restocking your

fridge and pantry

essential foods for success

fresh vegetables that keep well

Onions
Garlic (can buy fresh peeled and/or shelf stable minced/crushed in a jar)
Ginger (can buy fresh or minced/crushed in a shelf stable jar)
Potatoes
Yams
Hard squashes (kabocha, butternut, acorn, pumpkin)

fresh vegetables for the refrigerator

Carrots
Celery
Romaine hearts
Baby spinach
Pre-washed and bagged baby kale, arugula and greens mixes do well
Snap peas or green beans (fresh are great for snacking and dipping)
Broccoli (or bagged florets)
Cauliflower (or bagged florets)
Cabbage slaw mix (bagged Trader Joe’s, 365)
Beets
Kohlrabi (peeled and sliced, great for salad and snacking or dipping)
Radishes (for salad and snacking or dipping)
Tomatoes
Mushrooms
Avocado

frozen vegetables

Chopped spinach
Kale
Peas
Pepper and onion mix (Trader Joes)
Mushrooms
Corn and roasted corn
Broccoli
Cauliflower
Edamame
Vegetable blends like peas and carrots, peppers and onions, mushroom mix
Green beans
Hash browns (365 are oil-free)

sweeteners

Date syrup (Trader Joe’s, The Date Lady)
Pure Maple syrup (Trader Joe’s, Costco, most grocery stores)
Sugar in the Raw
Brown Sugar
Agave Nectar
Monk fruit sweetener (Lakanto brand)
Stevia (Truvia, 365, Trader Joe’s )
100% juices (to season, NOT to drink)

dried fruit (for creating desserts, purees, and adding to dishes and baked goods, not for snacking)

Dates (pitted, medjool are soft, deglet noor are firm)
Raisins
Sultanas (golden raisins)
Dried cherries
Dried cranberries
Dried mango