What are the top 5 ingredients you're buying the most frequently for your home cooking?

[entremet]

Doesn't have to be ordered, I'm not expecting detailed analytics for this stuff lol. But most of you know what you're buying more than others items. Mine is below. Not ranked.

If you can mention how your using them so it's not a pure list thread, which are not allowed. That would be great.

1. Eggs - workhorses for breakfast. Delicious. Easy to make. Versatile. I go through these like a madman.
2. Milk - for coffee, cereal, and sometimes just drinking it.
3. Chicken - Mostly thighs. Easy to cook and cheap protein source.
4. Butter - cooking fat of choice.
5. Broccoli/Cauliflower - kinda cheating lol. But I use these very interchangeably. Favorite veggies.

 

[Deleted member 4367]

Chicken, Brussels, butter, salt, eggs.

My wife eats an ungodly amount of eggs.

 

[Grym]

salt - seasons everything
butter - baking, pan frying, popcorn, potatoes
eggs - baking anything and breakfast and most other stuff as a binding agent
milk - baking
flour - baking, tortillas, roux

I guess I bake a lot

 

[entremet]

salt - seasons everything
butter - baking, pan frying
eggs - baking anything and breakfast
milk - baking
flour - baking

I guess I bake a lot

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Looks like a cake recipe haha.

 

[Voyevoda]

Chicken
Rice
Eggs
Onions
Turmeric

 

[Like the hat?]

Same as you, op, but replace butter with avocado oil

 

[CorpseLight]

Ground beef
Chicken
Broccoli
Potatoes
Eggs

 

[jml]

Chicken

Salmon

Rice

Butter

Garlic

 

[EMT0]

Garlic
Onions
Potatoes
Chicken
Fish

Am Peruvian

 

[CopyOfACopy]

chicken, onion, peppers, tomato, cucumber, chickpeas

with a good spice cabinet can make mexican, greek, italian

 

[Grym]

Looks like a cake recipe haha.

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lol yeah I guess if I get away from that sort of very basic stuff I would have to add things like chicken, rice, potatoes, leafy greens, etc. to my list

 

[Wackamole]

Onions.

 

[Sesha]

Olive oil
Garlic
Yellow onions
Canned tomatoes
Jasmin rice

I'm used to making tomato soup, bolognese, tacos/tortilla and pizza, hence the canned tomatoes, but the first three generally go with everything I make, whether I cook steak, make other soups, pot dishes, meatballs, stir fry, etc. Jasmin rice is usually my side dish for everything that isn't pasta, soup, stir fry, or pizza.

 

[Reym]

1. Pasta - I basically live off the stuff. I never get tired of it.
2. Eggs - like you said. I boil a bunch for fast eating for breakfast during the week, then I cook up real meals on the weekends. Best go-to breakfast.
3. Apples - my favorite fruit! ...though I'm a bit of a snob and picky about store-bought, I keep trying.
4. Hamburger - goes with lots of different recipes!
5. Neuro sleep drinks - ...I have difficulty falling asleep without them.

 

[It’s Time To Go]

Garlic
Onions
Spinach
Pork
Tomatos

 

[Deleted member 8593]

Garlic, onions, carrots, peppers, rice most likely

 

[ViewtifulJC]

Garlic, onions, olive oil, chicken, rice

I got a bunch of seasonings but those tend to last awhile.

 

[LakeEarth]

Chicken, garlic, onions, carrots and olive oil.

Onion is of course #1, almost every dish I make has some onion in it.

 

[Rocketz]

Chicken
Peppers
Onions
Broccoli
Cheese

 

[Viewt]

Onion, garlic, ginger, salt, and brown rice. Onion and garlic, especially - they're basically concentrated flavor and bring so, so much to the table.

 

[julia crawford]

bacon, shrooms, eggs, peppers, pasta

Things like onions and garlic i just buy a bunch and they last longer

 

[rObit]

Tomatoes
Pasta (of different varieties)
Cheese
Onions
Chicken

I tend to stick to a few different pasta-based one-pan type meals because that's about what I have energy to cook after work, so we end up having a lot of baked zitis, casseroles, that sort of thing when its my turn to cook.

 

[Yes]

I mean I buy salt once a year, but use it daily. I feel like I'm buying cumin every other month. Also oil.

But overall I get bored easily so I try to switch things constantly.

 

[Walter White Walker]

tomatoes, eggs, milk, tofu, onions.

 

[kiaaa]

Garlic
Onion
Chicken
Beef
Rice

 

[deimosmasque]

Chicken, Cajun spices, peppers, onions, rice

 

[skeptem]

1. Eggs - Breakfast, ingredients, baking, dinner sometimes
2. Milk - I have kids...so it just flows at our house
3. Green Beans - Kids love em raw or cooked, so we buy tons
4. Peppers - See above
5. Yogurt - We use it in recipes, smoothies, for snacks, breakfast, pretty much all day.

 

[Powdered Egg]

Adobo
Mike's Hot Honey & Garlic Hot Sauce
Sweet Soy Sauce
Butter
Milk

Seriously with the first 3 ingredients, I feel like I'm cheating when cooking. I can confidently compete with restaurant dishes.

 

[Temascos]

Eggs
Kale/spinach
Sweet Potatoes
Peas
Peppers

I usually try to cook mostly vegetables, but I do get plenty of meat alongside it. When I'm eating elsewhere and having less greens it really bugs me.

 

[Zaphod]

If you're buying a lot of salt you might want to tone it down a bit.

Chicken
Onions
Tomato
Carrots
Potato

 

[HardTimesFamilyPride]

Eggs - same as you
Milk - mostly for making yogurt
Oats - for granola
Chicken - my main protein source atm
Pasta - fucking love pasta, is a no-brainer for chicken so making varied lunches through the week is just a matter of what pasta or sauce/seasoning I'm feeling (I guess pasta sauce would be a honorable mention here)

There's other stuff I use quite a bit like chickpeas, coconut oil, rice, lentils, garlic, cheese, nuts, etc. but I'm not buying them weekly like those five.

 

[Shiloh]

Chicken, Peppers, Onion, Garlic, Butter (Eggs if I can have a 6th)

Pretty much get bought every week.

 

[Lewpy]

Salt?! How much salt do you go through that it's a regular shopping item?

 

[Wally_Wall]

Rice, chicken, milk, eggs, bread.

 

[Kitsunebaby]

Onions
Garlic
Scallions
Panko breadcrumbs
Canned tomatoes

Ignoring meat, since I switch up my proteins so often.

 

[H2Yo]

Onions, Mushrooms, Capsicum, Garlic and Tomatoes.

 

[AmirMoosavi]

Chicken
Rice
Eggs
Onions
Turmeric

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Pretty much. Onions + Turmeric are standard in nearly all my chicken dishes. If you have access to barberries, you can add them to the rice to make zereshk polow ba morgh.

If you really wanna go fancy and splurge out on some saffron, you can make tahchin:

 

[GraphicViolets]

beans
lettuce
broccoli
red bell peppers
soy sauce

vegetarian stuff. rice would be up there but i buy a years worth at a time

 

[Dogo Mojo]

Tofu,
Mixed veg,
Red lentil pasta,
Tortillas
Hotsauce.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

Olive Oil
Garlic
Onion
Smoked Paprika
Butter

 

[Shadybiz]

Eggs (I eat 3 hard boiled a day alone)
Chicken
Pork
Broccoli
Onions

 

[Chopchop]

Eggs, chicken, onions, tomatoes, and greens of some sort.

 

[Apathy]

mushroom, garlic, onions, shrimp, fish

 

[ParanormalFupa]

onions, garlic, jalapenos, spinach, chicken

 

[Hecht]

Onion/Shallots
Eggs
Garlic
Butter
Chicken

 

[Cat Party]

I seem to be buying garlic, onions, tofu, eggs, pork, and some type of oil every week or two.

rice would be up there but i buy a years worth at a time

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Thanks to the pandemic and the few weeks where it was hard to find rice, I have a 20 lb bag of it now, lol.

 

[Cotton McKnight]

jasmine rice
tofu
soy based butter
corn
Himalayan salt

 

[GraphicViolets]

Thanks to the pandemic and the few weeks where it was hard to find rice, I have a 20 lb bag of it now, lol.

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is it this bag?

cause I know multiple people who independently got that one

 

[iksenpets]

Rice, onions, tomatoes, butter, garlic. Those all kind of go in everything.

 

[Deleted member 6230]

Milk
Eggs
Bread
Chicken Thighs/Breast
Butter