The Fit Foodie Kitchen: How to Stock a Healthy Pantry

What should a gal who is interested in eating well keep in her cabinet and pantry? Here’s a full list to help you stock a healthy pantry. From oils to oatmeal, potatoes to peanut butter. This is the full-proof, power pantry supply list to stock a fit foodie kitchen.

A thoughtfully stocked pantry with healthy and delicious food options is a fit foodie hack. Having plenty of options in ready supply is key to maintaining a healthy diet that you actually enjoy eating, even on the busiest days.

We all know the powerful pull of in-your-line-of-vision and easy-to-grab food options…even when we’re not hungry and we know it’s not good for us. Well, now it’s time to use that power for good.

The Fit Foodie Power Pantry isn’t full of pricey, trending, foo-fooey ingredients. Just the opposite, in fact. This list is based on foods that my husband and I use multiple times a week, if not multiple times a day! The goal: make healthy eating easier. Read on to learn how to stock a healthy pantry

How to Stock a Healthy Pantry

Remember that you are most likely to consume the foods within easy reach. Keep the healthy stuff and the stuff you use a lot (or want to use more often), close by. And of course, get rid of the stuff that isn’t supporting your goals!

p.s. the specifics are based off of what I personally prefer and cook with most often, but if you like rice wine vinegar more than cider vinegar (just for example) get what you prefer!

Basic Pantry Supplies

This list covers the basics – the ingredients you’ll use most often and all the time!

• Oils: extra virgin olive oil and extra virgin coconut oil
• Vinegars: balsamic, red wine vinegar and/or cider vinegar
• Dry herbs: parsley, oregano, thyme, chive, rosemary
• Spices: garlic powder, onion powder, chili powder, paprika, cinnamon, good salt and pepper
• Broth: low-sodium
• Rice: wild, brown, jasmine
• Grains and lentils
• Oats: steel cut or old fashioned
• Dried fruit (unsweetened)
• Nuts: almonds, walnuts, cashews, pistachios, pine nuts
• Seeds: chia, flax, hemp, pepita, sunflower, sesame
• Natural nut/seed butter
• Honey and/or maple syrup: preferably local
• Hearty veggies: sweet potatoes, potatoes, onions

Canned Goods

Canned goods are cost-efficient and have some longevity to them (although they don’t live forever so maybe check those expiration dates on the dusty ones in the back). Plus, most canned goods are nutrient packed. Always look for the version with as few added ingredients as possible.

• Canned tuna in water
• Beans: black, kidney, cannellini, garbanzo
• Tomatoes: diced, whole, paste
• Veggies: artichokes, beets, corn, roasted peppers
• Coconut milk

Bonus/Backup Pantry Items

These are items that I like to always have back up of. Most have to be refrigerated once opened, so that’s why they’re in the “bonus” section. Some are not necessarily necessary, but useful and delicious to have on hand.

• Sesame oil
• Mustard
• Salsa
• Hot sauce: Sriracha, sambal, Tabasco, etc.
• Soy sauce: low sodium
• Protein powder

It doesn’t take much to create incredible flavor. But it takes that incredible flavor to create meals that you want to make again and again. Stock a healthy pantry and you can boost the flavor of every meal you eat, from salads to steak, smoothies to stir-fry, quickly and creatively.