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What's a staple food in your house?

83 replies

Cantfindanavailablename · 23/10/2024 06:53

Just making pancakes for the millionth time and was wondering what foods everyone else has in their house v v regularly.

Our daily staples are probably...
Pancakes, mayo, peanut butter, rice, coffee, pickled gherkins

OP posts:
ODFOx · 23/10/2024 08:02

Seedy bread, eggs, milk, cabbage, cauliflower, onions, potatoes, pasta, spinach, chicken, cheddar, feta, grated grana padano, peppers, tinned tomatoes, baked beans.

TalesOfTheGoldMonkey · 23/10/2024 08:04

Pasta, noodles, potatoes, chicken, minced beef, bananas, sweetcorn, wraps, cheese.

Favouritefruits · 23/10/2024 08:06

Tomato’s I spend £12 a week on them, my children love them to the point if I run out I have to go to the shop ASAP!

Icanttakethisanymore · 23/10/2024 08:06

Bread (we make it in a bread maker)
tea (loose leaf!)
coffee
cheese (all types but a good strong cheddar for day to day)
Bananas
Pasta
broccoli
peas
porridge
mince (cottage pie, shepherds pie, meatballs, bolognaise)

squishyarms · 23/10/2024 08:09

Coffee, apples, milk, Weetabix, wraps, peanut butter, houmous, celery sticks, crisps!

Seeline · 23/10/2024 08:10

Tea, cheese, chicken, cheese, pasta, cheese, broccoli, cereal

Lots of other veg, meat etc feature but those are the ones that crop up every week at least once.

I think we eat too much cheese....

jaimelesoleil · 23/10/2024 08:11

soda bread, eggs, cheese, milk, coffee, rice cakes, bananas, yoghurt, broccoli, rucola,

2Old2Tango · 23/10/2024 08:14

Rice, pasta, milk, bread, cereal, chicken, cheese, eggs, tomatoes, broccoli, onion.

From spring to autumn lots of lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, and water melon for the our tortoise 😁

Vettrianofan · 23/10/2024 08:16

Herbal teas especially peppermint and liquorice.

Verbena193 · 23/10/2024 08:26

Pancakes here too, my top tip is to make double or triple the batter. I have a large, glass milk bottle and store half in there for the next day, shake it up and pour.

Natsku · 23/10/2024 08:30

Bread. Nice healthy 100% rye bread for my bloke and my son - they eat it every day. Ultra processed terribly unhealthy gluten free bread for me and my daughter. Oh well.
Cheese, yoghurt, sweetcorn and peas are eaten pretty much every day.
A lot of tea is consumed, but almost entirely by me (DS sometimes has some)

MrSeptember · 23/10/2024 08:30

Bananas. Eggs. I am not convinced any family on yhe planet gets through as many as we do!

GiftWrappedSuburbanDreams · 23/10/2024 08:30

Daily staples would be eggs, avocado's, cheese, bananas, oats
Lots more, but these are what get eaten pretty much everyday

Sandandsea123 · 23/10/2024 08:32

Pasta
olives
broccoli
seeded bread
cheese
crisps
spinach
milk

Twentybottlesofbeer · 23/10/2024 08:34

Coffee beans for grinding
Fresh brown sourdough from the local bakery which we buy once or twice a week
Homemade pasta sauce for ASD DS
Greek yoghurt and kefir
Chocolate digestives for DH
Dark chocolate for me
Tomato and basil pasta sauce for DD

california22 · 23/10/2024 08:39

Daal and rice, meat curry, grilled salmon and salad

TossedSaladandSE · 23/10/2024 08:40

I always have coffee beans, tea and plum tomatoes, tomato purée, sugar, kidney beans sparking water, sunflower oil, vinegar, butter and porridge oats which I top up regularly

california22 · 23/10/2024 08:41

I think I got this wrong as staple dishes! Then it would be porridge, milk, avocado, bread, eggs

vincettenoir · 23/10/2024 08:41

Dhal, great shout, I think I’ll have that tonight. I could eat it everyday. I always try to batch cook but then overeat it so I don’t have much for leftovers.

Philodendron · 23/10/2024 08:42

Brioche, pasta, porridge, apples and bananas

ThatAgileGoldMoose · 23/10/2024 08:46

LadyEggs · 23/10/2024 07:19

I'd like to say tomatoes, quinoa, rye bread and spring water.

But it's crisps, cheese, white bread, lunchables and wine.

😁

It IS quinoa for me, due to various health stuff pasta and rice aren't suitable.

I reckon if I had to choose a few things to have in stock for a zombie apocalypse, quinoa, good coffee, vegetable stock powder and tofu would probably see us through. Oh god that sounds very middle class

ThatAgileGoldMoose · 23/10/2024 08:49

vincettenoir · 23/10/2024 08:41

Dhal, great shout, I think I’ll have that tonight. I could eat it everyday. I always try to batch cook but then overeat it so I don’t have much for leftovers.

Weird question that's not meant to be rude, but do you do anything to avoid getting bored with dhal?

I like it, but once every 6 months or a year is plenty for me, I find it incredibly dull. Tried a few recipes, still feel the same about it. Yet I love a simple chickpea curry!
I want to like it better!

PizzaNinja · 23/10/2024 08:51

Yogurt & eggs (not at the same time).

ABCDCBA · 23/10/2024 08:56

Cheese, butter, white bread, crackers, salmon, eggs, melon, and salt and vinegar crisps

BunnyLake · 23/10/2024 08:59

Pasta, rice, noodles, soy sauce, Greek yoghurt, tomatoes, lettuce, mayo, chicken breasts, eggs and if the supermarket stocks it, a bag of sofritto which I like to have in the freezer.