What are three of your favorite staple items that you always have in your kitchen cupboards/fridge?
1. triscuits: we buy the family size boxes of these (and our family is only the two of us!). They are so salty and yummy. My personal favorite are the "cracked pepper and olive oil" flavored ones. I'm stuck on them because of all crackers, Triscuits are pretty healthy -- they really only contain whole wheat, soybean oil and salt so I feel good about not putting too many preservatives in my body. The other reason I like them is because they make a perfect, yet filling snack...especially with cheese.


3. nutella: Ok well this isn't always in our pantry, but that's probably because I eat an entire jar before we have a chance to buy a new one. I eat Nutella by the spoon full....right out of the jar. I'm slightly obsessed with it's perfect hazelnut and chocolate flavor. It also goes really well with peanut butter (which is most certainly another staple item in our cupboard at all times), strawberries and bananas. One time I tried to convince Justin that Nutella was good for us, and to my credit, it is made of real hazelnuts, skim milk and cocoa (and we won't mention sugar) with no artificial colors or preservatives -- that's something, right?

Today I am grateful for a kitchen cupboard full of my favorite snacks!