What do you stock up on?

[estrellita]

What kinds of food items do you stock up on when they're on sale? I'm trying to figure out what staples I should have on hand for cheap/easy meals so I can watch for sales. Some things I have in mind:

-Meat (chicken breasts, ground turkey/beef, maybe some pork chops)
-Cheese (shredded and sliced)
-Frozen veggies
-Rice
-Soups (cream soups, tomato soup, others)

What would you add?

[pooh8402]

I dont stock up on cheese because it goes bad before I eat it all.

To add to your list:
Canned beans, or dry beans if you prefer
Dry pasta

[ewall]

Diced tomatoes. We use those for two different kinds of chili, plus goulash and jambalaya.
Pasta sauce. We like Hunt's in the can because it is usually $1
Eggs if you're up for eating frittatas or breakfast for dinner. 
Frozen potatoes. Fries or tater tots are a quick addition to bulk up any meal. 
Onions
Garlic 

[estrellita]

pooh8402 I stick shredded cheese in the freezer

Speaking of cheese, is it typically cheaper to shred my own from blocks? I think we got that attachment for the mixer....

[HoneySpider]

We typically always have ground beef and chicken in the freezer. We also pick up Italian sausage when it's on sale or chicken sausage/brats.

We don't stock up per say on a lot because of lack of space but things we almost always have on hand, even if we buy them every week, are pasta, canned tomatoes, eggs, frozen breakfast sausage, frozen veggies, tuna, bread, string cheese, oatmeal, yogurt, cereal/granola bars, pretzels, cheese slices, deli meat, fresh veggies.

These aren't all dinner items necessarily but we do like to use breakfast/lunch items sometimes for a quick dinner and we both make our breakfast & lunch about 95% of the time. So all this stuff is running together in my head.

[Deleted]

Usually I stock up on meats, mainly beef and chicken. Canned soups, canned tomatoes, dried pasta. Frozen meals, frozen veggies. Cheese. Canned beans. Flour, sugar and eggs too.

When I coupon I will try and stock up on rice and pasta sides.

[wanderingenough]

Pasta, tomato sauce, frozen chicken breasts, those two-person Bertoli type meals (not great if you are watching sodium but can be cooked in <10 mins), cereal, frozen veggies, nuts, rice, etc.

[bk1]

ground hamburger
ground turkey
roast
chicken breasts
swai (fish)
tilapia


diced tomatos
tomato sauce

tuna

pasta

frozen veggies

8oz cheese blocks (I shred all of my own, it's cheaper plus shredded cheese has additives to make it not stick together)

eggs

rice


I (almost) always have the above. 

[estrellita]

bk1 when you shred the cheese, do you freeze some if you buy it in bulk? Or do you just buy what you'll be using?

[bk1]

Oct 1, 2015 16:03:58 GMT -5 estrellita said:

bk1 when you shred the cheese, do you freeze some if you buy it in bulk? Or do you just buy what you'll be using?

I'll start by saying I'm kind of a horder... even with food...


I currently have 9 blocks of cheese in my fridge. I just shred them as needed. I don't ever shred extra because it will stick together. They stay good for months (unopened) and we go through it pretty fast. I only have that much because I got it on a good sale 3/$5. 

[melsamoony]

I thought this a as about the hurricane lol.

I stock up on meats: pork, ground beef, chicken, chicken sausages.

I also have some canned things that I often use to throw something together: tomatos, beans, pineapples.

[estrellita]

melsamoony lol, no hurricanes here luckily just me not knowing how to adult!

[Deleted]

Tilapia
Chicken breasts

Variety of canned beans - I'll make chili or add them to tacos
Dry pasta
Quinoa
Pasta sauce
Tomato sauce
Canned diced tomatoes for chili

[melsamoony]

estrellita I was thinking to myself....i don't think Estrelita lives on the East coast I guess she is just preparing for other natural disasters.

I am special.

[estrellita]

Oct 1, 2015 19:53:23 GMT -5 melsamoony said:

estrellita I was thinking to myself....i don't think Estrelita lives on the East coast I guess she is just preparing for other natural disasters.

I am special.

Lol! Nope, not even close, but I do have family out your way

[travelbug]

Dry Pasta
Chicken Broth
Granola Bars
Ramen (yes, we always have chicken and beef ramen on hand even though it's not awesome)
Rice (lots of it)

[awick14]

-Dry pasta

-Granola bars

-Ramen, both chkn and beef. travelbug

-chicken breast (freeze them)

-bbq sauces

-sandwich meat (freeze)

-blocks of cheese. (I spread and freeze, I only buy mozzarella this way for when I make lasagnas, I make 10+ at a time and freeze, so I use a lot of cheese.)

-rice

-frozen veggies

-frozen fries/tator tots

-canned tomatoes (use this for making pasta sauces, just add a small amount of paste to thicken) (healthier and cheaper then buy pasta sauce.)

-tomato paste. (I use about 1/2 a can to make pasta sauce, I freeze the other half for future use.)

-spinach (I put it into the food processor with a small amount of water, once it's a paste consistency I freeze in ice cube trays, then put them into a ziplock bag. (I add 1-3 to meals when we don't have any veggies in the house.)

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Oct 1, 2015 20:17:43 GMT -5 travelbug said:

Dry Pasta
Chicken Broth
Granola Bars
Ramen (yes, we always have chicken and beef ramen on hand even though it's not awesome)
Rice (lots of it)

Ramen is awesome! Or at least it was in college.

I always have on hand:

pasta

pasta sauce

frozen veggies

juice

rice

frozen meat - ground beef, chicken breasts

oatmeal

applesauce

string cheese

dry beans

pasta sides

cereal

crackers of some sort

spaghettio's lol

Bertolli meals for two in the freezer

granola bars

nuts