10 Must-Stock Items for Your Kitchen

Save time and money by keeping a supply of these top ten items in your kitchen.

1. All-purpose flour

2. Dry or canned beans: Great Northern, baby lima, kidney, pinto, black

3. Canned beans: chili, cannelloni, garbanzo, refried (or make your own and freeze)

4. Rice: brown, jasmine, wild

5. Broth or stock: vegetable, beef, chicken

6. Pasta: spaghetti, penne, macaroni, fettuccini, egg noodles

7. Cans or jars of tomatoes: diced, sauce, salsa

8. Bread crumbs

9. Cans or jars of fruit: pineapple, mandarins, applesauce, peaches, pears; also packages of raisins

10. Canned or frozen vegetables: peas, corn, green beans, mushrooms.

Would you add any other Must Stock foods to this list? Share here if you would.

Deborah S. Tukua is an author and freelance writer whose work has been featured in the Farmers' Almanac. Her article, "Making the Most of Your Meal Money" is featured in the 2010 Farmers' Almanac. Visit her online at http://athomeonhollycreek.blogspot.com/.