September Pantry Inventory

Since I did a freezer inventory last weekend, I did a pantry inventory, today.  I haven't done a stock up since before I started my chemo treatments and I wanted to know what I had on hand so I know what I need to stock up when various items go on sale.  My pantry does double-duty as emergency supplies in case of an earthquake.  We are supposed to have at least a 3-day supply of food and water on hand.

My pantry is housed in various kitchen cabinets.  The lower three shelves of a double width upper cabinet (the topmost shelf holds china):

Pantry Cabinet 1

I store the majority of my canned, boxed, and jarred foods in this cabinet.  Being just under 5 ft. in height, I can reach what's on the lowest shelf without any problems and most of what's on the 2nd shelf.  But I need to stand on the step stool to reach the items on the 3rd shelf.  :D


And the single width cabinet to the left of Pantry Cabinet 1:

Pantry Cabinet 2

This cabinet is immediately to the right of the stove, so I keep items like oil, cooking sauces, salt, etc. on the lower two shelves.  The topmost shelf is where I store my jars of homemade jams (just 3 jars left - 1 apple/pomegranate and 2 lemon marmalade), the shelf below that has my homemade chutney (11 jars of tomato chutney).

The cabinet to the left of the stove is where I keep all the tea/coffee/sugar/hot cocoa:

Pantry Cabinet 3

I have two bottles of instant coffee and 1 box of my favorite tea bags in stock.  It's time to start checking with the Sri Lankan store to see if they have my favorite tea in stock and buy some.  The topmost shelf is where I'd store my new bags of sugar.  I just opened my last 10-lb. bag of sugar the other day, so I have plenty of sugar on hand for now.  However, I'll be stocking up on sugar when it goes on sale, next.  Especially since I want to make jam for holiday gift giving.

And finally:

Pantry Cabinet 4

This is a deep floor-to-ceiling cabinet, where I store things like mixing bowls and my Pyrex baking pans, food storage containers, empty canning jars, items like the punch bowl, etc.  I also use two of the shelves as pantry shelves to store boxed cereals, cookies, crackers, oil, snacks, etc.

According to my pantry inventory, I have plenty of rice, pasta, and soup on hand, but not enough of canned meats and fish.


Rice:
Approx. 10 lbs. of long grain white rice (1/2 of a 25 lb. bag)
Approx. 5 lbs. of basmati rice (1/4 of a 20 lb. bag)
Approx. 2 lbs. of red rice (lightly polished)

Red Rice (Uncooked)

Plus, 1 box rice/wild rice mix

Pasta:
9 x 1 lb. boxes of spaghetti (I stocked up when it went on sale for $.49/box)


But I only have 1 can of spaghetti sauce (and 1 can of Manwich sauce which could be used as pasta sauce if needed) for all that pasta!

Flour/Pancake Mix/Cornmeal:
5 lb. bag of all-purpose flour
1 box pancake mix
1 box cornmeal


Meat/Fish:
1 can corned beef
1 can mackerel
1 jar fried dry fish (Sri Lankan food; there's an opened jar in the fridge, as well)
1 chicken salad & crackers snack pack


Milk:
5 cans condensed milk (3 of which were bought by daughter for a dessert for that barbecue with her friends but wasn't needed, after all)
1 can table cream
 
Soup:
7 cans cream of chicken (bought on sale at $.50/can; I thought I might find them useful when I was undergoing treatments and didn't feel up to cooking; I had it once, only)
2 cans cream of mushroom (same as above)
1 can cream of celery
9 packets of soup noodles
1 can vegetable bouillon powder (opened)

Fruits:
3 cans sliced pears
2 cans sliced peaches
2 cans mandarin orange segments
1 can fruit cocktail
4 pack diced peaches fruit cups
6 pack applesauce cups

Juice/Drinks:
1 64 oz. bottle apple juice
4 8-oz. bottles apple juice
1 bottle mango drink3 cans coconut water

Vegetables:
2 cans breadfruit
5 cans garbanzo beans
2 cans pumpkin
2 cans red kidney beans
dried mung beans and red lentils

Peanut Butter/Jam:
2 jars peanut butter with strawberry jam
1 jar of homemade apple/pomegranate jam
2 jars of homemade lemon marmalade

Sugar:
Almost 10 lbs. white sugar
1/2 box powdered sugar (open)
1 lb. juggery (palm sugar)
open jar molasses
open jar honey
open bottle pancake syrup

Desserts:
2 cake mixes (chocolate)
1 cake mix (yellow)
2 cookie mixes (snickerdoodle and gingerbread)
1 box Kheer mix (Indian rice pudding)
1 box chocolate pudding mix
1 box flan mix
3 boxes flavored gelatin

Misc:
2 packets pectin
2 envelopes yeast
1 bottle canola oil
1 bottle coconut oil
Open bottles of condiments, cooking sauces, etc.

What do you stock up in your pantry?