Last Updated on September 24, 2024 by Michelle
Pantry staples don’t have to be filled with ingredients you can’t pronounce.
The snacks your family reaches for can be nutritious choices, without breaking the bank or requiring lots of preparation time.
Let’s make some pantry staples
I’ve joined forces with fellow creators, on youtube and instagram, to bring you a long list of pantry staples you can make yourself, better, at home.
We’re sharing all our inside secrets on these delicious pantry staples right here. Just keep scrolling for links to the ingredients and videos to make the staples with us.
Take a second and find all of us over on instagram and youtube:
Michelle Visser instagram and youtube
Stacy Lyn Harris instagram and youtube
Amy Cross instagram and youtube
Chelsea, of Little Mountain Ranch instagram and youtube
Rachel (That 1870s Homestead) on instagram and youtube
What staples should you always have in your pantry?
While each family has different favorite meals and snacks, in general you want to keep all of these 3 areas of your kitchen well-stocked, when you can:
- Pantry
- Refrigerator
- Freezer
While some items show up in more than one of these places (like fruit and veggies), for the most part you can keep a checklist of what items you need in these 3 locations and go grocery shopping with these lists in mind.
Go here to download my personal Pantry Checklist, filled with links and discount codes to some of my favorite pantry staples.
How to make your pantry healthier?
Homemade will always trump store-bought. While I want to encourage you to not let yourself get overwhelmed and try to do too much, too fast, with just a little effort you’ll find yourself loving the journey towards an improved pantry. (This Pantry Staples Summer Challenge is a GREAT place to start!)
How to create a well stocked pantry?
To have a well stocked pantry is easier than you might think. Especially if you learn to make the staples you use the most.
No better way then to join a friend in her kitchen and learn to make some staples, elbow to elbow. So that’s what we’re doing here, in the Pantry Staples Summer Challenge. Glad you can join us!
Pantry staples you can make
There are so many staples… easy meals and snacks and more that you can make yourself. To inspire you, we’ll be sharing some of our favorites right here in the weeks ahead.
We’ll be adding new ingredient lists and videos here often, so check back (and enter the giveaway daily while you’re here!)
Meanwhile, take a second to go and follow each of us on instagram and subscribe to our youtube channels, so you don’t miss a thing. (Just scroll up for all the links.)
Here to enter the giftaway? Just tap right here
Homemade Ice Cream
Specifically, let’s make Mint Chocolate Chip ice cream made with fresh mint (or dried, or extract) and zero refined sugars.
INGREDIENTS
4 cups fresh mint leaves (or 2 cups dried mint or 2-3 tsp mint extract)
2 cups milk
3/4 cup maple syrup (i highly recommend this syrup)
1 tsp vanilla extract (this is the only one I buy)
1/2 tsp salt (I use this salt)
2 cups heavy cream
1/2 cup cacao nibs, ground up (this is where I get mine)
1/2 cup chocolate chips
INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO
Join Michelle in her kitchen to make this yummy mint chocolate chip ice cream (and find out why it almost failed).
MORE DETAILS
Get the full, printable recipe and more tips for making mint chocolate chip ice cream with no refined sugar right here.
Ranch Seasoning
INGREDIENTS
1/2 c dry buttermilk powder
1 TB dried parsley
2 tsp. dried dill weed
1 tsp freeze dried chives
1 TB garlic powder
1 TB onion powder
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO
Join Rachel in her kitchen to make your own ranch seasoning.
Homemade Yogurt
INGREDIENTS
4 cups milk
2 TB plain, organic yogurt
1-2 TB powdered milk (optional)
INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO
Join Chelsea in her kitchen to make a batch of homemade yogurt right here.
Everything Seasoning
INGREDIENTS
2 TB poppy seeds
2 TB sesame seeds
1 TB minced garlic
1 TB minced onion
2 tsp. kosher salt
INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO
Join Michelle in her kitchen to make a batch of this seasoning right here, on youtube.
MORE DETAILS
Get the full, printable details for Everything Seasoning right here.
Maple Meat Rub
INGREDIENTS
1/2 cup maple sugar (find out How to Make Maple Sugar)
2 tablespoons garlic powder
4 teaspoons onion powder
2 tablespoons coarse salt (this is the best! Use code SOULYRESTED)
2 teaspoons cinnamon (this is what I use)
4 teaspoons dried thyme
2 teaspoons pepper
INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO
Join Michelle in her kitchen to make a batch of this seasoning right here, on youtube.
MORE DETAILS
Get the full, printable details for Maple Meat Rub right here.
Teriyaki Sauce
INGREDIENTS
water
5 TBs brown sugar
monk fruit/molasses substitute
¼ cup coconut aminos
2 TBs honey
3 large garlic cloves, minced
1 TB fresh ginger, minced
1 TB arrowroot powder or cornstarch
INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO
Join Amy in her kitchen to make teriyaki sauce right here.
Kombucha
INGREDIENTS
water
½ cup sugar
1 TB organic black tea (or 4 tea bags)
INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO
Go here to start a batch of kombucha with Michelle Visser.
MORE DETAILS
Get the full, printable details for How to Make Kombucha right here.
Condensed Soup
INGREDIENTS
3 tablespoons butter
8 ounces cremini, portobello, or white button mushrooms, sliced
¼ cup flour
¼ teaspoon onion powder
¼ teaspoon garlic powder
¾ cup chicken broth
¼ cup white wine
¼ teaspoon kosher salt
Pinch of freshly ground pepper
INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO
Go here to make this recipe with Stacy Lynn Harris.
Trail Mix (without seed oils)
INGREDIENTS
1 cup mint carob chips
1 cup raisins
1 cup pumpkin seeds
Salt, to taste
INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO
Go here to make this recipe with Michelle Visser.
MORE DETAILS
Get the full, printable recipe for this Trail Mix without Seed Oils or Refined Sugars right here.
I just retired and have been collecting things to make as many of my own staples as I can. Whoever wins this giveaway will be blessed. Thanks for the chance.
I agree, all the winners will be blessed, for sure. But our goal is to bless EVERYONE who participates by inspiring and encouraging you. Glad you’re here!
I have learned so much from following all of you. Thanks for sharing you experience and knowledge.
This made my day. 🙂 Goal accomplished 🙂
Hi, I have never won anything when it comes to contests, but it never stops me. I have been trying to make homemade foods for my husband and I for a while now. We are in our 70s and wish we would have like to start this journey when we were younger, but I guess better late than never. Thanks for the recipes and videos.
Ruth
It’s NEVER too late!! So glad you’re here, and here’s hoping this giveaway is “the one” for you 🙂
Thank you all for sharing your knowledge and talents to help the rest of us – especially us beginners! It’s much appreciated.
Heck, we’re all still learning… some of us have just spent more time at it. 🙂 Glad you’re here!
I love the recipes and I can always adjust to my health diet. Thank you this giveaway great. I am keeping my fingers crossed this will be my lucky one
So glad you’re here! Lots of deliciousness coming. And be sure to enter daily–it’s such a great giveaway! Did you request the daily reminders?
I love new recipes and to make your own ingredients at a cheaper cost helps a lot. I was wondering I you could use dried date pieces instead of raisins. Someone gave me 8 lbs of dates and raisins and I don’t think I can freeze dry or dehydrate either one I’m not really sure. Thanks for the great recipes and pantry list
you can definitely use any dried fruits you’d like in place of the raisins in my Trail Mix recipe
I do not have instagram.
I totally understand, but it is very easy to sign up for an instagram account and following the 6 of us in both places will mean you would be able to get the most out of the challenge
But even if you decide to forgo instagram, please go ahead and enter the giveaway daily.
You will still be eligible for the weekly prizes as long as you’re following all accounts on ONE of the two platforms. But only folks who are following all of our accounts on BOTH platforms are eligible for the Grand Prize.