What Do You Try to Make and Keep on Hand at All Times? (freezer, cookies)

[CSD610]

butter, onions, potatoes, garlic, eggs, milk, cream, sugar, coffee, peas, green beans, V8, ground meat, wondra flour, chicken stock, beef stock, gortons beer battered fish filets, oatmeal

[nALgirl]

Homemade Balsamic Vinegarette Salad dressing-for salads, marinades, seasoning, etc

[Nor'Eastah]

We keep chopped onions and sweet peppers (our own garden-grown) in the freezer in small bags, which are great in omelets or sandwiches. We shred fresh potatoes and freeze those too, for hash browns.

We can our own tomato sauce, too - about 100 quart jars a year. We use it for pizza, pasta, and eggplant. We raise poultry and can our own chicken and turkey so it is ready to open and warm up in a jiffy. We always have our own hen and duck eggs fresh in the fridge, too.

[mommy2be1053]

homemade marina sauce, eggs (scrambled, fritter, hard boiled eggs, and cheese to make egg/cheese sandwiches) homemade stock for quick soups, roasted chicken cut up and frozen, a bag or two of salad, fresh lemons and limes and different types of pasta and noodles.

[Gerania]

I can't think of one thing that I prepare in some way and always have on hand. I always have something which I've made on hand. Those things change with the season, month, week.

[hotzcatz]

Generally about the only pre-prepared things which are kept on hand (other than ingredients, we always have several months worth of staples on hand at any particular time) would be mayo and bread. Breads just because it takes them awhile to bake and mayo since by the time I want to make a sandwich there's enough stuff to do without stopping to make mayo.

[faithmoore]

I usually try to make salsa and to fridge it till we require it.

[nmnita]

We always have canned salsa and pickles on hand. Normally I make about 25 to 30 or more egg rolls at once and keep them frozen, the same with soups and broths. I do make several cocktail meat balls at once and freeze them. These are the only other thing that comes to mind might be salad dressings, especially blue cheese. Oh, I usually have home made chex mixes in the freezer as well and friendship breads. I love to use them to take to people who are sick or just back from a long vacation and I want to welcome them home.

[AndreaSoup]

I always have homemade meatballs in the freezer and the makings of homemade sauce in the cupboard - so easy to toss in crockpot before work and have dinner ready for a crazy night (tonight!). I toss in a whole spaghetti squash, too, so noodles are done, as well..

Always have makings for a smoothie (plain greek yogurt, frozen fruit, protein powder).


Always a freezer bag of home made stock, too. Make it on Sundays with the carcass of my rotisserie chickens, cool and store. Then I can just toss in the crockpot with chopped veg, a few frozen chicken breasts, and let it go all day. I get home, shred the meat, toss in just under 2 cups of brown rice (raw) and recover. In about 10 minutes, dinner is read.y

And always have on hand Hidden Valley Ranch packets. So versatile. I can make dips, roasted potatoes, meatloaf, pork chops, roasted veg, etc. with it.


I try and keep a pasta salad in the fridge at all times, too. Quick to pack for lunches, or to grab a bowl of as a quick snack before running out the door.

[Girl]

My husband makes cookie dough fudge that we keep in the spare fridge in our laundry room. Every day when I get home from work I enjoy a piece as I come into the house. Once the pan is empty, after about 3 weeks, he makes another one and puts it in the fridge for me. I'm the only one that eats it - my kids don't care for fudge, and my husband doesn't eat sweets at all.

It's my one daily indulgence during the work week.