Grocery staples
Weekly grocery staples list
Read this before you plan the week’s dinners, not after. Checking staples first is what stops a meal plan turning into a second shop on Wednesday.
Fridge
- Milk
- Butter
- Eggs
- Cheese — block and sliced
- Yoghurt
- Something green that will actually get eaten
Cupboard
- Pasta and rice
- Tinned tomatoes
- Stock cubes
- Tinned beans or chickpeas
- Oil, salt, pepper
- Bread — and a spare loaf for the freezer
Checked last, bought first
- Whatever ran out mid-weekThe list only works if this gets added as it happens.
- Lunchbox fillers for five days
- The one ingredient the plan depends onThe one that turns three dinners into a takeaway if it is missing.
What this list does inside Famio
In Famio the staples sit in the pantry, so when you plan meals the shopping list is written for you with the things you already have taken out — and two recipes calling for onions produce one line, not two.
Longer version: The 20-minute Sunday reset.