There's no such thing as the perfect pantry, but here's a good start. It's a list of shelf-stable and frozen foods that are used in the AHA recipes you'll find in the Delicious Decisions Cookbook.
Use this list as a guide to stock your kitchen. With a pantry full of the basics, you can simplify your shopping list and buy only the fresh ingredients as you need them. Most of the items are available from your local grocery store. A few items can be found at health-food stores.
Grains, Pasta & Mixes to Stock
• All-purpose flour
• Bulgur
• Corn tortillas
• Cornbread stuffing mix
• Cornmeal, finely ground yellow
• Corn-muffin mix
• Dinner Roll mix
• Gingerbread cake and cookie mix
• Granola, low-fat
• Light fudge brownie mix
• Light white cake mix
• Light wild blueberry muffin mix
• Light yellow cake mix
• Macaroni - and - cheese mix
• Millet
• Noodles, medium
• Oat bran
• Oats, steel-cut, rolled
• Pasta, bow-tie, fettuccine, linguine, elbow macaroni, alphabet pasta, capellini
• Pearl barley
• Pumpkin quick bread mix
• Quinoa
• Reduced-fat baking and pancake mix
• Rice, quick-cooking, brown, aromatic
• Rye bread
• Sourdough French bread
• Unprocessed wheat bran
• Wheat germ
• Whole-grain bread
• Whole-wheat berries
• Whole-wheat flour
• Whole-wheat flour tortillas
