Stocked Pantry and Fridge - What do you have?

I've got two 3 year olds at the house. Baby food is baby food but for you and the missy...

Load the freezer up on
-frozen,boneless chicken breast and thighs.
-frozen ground meat
-frozen beef roast
-frozen pork loin or butt...but don't freeze it too long...it will turn
-frozen shrimp
-a big arse bag of onions in the fridge at all times
-a big arse bag on bell pepper in the fridge at all times
- big arse bag of rice
- cheap arse pasta

Obviously frozen stuff ain't a glorious feast and wont win you a F&DB award at the end of the year but when run'n out to the grocery becomes tedious.....and it gets that way...you can make a meal that will make both of happy happy happy with these ingredients.

Shish-ka-bobs
Stir fry
Grilled meat & veggies over buttered rice
Sketti
Chicken skits
Any type of stew
Rice and gravy

Stuff I like to have on hand at all times:

red onions
mushrooms
red and yellow peppers
garlic
carrots
lemons
limes
grape tomatoes
pine nuts
pecans
walnuts
almonds
arugula
flour tortillas
tube of sun-dried tomato paste
Better than Bouillon base (chicken, beef, etc.)
orange juice
coconut milk
curry paste
pasta
rice
quinoa
dried beans (red, white, black)
canned beans (black, red)
canned tuna
Rotel
cheddar cheese
feta cheese
eggs
butter
half n half
peanut butter
wine
dried herbs & spices

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Surprisingly coherent for how many beers you've had today.

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That's how I roll brah. But if I woulda drank 1 more of those burnt rich gravy beers...I'd be upside down!!!

3 kids here.

I keep a standing freezer full of deer meat, fish, and other assorted game meats. Inside freezer has frozen fruits and veggies. Milk, juice, condiments, cheese, butter, and beer in fridge. Pasta, rice, flour, oil, cereal, granola, spaghetti o's, goldfish crackers, canned veggies, beans. Can probably put together 100 different meals from all if needed.

Olive oil
garlic
onions
peppers
spinach
eggs
more spices than I know what to do with (I mean that literally, I don't know what to do with half of them lol)

I generally don't keep any meat stocked. If I want to cook something I just stop by the store on the way home. I've found that if I buy a bunch of meat I'll eventually toss something out. I don't like to freeze so I just buy as I need. It's usually chicken, salmon, shrimp, or pork. Sometimes beef but that's pretty rare.

Usually have a few bottles of wine around if I feel like using that in a dish. I keep a bottle of dry white wine just for cooking in the refrigerator. Can't stand drinking the stuff.

Some other things I almost always have on hand

Block of parmesan
Gorgonzola crumbles
Enough Basmati rice to bribe a Hindu deity
A few Thai and Japanese dry curry pastes and cubes
Chicken Stock (in the pantry, sometimes I'll have some homemade in the freezer)
Bananas about 30% of the time
Limes about 80% of the time
Beer that I rarely drink
Almond milk
Peanut butter
Almond butter
Shallots if I find a particular need for them

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So what do you keep in house for those times where you don't really have anything planned for a meal but you need to stay home and cook?

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I don't keep much on hand, especially stuff for large meals involving several courses or sides.

Always in my fridge though are: eggs, bacon, milk
Always in my pantry is: bread, coffee, dried pasta, San Marzano diced tomatoes

the only things in my freezer right now are a block of hogs head cheese and some ice cream