Vegan Pantry Essentials & Grocery List

It’s Veganuary so what better time to share my list of vegan pantry essentials to help you stock your cupboards to start cooking delicious plant based meals.

This list features the staples that I always have stocked in my cupboard, and that I always reach for in the supermarket. Of course I will regularly buy fruit and vegetables seasonally that are not included, or I will pick up a specific ingredient for a recipe I want to try out.

But these are the things I will grab if I don’t have a list, and that I know I will regularly be using in the kitchen.

It’s a great starting point for new vegans, or even those new to cooking. Slowly build up your spice collection and stock your cupboards with the staples you enjoy to make it easier to cook from scratch every day!

Feel free to copy the list below and paste it into your notes to use for your next shopping trip! You can have it to reference and edit each week as a starting point to create your meal plan.

Pantry

• Rice
• Pasta
• Other grains (couscous/bulgar wheat/quinoa)
• Noodles
• Oats
• Beans (chickpeas, kidney beans, black beans)
• Lentils
• Nutritional yeast
• Stock cubes
• Chia seeds and/or flaxseeds
• Other seeds (sesame, pumpkim, sunflower)
• Cashews
• Other nuts (almonds, walnuts, pine nuts)
• Tinned tomatoes
• Coconut milk
• Tomato purée
• Soy sauce
• Hot sauce
• Brown sugar
• Maple syrup
• Dark chocolate
• Nut butter (peanut, almond, cashew)
• Cocoa powder
• Bread flour
• Plain flour
• Yeast
• Baking powder
• Vanilla extract
• Oil (olive oil, vegetable oil, sesame oil)
• Vinegar (apple cider, balsamic, malt)
• Coffee
• Tea
• Chilli powder
• Chilli flakes
• Paprika
• Cumin
• Cinnamon
• Garam masala
• Turmeric
• Mixed herbs
• Salt and pepper

 Vegetables

• Onion
• Other onions (leeks, spring onion, red onion)
• Garlic
• Potatoes
• Sweet potato and squash (butternut, pumpkin)
• Broccoli
• Kale
• Courgette
• Carrot
• Mushrooms
• Aubergine
• Cauliflower

 Fruit

• Bananas
• Apples
• Oranges
• Tomatoes
• Grapes
• Peppers
• Lemons and limes

 Salad & herbs

• Lettuce (romaine, baby gem, iceberg)
• Salad leaves (rocket, watercress, pea shoots)
• Spinach
• Cucumber
• Celery
• Coriander
• Basil

Fridge

• Tofu
• Tempeh
• Vegan cheese alternative (Violife, Sheese, Applewood, supermarket own brands)
• Vegan butter alternative (Flora, Vitalite, Naturali)
• Oat milk (Oatly, Alpro, Minor Figures, supermarket own brand)
• Soy milk (Alpro, supermarket own brand)

Freezer

• Peas
• Berries
• Spinach
• Bean burgers
• Vegan meat alternative

Snacks

• Cereal bars
• Protein bars
• Crisps
• Nuts

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Let me know what staples you have in your cupboard at all times, and if it differs in the country you are from (as this is based on my experience living in the UK as a vegan!). I hope this list of vegan pantry essentials helps and as always leave your suggestions in the comments!

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