Here are, however, some things I try to not be without. I shop for either know the farmer, know the animal, and when not possible, my next choice is "organic"*, then "free-range"*. I long for the days of my childhood when milk was delivered each morning in a glass jar. I miss having the green grocers either up the road on Taylorsville Road, or down on Bardstown Road (for those familiar with Louisville). I don't need a large fridge, because quite honestly, now that I have one, I sadly will let food go to waste for lack of seeing, and thus remembering what I have. I know, that is yet another thing I need to work on.
*these terms have been diluted by it's official definitions of the FDA and are and can be just as industrial and bad-for-you as industrial farming, but at a minimum offer greater protections than their subsidized versions.
Refrigerator
- Fresh eggs - there is nothing like a fresh egg for baking and cooking. The yellow yolk is brighter and has a great consistency.
- Cream - heavy cream. You can always mix with milk to get your half-n-half
- Milk - see cream.
- Cheese - the more artisanal, locally sourced cheeses the better.
- beef
- pork
- poultry
- seafood
- tofu/seitan
- lettuce/greens of some sort
- vegetables - in season
- fruit - in season, and I cave and enlarge my carbon foot print for those fruits grown in S.Am., etc.
Freezer - don't sneer, it's unbecoming. This is my table, and yes, sometimes I don't get to that food item in time, or if I do, it gets frozen for a quick meal later.
- edamame
- peas
- pizza (there are times it just sounds good, especially when I don't feel like cooking, and my husband JJ is good at heating these up).
- lemon ice in the summer
- ice cream
Root cellar: not really a cellar, more like a wicker basket
- Sweet potatoes
- red potatoes
- Yukon Gold potatoes
- yellow onion
- garlic
- elephant garlic
Pantry
- whole grain pastas
- arboro rice
- jasmine and whole grain rice
- canned veggies - artichokes, french style green beans b/c a quick greenbean caserole is one of my comfort foods
- crusty rustic loaf bread
- no HFCS sandwich bread
- and more...
