A well-stocked pantry and spice rack doesn’t have to start with eighty ingredients to cook well. There are 43 items on this checklist for a starter pantry. Don’t worry about purchasing every single item. Choose only 2–3 from the last few sections, and add one more item each trip to the store to get to a 100% fully stocked pantry. Then, put a blank on the fridge and check off what needs replacing week to week on grocery runs—easy peasy.

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