Staples are pretty straightforward in my house. Potatoes, pasta, rice, spices, yeast, and onions are our big staples. A ten pound bag of potato and a 5 pound bag of onions can last us 2 weeks, a 20lb bag of rice lasts us months. Spices? Typically last 3-6 months at least. These are things that we always keep in the house, and as of late, grits and eggs have joined the list.
It isn't too uncommon for me to ignore the price of some of these things when calculating about how much the recipe costs. Mostly rice. A cup of rice out of 20lbs is pretty negligible I think, and of course spices don't get counted either.
Some other things that make great staples are dried beans. Black beans, pinto beans, kidney beans.. just dried beans. These will probably be added to our staples list.
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