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⌈ Secret Post #3032 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Ioan Gruffudd/Horatio Hornblower]


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[ebooks tree]


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[Horrible Histories]


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[Burn Notice]


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[Bradley Cooper]


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[Grimm]


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[Assassin's Creed: UNITY]


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10. [POSSIBLE WARNING for suicide]


[David Walliams]


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[Game of Thrones]


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[Nina Dobrev]


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[The Avengers]


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[Fire Emblem: Awakening]


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Comments

Re: building a healthy pantry

[diet_poison]

A better question might be what food you should not put in your pantry.

Avoid buying processed snacks. If you must snack, go for whole-grain, high-fiber stuff, or just nuts/fruits/veggies. (I should note that I'm pretty bad at following this rule myself, but lately I've just gotten *tired* of the chips and cheezits and whatever so I'm starting to move away from it and taking the opportunity to eat healthier overall.)

Avoid white bread/pasta. Go for whole grains for both.

Other than that, eat what you like, and focus on plant-based fats and proteins, as well as produce. Green vegetables are so good for you. I'm trying to eat 2 servings of fruit and 3 of veggies a day. Not very good at it yet, but I knock off one serving just by having a can of V8 juice on my breaks most days (I buy the original low sodium in the small cans, so good and perfect size for snacks) and sometimes also fresh carrots or bell peppers to munch on. Veggie soups are also great, you can have them alone or add other stuff to them. I keep a few cans in my cabinets. Beans are SUPER good to always have on hand.

Since other people are sharing, I'll share my basics (probably forget a few things but eh):

Pantry:
+first off, quick meals. These are what I'm trying to move away from (ramen, mac and cheese, shit like that) because they're so bad for you, and I'm trying to start cooking more. It's frustrating because I live alone so it's hard to buy stuff in bulk, and if I cook something that's pretty much what I'm eating for the next 3-4 days. I know it can be done, though!
+canned soup - veggie soup mostly, also have some chicken noodle on hand
+dried beans, like a bag of 15 bean soup (you can do many things with that)
+Nutella (MODERATION!)
+honey
+spices - I have things like turmeric, oregano, red pepper, basil, a few other things. Trying to expand my collection.
+olive oil - an absolute must. one of the healthiest sources of fat, and helpful in cooking so many things.
+sesame oil
+soy sauce
+corn starch for cooking some stuff
+tea
+a loaf of bread (I don't actually eat very much plain bread, I sometimes make sandwiches for work. I wish I could buy smaller amounts since it almost always goes bad before I eat it all, but at least it's cheap.) I have white bread just because I so rarely eat it, but whole grain is better esp. if you eat sandwiches often.
+pasta - whole grain and rice pasta
+rice (I honestly like wild rice better than white rice, so yay - I have white rice but just for the occasional fried rice basically)
+tomato sauce
+onions
+garlic
+fresh fruit
+cereal - breakfast cereal is my crutch. I probably don't pick the best kinds (I should eat more of the whole grain high fiber shit, but I do avoid the sugar bomb stuff I used to like. I just don't eat too much)
+oatmeal and cream of wheat
+baking basics - flour, sugar, baking powder/soda, canola oil, raisins, brown sugar, etc.

fridge:
+milk
+eggs
+butter (salted and unsalted)
+fresh veggies! I keep carrots and peppers for both cooking and snacking, and I'm trying to buy more greens for cooking - leafy greens for salads and sauteeing, Brussels sprouts because they're delicious...I buy broccoli sometimes even though I don't like it very much because it's just so easy to cook. Cauliflower is good too! But be aware that veggies don't keep well, so plan what to make before you buy them. I'm trying to just make one cooking veg dish a week - it's a good start, I may work up to more - and buy the veggies within a day or two of making it. It can be really simple stuff too.
+yogurt - more for eating in a pinch, I don't actually like yogurt much except the sugar-added stuff that's really bad for you; fortunately I don't eat it much
+V8 juice - I always have a few six-packs of my favorite on hand
+lox, sometimes. yumm
+beer
+sometimes fruit juice
+Parmesan cheese
+ketchup
+natural peanut butter

freezer:
+more quick meal stuff - see comment above
+frozen shrimp and fish fillets
+sometimes fruit bars for dessert - they're better for you you (er, less bad) than eating ice cream or cookies, and I think they're tasty and refreshing especially in summer. I should buy some soon :3
+sometimes Boca burgers
+I might start buying some meat at the farmer's market and freezing it, but idk. until recently I didn't eat any meat except fish and I have zero experience cooking it lol. if I did it'd probably be mostly chicken, and maybe a few frozen hamburger patties.
+I've pretty much stopped keeping ice cream at home. there's no point. it's so bad for you and not even satisfying. much better for me to limit ice cream to special outings, and you get the better stuff that way anyway :)