Foods that you keep on a regular basis: your shopping list

[bellybuddha]

Just did a little shop today for much needed yummy soup.
I also get a mixed veg and fruit box from Riverfords organics every other week.

fennel bulb
parsley
cannellini beans
courgettes (zuchinni)
aubergine (eggplant)
vegan pesto
organic tin tomatoes
shortcrust pastry ( I was feeling lazy)
fusilli pasta
fizzy water
orange juice
cranberry juice

Made a real nice ribollita soup with most of the ingredients. Yummy

[bellybuddha]

karmafunk, you can get Thai red curry paste that is vegan from Sainsbury's. It's their own version and taste really good.

[Mr Flibble]

I do miss Thai food when out. There are few vegan options. I found a vegetarian Pad Thaii in Canada recently but it turns out they use Oyster sauce in the sauce mix.

I'll shop around and see what I can find or maybe even make my own.

A lot of thai restuarants seem to claim things containing fish sauce/shellfish as vegetarian.

Making your own paste will taste better, but as with making bread from scratch life is often too short

[karmafunk]

karmafunk, you can get Thai red curry paste that is vegan from Sainsbury's. It's their own version and taste really good.

Excellent, I'll give it a go. Thank you.

[pat sommer]

Veg bought fresh nearly every day like: spinach broccoli and peppers, at least 2 kinds of mushroom, coriander and chives etc. Any weird veg they have in too.

Soy products from small producer at the market: beancurd skin shreds or smoked pressed tofu or gluten squares. Additionally they make sprouts and pickles: 3 day sprouted fava beans make great falafel!

Imported luxury items from small supermarket twice/thrice weekly: olive oil, olives, whole wheat pasta, Russian beer

Once a month I stock up at a little Indian shop: curry spice, dhal, tamarind, palm sugar, coconut cream

[helen105281]

karmafunk, you can get Thai red curry paste that is vegan from Sainsbury's. It's their own version and taste really good.

I was about to say are you sure cos the one we get isn't Sainsburys own but then I realised it was bellybuddha and not Buddha Belly, this is getting confusing

[bellybuddha]

I was about to say are you sure cos the one we get isn't Sainsburys own but then I realised it was bellybuddha and not Buddha Belly, this is getting confusing

I know.

[jasminschade]

Never worry! Take it one day at a time! I like to plan my meals beforehand and then create a very specific shopping list. The ingredients below are for Thai Curry with Vegetables, French Onion Pie and Caesar Salad, Asian Lettuce Wraps, Lentil "Meat" Loaf and Mashed Potatoes (we always add misc veggies, nuts and veg burgers to our lists).

- Coconut Milk, 2
- Curry Paste (green)
- Onion, 12
- Garlic
- EF Tofu, 3
- Potatoes, 4 lb
- Cauliflower
- Red Bell Pepper, 3
- Thai Basil
- Rice, brown
- Salt
- Earth Balance Shortening
- Earth Balance Buttery Spread
- White Sugar, small
- Salt
- Soy milk
- Black Pepper
- Nutmeg
- White Flour
- Nutritional Yeast
- Firm Tofu, 1
- Lemon juice
- Capers
- Dijon Mustard
- Olive oil
- Lettuce
- Bread Cubes, dried
- Oregano
- Thyme
- Basil
- Tarragon
- Paprika
- Ginger, grated
- Carrot, 1
- Seitan, 2 cans
- Chili paste
- Brown sugar
- Miso paste
- Butter Lettuce
- Cucumber, 1
- 2 cups dry lentils
- Ketchup
- Breadcrumbs
- Walnuts
- Parsley, fresh
- Poultry herb blend (just a special blend of thyme, rosemary, sage etc)
- Soy Sauce
- Worcester sauce (vegan)

[JC]

This may sound weird, but what i eat greatly depends on where i am. Now i'm in france, i'm sort of at a loss as to what to eat. Not for lack of choice (if anything, there's more choice here than in england) - i just don't feel like eating what i used to. For example, the only vegetable i'll eat at the minute is grated carrot.

Bananas
Pears
White grapes
Carrots
Chickpeas (canned)
Brown short grain rice
Quinoa
Puy lentils
Soya pieces
Bouillion cubes
Flavoured tofu
Soya milk
No added sugar muesli
Pots of fruit compote (n.a.s) i.e. banana and apple
Some type of cracker (at the moment i'm on buckwheat crispbreads)
Dairy free soft spread (vegan philidelphia)
Flavoured soya yogurt (occasionally)
Apple crisps (occasionally)
Bottled water
Flavoured tea bags
Express tofu ravioli (occasionally)
Pre-packed soup

[Stephanos1611]

Reading this thread makes me so happy to be vegan! It's just so hard not to fall in love with people so concious of their food. BLESS!

[Jippia]

My shopping list usually includes:

soya milk (1 litre and mini tetrapacks)
soya yogurt
orange juice (1½ litre and mini tetrapacks)
potatoes
bread
cucumber (also my guinea pigs' breakfast snack)
peppers and/or tomatoes (my guinea pigs love them, too)
vegetables (fresh, frozen or jarred)
apples (both for me and the animals)
bananas
mandarine oranges
carrots (for my animals)
nut butters including tahini
firm tofu
vegetarian burgers (for my husband)
maybe vegan burgers/sausages
rice, pasta and Asian noodles if needed
sauces (sweet-and-sour, Hawaiian, pasta, peanut, others)
sugar
vegan margarine if needed
potato crisps
vegan cookies
Belgian endive or regular andive (most goes to the animals)

My list depends on how empty my fridge, freezers, pantry, etcetera, are. We have four guinea pigs and a rabbit, so they too have a say in what I have to buy every week. Mini tetrapacks are for travelling home from work by train or other travels.

[soilman]

fruits and vegetables in season
cheap white rice
whole wheat pasta
semolina couscous
whole wheat couscous
quinoa
rolled oats
small white beans or navy beans
barley
split peas
red lentils
dry chik peas
frozen chik peas, cooked myself from dry
frozen chik pea cooking water
lemons or limes
frozen lemon or lime juice, squeezed myself
maple syrup
molasses
sugar
carrots
red pepper
romaine lettuce
red potatoes
fresh cilantro
grapefruits
concord grape juice
tropicana orange juice
tropican grapefruit juice
frozen melon, cut up myself from melons in season
frozen paypaya, cut up myself and frozen
frozen strawberries
frozen blueberries
frozen rasberries
frozen sweet corn
pita breads, whole wheat, white, strored frozen
tortillas, stored frozen (corn)
frozen collards
frozen spinach
blanched almonds
walnut pieces
flax seed meal, ground myself
flax seed oil
extra virgin olive oil
extra virgin sesame oil, untoasted
garlic powder
cumin powder
caraway seeds
ground hot Hungarian paprika or ground cayenne pepper
ground sweet Hungarian paprika
whole pepper corns
whole wheat flour
white wheat flour
whole rye flour
wheat gluten
wheat germ
almond butter, ground myself from blanched almonds
sesame tahini, ground myself from mixture of hulled and unhulled seeds
ground mustard seed
ground turmeric
ground ginger
ground nutmeg
ground cinnamon
Tobasco sauce
soy milk
instant coffee (freeze dried)
coffee beans
cocoa powder
chocolate, unsweetened
canned whole tomatoes in puree
Diamond Crystal Kosher salt (no added ingredients)
Mortons's iodized salt (no prussiates added)
soy milk
pumpkin or squash seeds
poppy seeds
active dry yeast
dates
prunes
dried apricots (unsulfured)
vanilla extract
granny smith apples

[Staffy]

Wow! Huge lists. I just make sure i've got some beans, like kidney beans etc. Always have to have lentils, especially red lentils. I love lentils. Celery, potatos and carrots. Muesli and rice milk in the morning. Everything else i just wander down to the shop and go get it as i need it. It's only a few $ here and there plus i get to go for a walk. Running out of lentils is bad though....

[soilman]

I hadn't realized how huge my list is until I actually started writing it down.

[soilman]

staffy
"Everything else i just wander down to the shop and go get it as i need it."

I might do that, if the nearest store was less than a mile away. But it's about 15 miles away. I also order some nuts and seeds on line. And I don't have a car. So I bring home as much stuff as I can carry in each $20 taxi ride, once every 10 days or so. I have a chest freezer, which I don't know how I could live without, if I don't have a car.

[Staffy]

staffy
"Everything else i just wander down to the shop and go get it as i need it."

I might do that, if the nearest store was less than a mile away. But it's about 15 miles away. I also order some nuts and seeds on line. And I don't have a car. So I bring home as much stuff as I can carry in each $20 taxi ride, once every 10 days or so. I have a chest freezer, which I don't know how I could live without, if I don't have a car.

That must take a lot of forward planning soilman. I'm lucky to have a shop nearby that i can walk to. It gets me my daily exercise plus it suits me to make things up as i go along. I'm fairly laid back that way.

[soilman]

Staffy "That must take a lot of forward planning soilman."

I just keep a notepad with me at all times, with one page labeled "Food." When I'm working in the kitchen and see that I am running low on something, I just add it to this page, thus constructing a shopping list. It really takes very little thought. For example I tend to always have on hand, the equivalent of 2 to 2.5 one-pound (450 gram) bags of each kind of frozen fruit and frozen vegetable, in the freezer. When I open the second bag of an item, I put that item on my list. That seems to work out so that by the time I am ready to go shopping again, the second bag is down to less than half-full.

I'm saying the "second bag" but in actuality when I open a bag of frozen fruit or vegetable I immediately transfer its contents to a plastic freezer container, rather than store the food in its original bag.

[erynne936]

this is my list of what's crucial:

lettuce
tomato
olives
avocado
frozen spinach
fruit - depending on what's in season

herbal tea

peanut butter
earth balance spread
tahini
lemon juice
olive oil
salt & fresh ground pepper
frank's hot sauce

chickpeas
red & black beans
lentils
refried beans
various rices
corn tortillas

good dark chocolate
walnuts
wine!

[ems.w]

I thought it would be intresting to know how my fellow vegans shop and were they shop.
So i think it would be nice if what ever we buy food wise we put up exactly what shopping we got price and were from. Maybe we could get some market research from it as well been able to figure out were the cheapest price for products are.

[Assaye]

Hmm. I don't have an exact price for everything but here is what we got today and the total:

Tofutti cream cheese
Cheezly super-melting mozzarella
Suma passata
Booja Booja chocolate ice cream
Zotter goji berry and sesame soy-chocolate
Zotter 40% cooking chocolate
Provamel 'juice box' style strawberry soy milk
Provamel 'juice box' style banana soy milk
Provamel sweetened soy milk
Organic mushrooms
Wholegrain noodles
Cider vinegar
Suma icing sugar
Green & Blacks cocoa powder
Redwood bacon

I think that's it? It all came to £34, of which £10 or so was chocolate and ice cream.

We got it all from Alligator wholefoods in York. It's an independent wholefoods and organic produce shop.

[ems.w]

mmm everything sounds really nice
I hope that prices start going down as £34 is a lot for such a small shopping list.....enjoy

[ems.w]

There's a "what did you buy today" thread somewhere.

Thanks ill have a look through

From Holland and Barrett
Tofutti Cream cheese garlic and herb £2.59
Tofutti Cream cheese herb and chives £2.59
Tofutti mozzarella slices £1.89
Cheatin ham slices £1.65
Mamm cucina cheesecake £3.99
Vegout porkless porkpie £0.79
Swedish glace Raspberry £3.09
Swedish Glace Blueberry £3.09
Melting mozzarella bloacks x2
Vegan flapjacks x3 @ £0.75 each

Tescos
Tomatoes tin x2 £0.33
Chilli Beans £0.78
Sweetcorn x3 £0.44 each
Baked beans x2 @ £0.28
fake cheese sauce £1.69
Swedish Glace vanilla £2.05
Pasta wholewheat x2 £0.77
Parsnips (reduced) £0.18
Hummus red pepper x2 £1.20 each
Ready salts crisps £0.48
Tortilla chips x4 @ £0.25 each
Mint thins £1.00 (exactly the same as after eights)
Free from pizza base £1.99

[Enchantress]

I think the Tesco free from pizza base contains egg.
http://www.tesco.com/groceries/Produ.../?id=258798458

Ingredients:
Water,Tapioca Starch ,Rice Flour ,Potato Starch ,Vegetable Oil ,Psyllium Husk Powder ,Dried Egg White ,Dextrose , Raising Agents (Disodium Diphosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate) ,Sugar , Humectant (Vegetable Glycerine) , Stabilisers (Xanthan Gum, Hydroxypropyl Methyl Cellulose) ,Maize Flour ,Salt , Preservative (Potassium Sorbate) ,Citric Acid

[ems.w]

Thanks enchantress the pizza base wasn't mine thankfully it was for the other half

[Assaye]

Just realised that between the two of us (me and my boyfriend) we've spent about £65 on food this week, eeeeek! We've not been vegan that long and have gone vegan and started buying organic at the same time, so food bills have rocketed. Hopefully it'll settle down once we work out what we like and what we want to cook regularly. We're experimenting a lot at the moment and buying a lot of treats, tee hee.

[harpy]

Today we had our usual £31 box of organic fruit and veg delivered - contained spuds, tomatoes, red peppers, spinach, celery, broccoli, mushrooms, oranges, apples and some other stuff that I can't remember off hand (ETA onions, carrots, sprouted lentils and pears). It seems quite good value, we probably won't need to buy more veg for the two of us, though I will buy more fruit and OH buys his own lunch at work.

[ems.w]

Just realised that between the two of us (me and my boyfriend) we've spent about £65 on food this week, eeeeek! We've not been vegan that long and have gone vegan and started buying organic at the same time, so food bills have rocketed. Hopefully it'll settle down once we work out what we like and what we want to cook regularly. We're experimenting a lot at the moment and buying a lot of treats, tee hee.

We were exactly the same once we became vegan especially when trying out new food such as certain lentils and veggies weve never had before but honestly it does get cheeper and you find yourself buying lesson once your got a good storage or main products such as beans lentils rice pasta etc.......the only thing we seem to spend a lot on is fake cheeses and icecreams but that maybe due to the fact that were we live its very hard to get hold of them so we buy in bulk........good luck on gettin your shoppin bill down though

[ems.w]

Harpy

Thats awsum that you can get organic veg delivered is that from a local farm shop? i never thought of getting that done but im going to look into it i think im not sure if its done round were i live but i really like the idea....

[harpy]

It's a local firm, Ems, but we live in London so I think they get most of the stuff from East Anglia. Elsewhere you can find ones operated by farms - if you look on the Soil Association website they have a list. There are even a couple of vegan organic schemes on the VON website, but obviously you have to live in the right part of the country.

[ems.w]

cheers for that i have a look and hopefully will be able to find somewere

[Firestorm]

Bought this lot from Goodness Direct a few weeks ago:
Fry's Braai (Country Herb) Sausages (8) 380g 3.39
Impulse Foods Organic Frozen Plain Tempeh 227g 4.64 - 2 packs
Impulse Foods Organic Frozen Tempeh Smokey Slices 113g 4.94 - 2 packs
Booja-Booja Stuff in a Tub Coconut Hullabaloo 500ml 5.01
Booja-Booja Keep Smiling Vanilla M'Gorilla 500ml 5.01
Booja Booja Stuff in a Tub Pompompous Maple and Pecan 500ml 5.83
Clive's Organic Gluten Free Vegetable Chilli Pie 260g 2.66
Clive's Organic Ready Pot Meal, Thai Veggie Curry 400g 3.29
Biona Organic Lucky Stars 250g 3.49
Granovita Deluxe Banana Soyage 145g 0.59
Bute Island Foods Sheese, Cheshire Style 227g 2.49
Redwood Blue Style Cheezly 190g 1.86
Redwood Cheezly Cheddar Style Slices 100g 1.96
Redwood Organic Tempeh Rashers 120g 5.20 2 packs
Wicken Fen New Recipe Cumberland Sausages 280g 2.29
Taifun Rondo Slice with Fine Herbs 125g 2.99
Conscious Chocolate Cherry Christmas 45g 1.25
Marigold Engevita Nutritional Yeast Flakes 125g 2.60
Postage & Packing 5.83
VAT 4.59
Less voucher value 10.00
Total 62.16

Got this lot from Veggiestuff the week after:

Viana Cowgirl Steak £3.10
Viana Bavarian Burger £2.75
Viana Chikin Fillets £3.10
Viana Seitan £3.10
Viana Tofu Creme Veggie Garden £1.99
Redwood Cheddar with Bacoon Pieces £1.96
Viana Salami £0.80
Radfords Dairy Free Fudge £0.86

Shipping £6.60
Vat £1.49
Total £25.75

Asda This Afternoon:
3 Cartons of Sogood soya - £3.33 - 13 pence off at the moment
1 Carton morinu silken tofu - £1.10
Asda wholewheat tortillas - £0.82
Asda Reduced Fat Salad cream (its actually Vegan) £0.58
1 Pack White Chocolate buttons £0.4 - Cheaper than Tesco by 1 pence (Every penny counts)

Total £6.23

[ems.w]

firestorm thanks for adding your shopping list
and a big! thanks for the asda salad cream heads up as i loved 'normal' salad cream and do not like the vegan version i found so i shall be going to asda to buy some lol.....also ive never tried Tempeh is it nice? ive only been vegan a while so theres still loads of 'alternative' food for me to taste.

[Firestorm]

firestorm thanks for adding your shopping list
and a big! thanks for the asda salad cream heads up as i loved 'normal' salad cream and do not like the vegan version i found so i shall be going to asda to buy some lol.....also ive never tried Tempeh is it nice? ive only been vegan a while so theres still loads of 'alternative' food for me to taste.

Hi
Tempeh is nice but the best way I would describe it is unusual and it takes time to get used to.
I bought my first pack a year ago from a health food shop (with herbs and stuff in), shoved it in the freezer then forgot in for a couple of months. I then cooked half the pack one Friday for dinner and thought it was weird (it crossed my mind that it might have gone off but that was just the herbs).
I left the rest in the freezer for another couple of months then used it up by using it instead of sausages in a baked bean and sausage casserole (to disguise the taste). The funny thing is as I was eating it the taste slowly started to grow on me so I bought some of the plain stuff next time I went out and found that even nicer.
Its definitely something you should try (it tastes kind of bitter but in a good way) but dont give up on it if you find it weird, the taste will get better in time. The plain stuff is good and the impulse rashers are great (better than Redwoods anyway).

Good luck with trying out different things, the forum is a good place to get good honest opinions on different foods but the best thing you can do it try things and make your own decisions (loads of vegan cook books rave about Seitan, but I've just tried it and cant see whats so great about it).

Sorry for going on for so long!

[ems.w]

Thanks firestorm ive found that about tofu id never tried it till i became vegan and it was a while before i came to just think it was 'ok'....i will get some tempeh and give it a go i think they sell it in holland and barrett were i live...

[FruitJunkie]

My List:

Sunflower Seeds
Oatmeal
Brown Rice
Potatoes
Pasta
Tomato Sauce
Canned Pineapple
Red Seedless Grapes
Oranges
Apples
Banana
Bell Peppers
Broccoli
Carrots
Spinach
Onion
Garlic
Chili Peppers
Vinegar
Olive Oil

Spices I always have on hand: Hot Chili Powder, Hot Paprika, Thai Red Curry Powder, Onion Powder, Garlic Powder, Cayenne Pepper, Habanero Powder, Basil, Cumin, Tumeric, Cinnamon, Cajun Seasoning, Ginger, Oregano

I spices!

[vegetarian_cat]

BANANAS !!
Also, dates and dried figs.
Lettuce.
Corn crackers
Oranges or other juicy fruit (Melons in summer or peaches etc.)
MANGOS !!
Chickpeas !
Carob powder
DATES

[fondducoeur]

My list:
hummus
pita
tofu (seasoned/baked as well as fresh)
tempeh
rice
quinoa
tahini
soy sauce
ginger
garlic
fresh fruit
bars (luna, mojo, larabars)
salad fixings

[Susieannah]

Lazy garlic, lazy chilli, lazy ginger, and lazy caramelised onions! They are a godsend!

[maariak]

Gosh, the lists! Here goes:


Orgran Egg Replacement
Self Raising Flour
Plain Flour
Corn Flour
Brown Sugar (organic brand)
Raw Sugar (organic brand)
White Caster Sugar (only when I have my step children who are not vegan nor organic minded >.>)
Vegetable Oil
Peanut Oil
Canola Oil
Oatmeal
Rice Cakes
Ryvita's
Vegan Mint cookies
Vegan Ginger nut cookies
Museli (with as much extras, dried fruit etc)
Quinoa
Four/Three Bean Mix
Chickpeas
Chill beans (Coles brand)
Bread Crumbs
Soy milk
Coconut milk
Banana
Avocado
Green or Red apples (whatever is on special)
Lemon
Berries (Mostly frozen, sometimes canned. Only fresh when I can get then on special)
Tomatoes (2 different types)
Potato
Sweet Potatoes
Pumpkin
Cucumber
Celery
Green Beans
Frozen pea and corn mix
Broccoli
Cauliflower
Zucchini
Mushrooms
Canned Mango Pieces (fresh when in season)
Chillies (a few varieties)
Garlic
Other fruit/vege that is in season.

Spices (Over 20 different flavors)
Rice (Basmati)
Sweet Chilli Sauce
Soy Sauce


I am missing a few things, but the list will get too big.

[stayfocusedxvx]

I'm shopping stores like stop and shop and waldbaums. It's a bummer to shop at grocery stores that are not similar to whole foods though.

my shopping list weekly consists of:

penut butter,
cinn. rasin bagel flats,
tofu,
rye bread and dark rye.
vegetables and fruits,
flax seed,
nuts/seeds
chips,
pita chips,
hummus,
maybe some meatless products,
amy's burrito's,
cookies (ginger snaps/newman o's)

I just went vegan on April 11th after being vegetarian after 2 1/2 years.

post your shopping lists

[Daffodil]

I am never without fresh mushrooms, onions and tomatos and also brown/wild rice. other things I vary.

[Lentils]

Guess what I buy a lot of!

[LouiseAbel]

God, I keep a LOT of food in my house. The things I USE most regularly are probably:

onions
garlic
carrots
broccoli
spinach
apples
sweet potato or potato
some sort of milk
some sort of butter
lentils
rice
quinoa
hummus
salsa
flour
cocoa powder, sugar, baking powder, bicarb. etc. for baking
oil (sunflower and olive, usually)
vinegar
chickpeas
tinned tomatoes
baked beans
curry paste
herbs and spices. I have a drawer full of them but the most commonly used are cumin, coriander, paprika, ginger, oregano and rosemary
salt and pepper
Marmite
soya mince

I'll stop there, even though I keep thinking of things I want to add.

[LouiseAbel]

Hmm. I don't have an exact price for everything but here is what we got today and the total:

Tofutti cream cheese
Cheezly super-melting mozzarella
Suma passata
Booja Booja chocolate ice cream
Zotter goji berry and sesame soy-chocolate
Zotter 40% cooking chocolate
Provamel 'juice box' style strawberry soy milk
Provamel 'juice box' style banana soy milk
Provamel sweetened soy milk
Organic mushrooms
Wholegrain noodles
Cider vinegar
Suma icing sugar
Green & Blacks cocoa powder
Redwood bacon

I think that's it? It all came to £34, of which £10 or so was chocolate and ice cream.

We got it all from Alligator wholefoods in York. It's an independent wholefoods and organic produce shop.

I love Alligator. <3 Need to stop being lazy and go there more.

[Robinwomb]

I keep a lot of food in my house too! I feel like a food hoarder, and if certain ingredients are missing I just dont feel complete lol

lentils (red, brown variety)
split peas (yellow, green)
dried chickpeas, white beans, black beans, pintos
cans tomato paste, sauce, and diced tomato
cans olives
spagetti (whole wheat or quinoa)
other pasta
millet, buckwheat groats, quinoa, oats, oatbran, steel cut oats
nutritional yeast
wild rice, white basmatti, brown
rice or pea protein powder
wakeme, nori paper
plain popcorn
blackstrap molasses, agave, maple syrup, unrefined fair trade nonbleached sugar
cocoa powder, carob powder, raisins, dried cranberries, sunflower seeds, chopped or whole walnut
agar flakes, baking soda and powder, vital wheat gluten, potato and cornstarches, active yeast
teas and coffee
frozen vegetables like green beans, peas, corn, or mixed
frozen berries, frozen orange juice concentrate (use for making spicy orange sauces)
plant milk (usually almond)
flours: spelt, quinoa, buckwheat, rice, cornmeal, others
flaxseeds or ground flaxseed
dried coconut
vegetable broth
unsweetened applesauce
occasionally Ezekiel sprouted bread or tortillas
Earth balance butter
tempeh
olive oil and spray
coconut oil
tons of spices and seasonings
lemon and lime juices
tamari and braggs
liquid smoke
apple cider vinegar
apples, oranges, fresh pineapple, lemons
always two or three leafy greens on hand: kale, collards, spinach...
lettuce
always bell peppers of different colors
tomatoes
zuchini
mushrooms
onions always
potatoes
carrots always
celery
brussel sprouts
sprouts (brocoli, radish etc)
sometimes bananas or squashes
snow peas or snap peas

I think I named everything I have lol.

[LouiseAbel]

You can get quinoa spaghetti?! What's the brand you get? I want some! (I love your list, by the way. I bet if I completed mine it'd be even longer than that, haha).

[Lentils]

As my silly post earlier suggested I do actually eat a tonne of lentils, but as well as a big sack of lentils I've always got:

spices (too many to list, basically every spice used in Indian cooking as well as various others)
rice (basmati, brown, generic long grain)
pasta
potatoes
onions
dried beans (white, black, kidney, pinto)
green beans
flour (white and wholemeal)
olive oil
lemon juice
coconut milk
bananas
apples
strawberries
garlic
ginger
tomatoes (canned chopped tomatoes, generic tesco)
tomato purée
passatta (I add a bit of olive oil and some spices to make pasta sauce, so much better than stuff from a jar!)
peppers (bell, pointy)
chillies (thai, generic tesco, habanero)
mushrooms (generic tesco, giant portobello)

My apologies for using 'generic tesco' so often, I don't really know the specific name. Compared to other people here my cupboards seem quite limited, maybe it's time to experiment some more!

[LouiseAbel]

Are they generic lentils or some other kind of lentils?

[Lentils]

Red split lentils, Tesco's best at £0.75 per kg! I couldn't find a good picture of red ones for an avatar though :|

[Robinwomb]

You can get quinoa spaghetti?! What's the brand you get? I want some! (I love your list, by the way. I bet if I completed mine it'd be even longer than that, haha).

http://www.quinoa.net/145/163.html

I'm fortunate to find them in the organic section of a local grocery store I go to. I'm not sure if they have those in the U.K. or if they would ship them that far. They are pretty good, not quite like regular spagetti but close. I havent tried brown rice spagetti but I have seen that too.

I mentally know where everything is in my cupboards and frige so I just went through it in my head and listed it all out lol. I forgot my vinegars though (white wine, balsamic, red wine, rice wine vinegars); oh and the garlic cloves and ginger root. I dont buy all this stuff every week or I would be in serious debt. Some of it sits in there for a while. The fresh produce I buy weekly and plant milks. I only eat out maybe four or five times a year and usually bring all my own food to social events so i do cook and prepare foods a LOT.

Yeah, lentils rock!