Fats

• Spray avocado oil – 520°F smoke point
• Macadamia oil – 413°F smoke point
• Duck fat (if space available) – 375°F smoke point
• Lard – 370°F smoke point
• Toasted sesame oil – 350°F – 410°F smoke point
• Coconut oil (if space available) – 350°F smoke point
• Organic, unsalted butter – 350°F smoke point
• Extra virgin olive oil – 325°F – 375°F smoke point

Acids

• Apple cider vinegar
• Balsamic vinegar
• Red wine vinegar
• Rice vinegar
• White vinegar
• Champagne vinegar (if space available)
• Sherry vinegar (if space available)
• White balsamic vinegar (if space available)
• Pineapple White Balsamic Vinegar (if space available)
• White wine vinegar (if space available)
• Lemons
• Limes

Umami

• Liquid Aminos
• Anchovies
• Aged cheeses
• Dashi (make from kombu and bonito flakes)
• Fish sauce, Red Boat
• Hoisin Sauce (if space available)
• Liquid Smoke
• MSG
• Miso paste
• Mushroom powder (grind dried porcinis)
• premium Oyster sauce (real, not “flavored,” if space available )
• Sardines
• Seaweed
• Shrimp paste (if space available)
• Soy and/or gluten-free tamari sauce
• Tomato paste, in a tube
• Worcestershire sauce
• Yuzu Ponzu sauce

Alcohol

• Brandy
• Dry vermouth
• Madeira
• Marsala
• Port
• Sauvignon Blanc
• Shaoxing Cooking Wine
• Sherry
• Zinfandel

Hot and BBQ sauces

• BBQ sauces (some of my favorite KCBS BBQ Judge recommendations below)
• Chili garlic sauce
• favorite Hot sauces
• Sriracha

Miscellaneous

• Bone broth: low sodium chicken and beef, phở bone broth if you can find it (in box or frozen)
• Coconut milk
• Coconut water
• Organic raw blue agave
• Molasses
• Tomatoes, diced in tomato juice 28 oz or 14.5 oz
• Pure Vanilla extract
• Wasabi, either prepared or powder

Dried goods

• Baking powder
• Baking soda
• Beans: black, kidney, navy (great northern)
• Cornmeal
• Cornstarch
• Flour
• Dried Galangal
• Yellow lentils
• Noodles: rice stick, spaghetti; fettuccine, linguine, and/or squid ink (if space available)
• Nuts: almonds, peanuts, pistachios, walnuts
• Rolled oats
• Panko bread crumbs
• Golden raisins
• Rice: long grain, jasmine (if space available)
• Sea vegetables (seaweed), dried or fresh packaged and toasted Nori sheets
• Sesame seeds
• Shredded coconut (if space available)
• Spring roll wrappers
• Sugar, white cane and light brown

Herbs & Spices

I buy the little square organic Spicely brand boxes for most of these. They take up very little space. I store them in stackable organizer trays.

• Allspice ground
• Anise star whole
• Bay leaves
• BBQ rub (my favorite KCBS BBQ Judge recommendations below)
• Caraway seeds
• Cardamom pods green whole
• Cayenne pepper
• Celery seed
• Chipotle chili powder
• Red chili flakes
• Arbol chilies dried
• Chinese Five Spice (if space available)
• Cinnamon sticks, and ground (if space available)
• Clam juice
• Cloves whole and ground
• Coriander ground, and whole (if space available)
• Cumin ground and whole seeds
• Curry powder, Madras mild
• Fennel seeds
• Furikake rice seasoning
• Garam Masala powder
• Gumbo filé (if space available)
• Mustard yellow ground and whole
• MSG (don’t freak out, if you ever see the term “natural flavors” in the ingredients of your product it can be MSG)
• Nutmeg whole
• Old Bay
• Oregano
• Paprika sweet smoked Spanish
• White pepper ground (if space available)
• Peppercorns whole black
• Peppercorns whole Sichuan (if space available)
• Saffron
• Sage rubbed
• Sea salt
• Tandoori masala seasoning (if space available)
• Thyme
• Turmeric

Hanging basket

• Red and yellow onions
• Garlic bulbs
• Ginger roots
• Turmeric roots
• Meyer lemons
• Limes
• Potatoes, sweet and white or purple
• Tomatoes
• Avocados
• In season fruits

Refrigerator

Grow fresh herbs in pots in a window or the garden if you can.

• Ketchup
• Dijon mustard
• Kewpie mayonnaise
• Chopped or minced garlic in the jar (if space available)
• Pickle relish sweet
• No-pareil capers
• Red or black lumpfish caviar (if space available)
• Plain Yogurt
• Eggs
• Prepared horseradish
• Yellow curry paste, green (if space available)
• Cheese: blue, cream, feta, goat, mozzarella, smoked cheddar
• Green onions (scallions)
• Basil
• Chives
• Cilantro
• Oregano (if space available)
• Mint
• Parsley
• Tarragon (if space available)
• Thyme

Freezer

• Peeled bananas
• Hot peppers, such as Jalapeños, serrano, and other fresh peppers available at your market
• pre-chopped lemongrass
• Edamame
• Peas
• Okra
• Sausage: andouille, polish, and/or spicy Italian

Planted

Seriously, whatever you can grow inside in pots, outside in pots, or outside in a kitchen herb garden from the above list.

These are pretty easy because you don’t need a lot and they are hard to kill.

• Chives
• Mint
• Rosemary
• Thyme