What Food Items do you Always Have on Hand?

[Dave]

I get this question quite a bit, and I'm wondering what foods you always keep on hand. These would include your snacks, your base food options, fluids, everything. Tell us what you rely on. Don't forget you can "edit" your post if you think of something later that you didn't post the first time through.

[scourtney7]

I always have a milk based product (used to be skim milk but todd turned me onto almond milk), whole wheat (high fiber) bread, lean sandwich meat (turkey typically, also ham occasionally) always have some whey protein, eggs and egg whites, trail mix (primarily composed of dried fruits), whole raw almonds and walnuts (unsalted), whole wheat pasta, all natural peanut butter, bananas, blueberries (fresh or frozen), oatmeal (whole quick cooking but not instant), chicken breasts, and Shakeology!

shannon

[Dave]

At home we always have almond milk, regular milk (trying to transition the kids to almond milk), eggs (organic), all form of organic veggies, hummus, chicken, ground turkey, whey protein (Beachbody), Shakeology, Recovery Formula, whole wheat bread (preferrably gluten free), brown (wild) rice, brown rice cakes, canned organic tomatoes and black beans, and canned tuna.

In my desk at work you'll find trail mix (raw from Trader Joes or home made), larabars, Greens Plus bars, Recovery Formula (I run at lunch occasionally), and some quick cooking steel cut oats that I don't eat very often any more, but are a good thing to keep on hand if I get stuck at the office and can't get out for lunch.

We use Olive Oil and Coconut Oil for cooking and things like salads (the olive oil that is).

[FitRunner]

Some protein sources: Frozen meat/fish/shellfish/poultry, at least one kind of fresh meat/fish/seafood/poultry

Basic protein complements: White jasmine rice, brown jasmine rice, potatoes, whole-wheat pasta , Yukon Gold potatoes

Fruits and vegetables: Canned beans, canned tomatoes, frozen vegetables, a few kinds of fresh fruit, a few kinds of fresh vegetables, white onions (fresh fruit and veggies are both side dishes and snacks)

Breakfast foods: Old-fashioned oatmeal, milk, eggs

Pantry supplies for baking and supplementing cooking: All-purpose flour, graham flour, rye flour, baking powder, baking soda, cocoa, granulated sugar, brown sugar, cornstarch, potato flour

Cooking fats: Non-virgin light-tasting olive oil, extra virgin olive oil, sesame oil, butter

I basically rely on having a few items out of each macronutrient category around, some fresh, some preserved or frozen, along with the kinds of things you need to cook nearly anything with them, so that I can look around in the kitchen and throw something together on short notice and with little planning.

[JimNAZ]

Non-citrus fruit juice (for homemade recovery drink only)
Almond milk (Mmmm thanks Dave!)
Coconut water (Zico I think . . .)
V-8 low sodium (although I am trying to find something else with less junk in it)

Greek yogurt (for Robin)
Cheese (still working on this one)

Fresh veggies for salads/snacking
Fresh fruit

Almond butter
Almond meal (Great for pancakes! We also used for our pizza crust! * Kind of different . . .)
Raw nuts

Protein powder

Chicken breast, ground turkey, sometimes sliced turkey for lunch (no bread Dave!)
Turkey bacon/sausage
Fresh fish when we can (salmon, tuna, some sort of white fish)
Eggs (lots of them!)
Canned tuna in water

Udo's Oil (suppliment)

Olive oil - cooking/salads
Olives

Larar Bars (Thanks Dave . . . yeah I love 'em)

A lot of multi-grain breads in freezer and oatmeal in pantry that we have not touched in a couple weeks!

Thats pretty much it for staples. Always make sure we have enough of all the above . . .

[Sterling]

Chicken, 2-5 dozen eggs, salad items and other veggies (if you can think of it, we have it), bacon, steak, protein powder, olive oil, butter, coconut oil, heavy cream, bacon fat, ground meat,(beef, bison, venison), fish, fresh parmesan cheese, mixed nuts (almonds, cashews, pecans, macadamia)

[Dave]

Thanks guys. A couple of these got caught for some reason (honestly, I have no idea) and required moderation. Please shoot me an email when that happens. I try to check it once a day, but...even I am fallible. LOL.

[FitRunner]

Perhaps the software flagged words like "butter", "bacon fat", and "sugar" as potentially offensive.

[Dave]

Perhaps the software flagged words like "butter", "bacon fat", and "sugar" as potentially offensive.

Now that's funny. Sterling is truly a primal eater. In case you can't tell, he's really implemented Mark Sisson's theories and I have to say he's in amazing shape. He's one of the guys that really got me seriously thinking about the book, and I'm glad I'm reading it.

[Sterling]

I have to admit that I had a nice, fresh bagel today.

[JimNAZ]

I have to admit that I had a nice, fresh bagel today.

WHAT!

The sky is falling . . . the sky is falling . . . :D