[lrjohnson]

Things I (almost) always have in stock
Cheese (Cheap but real cheddar or jack)
Tortillas
Peanut Butter
(Homemade) Jam
Seltzer water/Club soda
Sardines
Tuna
Eggs (tons)
Bread (ditto)
Pancake mix
Frozen veggies - the mixed peas/corn/carrots/beans (who knows why, but it's always eaten-I can add to almost anything to make healthier)
Walnuts
Yogurt, plain
Yogurt, Light&Fit when at discount store for 99 cents/large tub
Canned soups (decent "fast food" substitute)
Canned fruit (with yogurt makes nice breakfast shake)
Carrots
Potatoes
Tomatoes
Pasta
OJ concentrate
Tomato/Pasta sauce (cheapy cheap is fine)
Homemade cocoa mix, coffee beans, variety of teas
A cereal or two: either granola, or fancy/healthy/low price, or corn flakes (I like to mix and match; for example, add walnuts, bran, wheat germ and granola to cornflakes)
Lots of bulk dry items such as rice, flour, sugar, bulghur, beans, lentils, cornmeal, TVP, hummus mix, oatmeal, bran, wheat germ, powdered milk, homemade breadcrumbs, soy flour)
(My boyfriend is a PB fiend so we have lots of those larger tubs.)
Frozen fish

Items that appear often:
(never have all at once, but usually have at least couple)
Smoked oysters/mussels/scallops
Eggplant (to slice and steam for sandwiches)
Salsa and/or sour cream
Apples or other fruit (in summer I go nuts)
Fresh Lettuce or Spinach
Bags of frozen chicken breasts (one breast = 2 meals for 2 = 4 meals)
Liver
Cabbage
Sugar free hard candy

Things I never have in stock (may get rarely for an event/very special treat):
Cakes, cookies, ice cream, potato chips, fancy cheese (I sure do love them though), soda, frozen dinners/meals, Candy, most meats.

We used to buy more fresh veggies, but had to acknowledge, after tossing too much over the years, that we had to cut back because to much was rotten. It was a blow to us-it's hard to give up the fantasy that you are a veggie buyin' health machine-but at least now we eat all we buy and don't feed the compost.

I'm looking forward to seeing some other lists, to steal good habits.