mentioned in the video. :-)

Thank you for this video. This will come in handy when shopping.

Definitely keep about the same. But also top ramen as a quick thing or didn’t quite make it to the grocery store yet. Plus you can also use the noodle part to incorporate into another meal. I like to keep apple sauce individuals for my son good for lunch but also easy to just grab and add to a meal.

Hi Mandy! I thought this video was very helpful! Thank you!

Love this video! Thank you for sharing!

Nice pantry and great info. I too keep stock and canned tomatoes , beans, those are a must have for me I don't use to many creams, rice and pasta a must, EVOO AND AVACADO for me, then I use all fresh seasonings. You look BEAUTIFUL MY DARLING FRIEND!!!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 great video! I wish someone would have told me too the staples when I started cooking. Great idea mama

This is pretty much what I keep on hand. This video is a great idea. I have found you people just starting out don’t know what they need to keep. Very helpful. ❤️

I keep hemp seeds, cacao, and large flake oats for making my protein smoothies. I am not a breakfast eater and don't get time to stop and eat at work in the morning, so I "created" this smoothie recipe that is like a meal in a cup! My Hubby makes it for me (I am NOT a morning person!!) I use almond milk in it also and natural almond butter.***We always have salsa.... I get the 2pack of large bottles (Tostito brand)at Costco. We like nachos....loaded up for a meal, or with just cheese for a snack...also use it as a dressing for taco salad, and you can put it with chicken and veggies in the slow cooker for fajitas! *** Real local maple syrup is a must. often we will have french toast or pancakes, plus it gets used as sweetener for different recipes. *** We use a LOT of cheese... and eggs...even though 2 of my sons are out on their own now, we still seem to buy a lot! Our youngest son is the biggest eater, so we usually have lots of food around!!*** We eat a lot of salad, so we buy Caesar ingredients at Costco: dressing, bacon bits, croutons and Kraft grated parmesan. *** We buy most of our produce at Costco.... we've only had one here for about 9 years and i don't know how we ever lived without it! We limit our trips to every 2 weeks (payday) and stock up on lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, sweet peppers, berries, apples yogurt cups, carrots, onions and any other things we need (We have a "master Costco list") *** We always have an assortment of vegetables (fresh and frozen). I love your recipes, but sometimes there are ingredients that I can't buy here :( We use light Miracle Whip.... there's no Duke's here!.... also there's no corn muffin mix, all season's seasoning.... and I can only buy ranch seasoning in packets, I have never seen those larger containers :( *** We have lots of snacks here. I have a 15 (very soon to be 16)year old son who eats like you wouldn't believe! Luckily he likes healthy food, he eats apples, yogurt, bananas, berries, English cucumber (he will eat 1/3 to 1/2 of a cucumber as a snack!, Toppables crackers, cheese, he will eat a whole sweet pepper (we buy the 6pks of colored peppers) Also he likes pudding, so I usually have the Hunts snack packs on hand. *** and of course we can never run out of peanut butter! *** Things we don't usually buy but always have homemade are bread, jam and applesauce

I always keep my favs on hand at all times. I pray that your neighbors and town are healing from the tornado. Was watching it on the news. Lexylou😘💕💕💕

Tony's Chachere's Seasoning. But I am from Louisiana so, it's kind of expected!

This is s great video, Mandy! Because I have very little storage space in my kitchen, I purchase and store only All Purpose flour, then add baking powder and salt to make it Self Rising. In the same way, I store only granulated sugar, and add molasses if I need brown sugar for a recipe.

I live alone so I’ve not really thought about most of the things you mentioned. I’m going to be shopping differently from now on! Thank you for the tips!!!

Oatmeal and quick oats and muffin mixes cake mixes is must in mine along with most of the stuff you mentioned

Yes to almost all of these! Rice, beans, and tomatoes are big for us...between those three, there are a few different dinner ideas you can always throw together! 😊

Hi Mandy, thanks for sharing this! It was very helpful, and while I was watching this vlog, I jotted down some items that I currently need. Thanks again! - Vicky from S. Carolina

Great ideas......store tomatoes on counter

I guess we all have our own “regulars” that we keep on hand! Which is such a great thing because you can always come up with a meal. That is the first thing we should learn when we start heading our household! Btw, can’t wait for your next live!!!! The last one was so much fun!!

Tfs Mandy enjoyed this video . Kathy in Tx 😉

This is a great episode for new homemakers Mandy! Having been married for over 30 years, I'm certain that I'm not your target demo, but here I am. You are so refreshing and authentic and your guys are adorable! My mom made me a list like this when I married my soldier in 1984 and I moved from MI to TX. Our first grocery trip cost over $100 (a fortune back then) and when we got home my husband said there was a lot of stuff but nothing to eat. Men!! LOL

I always tend to keep canned milk ,evaporated & sweetened condensed , and a variety of baking chips & cake mixes etc for unexpected dessert needs.

Great video Mandy. My fridge, freezer and pantry are stuffed with everything you mentioned and more! No room for anything else right now. Thanks for sharing. Have a great weekend! 💟🐱

You look so pretty,i truly love all your videos

Such a helpful video! Love the idea of having the pantry stocked - especially with the broths!

This is SO HANDY! I'm redoing our pantry at home, and this is just what I needed! Thank you Mandy!!

Love this! I keep the same on hand as well as real bacon bits, lipton soup mixes and bbq sauce. In the summertime we grill out a lot and so we also keep different marinades on hand too.

Balsamic vinegar, I love it on roasted tomatoes

Great essentials!!!

Oh I can't believe I am number one!! Well I am never first for anything so this just makes my day😂😂😂love your videos girl!!!💖💞💕

I LOVED THIS VIDEO!!! It's helpful to see what others use to stock their kitchens!!! TFS

great lists!! you look so pretty with your mermaid hair Mandy!! question about cream of soups... any ideas on a healthier alternative?

I like to have dried dill weed that I use in my tuna salad. Also, I love fresh lemons and limes but Publix has organic lime and lemon juices in the bottles found in the produce section just in case you don’t have fresh, they are so good!👍❤️

Bread crumbs/panko (unseasoned so can add if needed) are good to have on hand, some sort of cooking spray (for pans crockpot etc) and one "all purpose seasoning" (Mrs. Dash, Badia Complete, McCormick seasoning etc)

this video was so helpful!

My sister told me about Kerry gold butter being so much better I tried it and it is sooo good. Have you tried it

Seeing the Muellers brand when you showed the pasta made me realize how I haven’t seen that brand in forever! I grew up in North Carolina and that was the brand my mom always bought, now living in Arizona & Texas the last 12 years they don’t have that out here.

One thing we always have in our kitchen is brown sauce, usually H.P. because my other half LOVES it, on veggie sausage sandwiches, with cheese, or just to dip chips/french fries in. I HATE brown sauce, BUT he does all the cooking as I am disabled, and he puts just a tablespoon or so in a lot of things he makes, like Quorn cottage pie, stews, lentil cottage pie, soups, lasagna, all vegetarian because he is a vegetarian, ( though I do eat meat sometimes, and he even cooks it for me ). If we have run out of brown sauce and he makes something that usually has it in I always notice and comment on the fact the food does not taste the same, it really does add something to cooked food, though I still can't stand the stuff as it is. Good old tomato ketchup for me. I love your videos, especially seeing your husbands reaction to all the beautiful meals you cook, and your sons thumb/s up when he likes them as well. Oh and your cat is adorable bless her. Much love and respect from South East England. xxxx

Thank you so much for this video it was very informative and I really loved it I never thought to have the certain things on hand at all times so the next time I make my grocery list I'm going to make sure that I have all of these things available to me because you are so correct we do need all of these items💜

Hey from Boiling Springs NC ... love all your videos and i really like your list .... i keep Ranch Dressing powder also and use it on some of my roasted veggies .... i ordered mine off Amazon and got 2 bottles for 12.00 and some change ....... thanks for all your whats for dinners I have learned a lot also

Great video. I always love to have a selection of canned veggies, flour, sugar, and etc on hand. We don't have a pantry so I have to use cabinet space which stinks but it works for now. Have a great day and weekend Mandy.

Hi Mandy! Fantastic video, thanks for sharing.

Thank you. Very helpful

agree with all of these, especially rice/ pasta! Quick side dish. And Tony’s creole seasoning, love it. Maybe i should start getting more into different types of oils. Thanks for sharing❤️

I just started following you and I think its so awesome and humble how you respond to comments so sweet :)

Our staples are EXACTLY the same. Once I started looking up recipes, I noticed I always needed these items so now I keep them on hand.

I always have cream cheese, buttermilk and almond milk on hand :)

Mandy, Hi from Georgia! I have to keep Liquid Smoke in my pantry for meats. This was a very helpful list. I have your list with me the next time I go to the grocery!

I also keep cornstarch in the pantry

Couldn't agree more. I don't often use sour cream but I like to have it lol. Most often used Cream of soup is Tomato, I use it in chilli and loads of other recipes. Great video again Mandy, thank you xx

Off subject, but tonight we made the Sweet & Tangy Meatballs, Mexican Cornbread and Sour Cream Mashed Potatoes. Was so very good. My son said I can't make cornbread any other way from now on. lol

Do a freezer your and what meats you freeze and how you defost them to cook

Yes and Amen! I keep all, very important I think as well. Mandy, question...well, I can’t get out or this wouldn’t be an issue..I just had major surgery, so depended on the hubby to check and get if needed. Well, I said I need beef broth and red gold tomato juice. He checked, yep....I have them both he said. This morning, I’m up, watching your vids to get caught up on as I’m making vegetable soup. Do you know ...we only have chicken broth and v8.. REALLY Kent!!?? Anyway, question, have you ever used chicken broth to cook your meat in the slow cooker for vegetable soup? I definitely prefer beef broth or stock to cook the meat in..but??

I love all of these! Thanks for the tips!

I love your youtube channel, I also have all of the items you mentioned in my pantry and refrigerator.

I totally agree with you!! Thanks Mandy 😀

What a great idea Mandy. Very beneficial vid. Thank you.

Great video!! 👍 I LOVE vinegars!!! So I always have on hand MANY varieties of vinegars. I live close to an Asian store and have a variety of vinegars and wines from there, including Mirin and Sake, for cooking. I have regular dark Balsamic, plain white Balsamic, a bunch of flavored Balsamics (🍋, Lime, Blackberry, Blueberry, Fig, and 🍑), and balsamic glaze/ drizzle. I also have flavored Olive oils, too, like Lemon, Lime, Garlic, and Butter flavor. My new favorite is Blood Orange Olive oil, it's AMAZING in dressings. That reminds me that I also have sprays, like Pam, that I keep on hand, like: Original, Butter flavor, and Olive oil spray. I did just recently get an Olive oil pump (not an aerosol). One other thing that I always have on hand is Coconut milk. I love your channel, keep up the great work!!!!!!

Great idea for a video Mandy. Hope your weather has improved, have a great weekend

Hey Mandy!,,,,if I could only be that organized. Hope u have a great weekend. 😀

I keep self rising flour in my pantry as well. Great video!!!

I was just thinking this would be an awesome video! How awesome! Thanks!!!