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PACKAGED/CANNED FOODS:

Baker's chocolate                                    Beans (canned, dry)                                         

Baking powder                                         Broth (beef, chicken)

Baking soda                                             Cake mixes with frosting

Barbeque sauce                                       Canned dices tomatoes

Bread crumbs                                           Canned fruit
(plain or seasoned)                                       

Chocolate chips                                        Canned mushrooms

Cocoa powder                                          Canned soup

Cornmeal                                                  Canned tomato paste & sauce

Cornstarch                                                Canned tuna & chicken

Crackers                                                   Cereal

Flour                                                         Dried soup mix

Honey                                                       Gelatin (flavored or plain)

Ketchup                                                    Gravies

Lemon juice                                             Jarred Salsa

Mayonnaise or salad dressing                 Milk (evaporated,                                            sweetened condensed)

Non-stick cooking spray                           Non-fat dry milk

Nuts (almonds, pecans, walnuts)             Pastas                                                           

Oatmeal                                                    Rice (brown, white)

Oil (olive, vegetable)                                 Spaghetti sauce

Pancake baking mix                                        

Pancake syrup

Peanut butter

Shortening

Sugar (granulated, 
brown, powdered)

Vinegar

SPICES/SEASONING:

Basil

Bay leaves

Black pepper

Bouillion cubes (beef, chicken)

Chives

Chili powder

Cinnamon

Mustard (dried, prepared)

Garlic powder or salt

Ginger

Nutmeg

Onion powder or salt

Oregano

Paprika

Parsley

Rosemary

Sage

Salt

Soy sauce

Tarragon

Thyme

Vanilla

Worcestershire sauce

Yeast




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