These things are pretty much always in our house, and if they’re here, I will not starve, nor will I need to go to the grocery store to buy stuff for dinner.  I’m not counting stuff that’s a given, like mustard and vinegar and peanut butter, or stuff that comes in cans that you crack open in a true Dinner Emergency.  These are just the things I always have on hand for nibbling.  The kind of food I eat almost exclusively when John’s away, when it seems silly to cook a full meal for just me.

  • Heritage flakes
  • Almonds
  • Cat cookies
  • Pickles
  • Pretzel chips
  • Reduced Fat Triscuits
  • Baby carrots
  • Spinach
  • Berries (summer)
  • Apples (fall and winter)
  • Cedar’s hummus
  • Fage Greek Yogurt
  • Frozen peas
  • Frozen chocolate chip cookie dough
  • Coffee beans
  • Brown rice cakes
  • Skim milk
  • Goat cheese
  • String cheese
  • Extra sharp cheddar cheese
  • (Um, perhaps I should lay off the cheese?)
  • Diet Coke

I think these things must be highly individualized: a personal stew of comfort foods, memories of childhood, and unique taste buds.  John’s preferred list of go-to foods (were he to ever deign to actually go grocery shopping) would tend more towards the salami/brats/sliced turkey/sandwich bread schools of thought. He would forego the fruits and vegetables entirely, except perhaps for sauerkraut. There would definitely be more beer.

As dull as it must seem to many, I find this subject fascinating.  Indulge me: what are your go-to foods?