I'm with zadcat on hoarding "stuff that keeps forever that's useful for making other stuff which involves ingredients I don't have." I have years' worth of interesting pastes and marinated things and so on.
There are also lots of things that don't strictly need to be refrigerated, such as grains, nuts, etc., because I'm wary of mice and moths. Cheese...not much, but I do keep a big lump of pecorino and occasionally feta for salads and garnishes. Lemons.
I don't much like dealing with meat at home. If I do buy meat or fish, it's because I have a particular project in mind and I use it right away. Right now I have beets, lettuce, broccoli, and I think one more fresh onion, but those things vary. Also a bottle of Alsatian Riesling.
Outside the refrigerator I usually have pasta on hand (Mediterranean type and rice noodles) but haven't felt like it much lately. Too hot. There's always some kind of fruit, often a pineapple.
I have an odd breakfast staple: I cook up a bunch of whole mixed grains (wheat berries, rice, barley, triticale, whatever else is in the bag) with sesame seeds and fruit. It keeps for 4-5 days and I just scoop some into a cup in the morning.
At this time of year there's a reasonable selection of herbs growing outside.
Over the last year or two I've been away from home a lot, and that complicates things.
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There are also lots of things that don't strictly need to be refrigerated, such as grains, nuts, etc., because I'm wary of mice and moths. Cheese...not much, but I do keep a big lump of pecorino and occasionally feta for salads and garnishes. Lemons.
I don't much like dealing with meat at home. If I do buy meat or fish, it's because I have a particular project in mind and I use it right away. Right now I have beets, lettuce, broccoli, and I think one more fresh onion, but those things vary. Also a bottle of Alsatian Riesling.
Outside the refrigerator I usually have pasta on hand (Mediterranean type and rice noodles) but haven't felt like it much lately. Too hot. There's always some kind of fruit, often a pineapple.
I have an odd breakfast staple: I cook up a bunch of whole mixed grains (wheat berries, rice, barley, triticale, whatever else is in the bag) with sesame seeds and fruit. It keeps for 4-5 days and I just scoop some into a cup in the morning.
At this time of year there's a reasonable selection of herbs growing outside.
Over the last year or two I've been away from home a lot, and that complicates things.