- Hey, everybody.
It's Natasha of NatashasKitchen.com,
and today we're doing something really fun.
We are going to tour our beautiful and organized pantry.
So many of you guys have been asking for this
and it's finally here.
But before we hop in, I want to show you guys
the before and afters.
Anna from Home Aligned,
helped take our pantry from zero to hero
and now it is a space that I love to be in.
So let's check it out.
(laughs)
Come on.
Welcome to my pantry.
Ta-da! (laughs)
Doesn't it look fabulous?
Anna did such a great job, thank you, Anna.
Everything from the floor, she added this super, cozy rug,
all the way up, she decorated, she organized.
Aw, she added so many cute containers and labels.
And I just love being in this space.
And I'm gonna show you everything we have in our drawers.
We're gonna start with this section over here.
The fun stuff.
So my husband's Combat powder, of course.
And this is a refill for the jar
that we keep on the counter.
And then we also have our go-to quick pancake mix.
This is Pamela's brand, I love this stuff.
We always keep a batch in the pantry.
And then refill for chia seeds.
We get that big ole pack at Costco.
Love those, we put them in our yogurt with homemade granola.
We have a recipe for that on our site.
All right, and then going to drawer number two,
we have our son's lunch box station.
We've got his menus printed here, his water bottles,
the lunchbox that he uses which is so fun.
And I will link to this in the notes,
if you want to get your hands on the same kind.
Thermos.
I have some lunchbox ideas on my site
for how to use these to pack a hot lunch for school, so fun.
And then down here we just have some refills
on condiment-type things.
Some jalapeno peppers, we love these,
we put them in our guacamole.
Mmm, love spicy. (laughs)
And then of course, ketchup, mustard, pickles, mayo.
Refills on all the important things in life.
And then onto our next section, we have our grains.
One of the grains that we love is buckwheat.
Super good for you and I think it's gluten free
and just really tasty.
I have some recipes for that, too.
Always keep a stash of that,
and then just things like rolled oats
that we use to make our homemade granola,
and then steel-cut oats which again,
I have a great recipe for this.
Breadcrumbs, so just simple grain-type things.
We keep our chicken and beef broth over here.
All right, and over here
we have the potatoes, garlic and onions.
And the garlic and onions
actually came from my mom's garden.
Homegrown garlic tastes so good.
And if you guys want to see their garden,
we did a tour of it a couple years ago
and it is just the most incredible,
homegrown garden you will see,
so make sure you check that out.
So always keep those restocked
because onions and garlic and potatoes
are very important in my life. (laughs)
Okay, and while we're down here,
down here we keep our refills for flour.
Got those labeled and I love these labels.
And everything I have in this video I will leave links to.
All the containers, the labels, everything I can,
I will let you know where I got them
so you can get them, too.
I've got all of our sugars,
there's some almond flour in here,
so basically these refill the containers
that we keep up on top so that I have quick and easy access
to these things when I'm baking.
Further down in here we keep things like our waffle maker,
there's a popcorn maker back there,
it's so fun to make homemade popcorn,
some vases, just some random do-dads.
And then up here, again, refills on things
like olive oil, vinegar, coconut oil.
I've got some big ol' bag of baking soda
that I didn't remember we had, yay.
(laughs)
And then a little pasta maker attachment
that I still have to experiment with.
I'm excited for that.
Okay, onward.
Now, I'm gonna show you the most dangerous section
in all of the pantry, the snack-attack section.
(laughs) All right, and I'll show you
why it's dangerous, is because snacks and sweet treats.
Mostly stuff for the kids.
Some of the things for mom. (laughs)
and just snacks that the kids can come and get.
We try to keep healthy-ish items in here,
but okay, we'll just leave that right there.
Next we have the more snack-attack section.
All right, we have kettle corn, some M&Ms,
sunflower seeds, and pumpkin seeds.
My husband loves to munch on those.
Some roasted sunflower seeds.
And then we have chocolate-covered somethings, blueberries.
I love Trader Joe's for this kind of
random chocolate-covered stuff.
Some nuts for snacking.
And down here, we have more snacks.
Oh, surprise, surprise.
Some healthy snacks, some not-so-healthy.
And then we have some refills for tea.
We have a tea station over by our coffee station,
and these are just some extra ones that we love.
Now, onto that side there's more.
There's so much more. (laughs)
All right, let's get going.
So down here we have,
come on down.
All right, so here we have refills
for things like coffee, and some cereal boxes
that we restock our canisters up on top.
This is my daughter's favorite, favorite cereal.
She loves it so much
and I love that it doesn't have food coloring.
So you get the marshmallows without the colors.
All right, and that is our canning stockpot
and we also keep these handy foil containers
down here for traveling.
They actually wash well, we reuse them.
Also, for smoking meats these are super handy
and I will link to these
as well as our canning pot that I love.
Inexpensive things that make life better.
(laughs) Okay, now, next section.
We're here.
Here we have the pasta drawer.
And I am just such a sucker for pasta.
I love pasta, and this isn't all the pasta,
this is just refills for the pasta that's up there.
We'll go, I'll show you that later.
But egg noodles, love those.
And then, I think, I mean I love all the pastas,
but I think my favorite noodle-type pasta is,
or spaghetti-type pasta is angel hair.
I don't know why, I've just always loved angel hair.
Even just with, like a whole bunch of butter.
Notice I didn't say a little bit.
(laughs) All right, and then we always
keep some store-bought marinara sauce in the pantry
and I want to know
what's your favorite store-bought marinara sauce.
So let me know in the comments.
Next section we have,
(laughs) more snacks.
(claps)
I love my snacks as you can see.
We have our tortilla chip, tortilla chip.
Tortilla chips. (laughs)
and we buy these, oh my goodness, by the truckload, Costco.
We eat so many chips.
I love that these are organic and not too oily.
They taste great.
Then we have my favorite naughty chips.
Like, junk food chips. (laughs)
These salt and vinegar chips.
Oh my, those are dangerous for me.
But worth it.
And then over here we have our popcorn bin,
we have an entire bin dedicated to popcorn.
So we have the popcorn for home popping,
which we use our popcorn maker for.
And then these from Trader Joe's
and then the sweet kettle corn which is my favorite.
And that's it for the snack drawer.
Now, let's move on.
And our last set of drawers over here,
in the first one we keep just some refill things
that we also stock in our kitchen.
Extra foil, extra plastic wrap and then gloves.
And I'll link to these.
We use these just to reduce the amount of hand-washing
I have to do 'cause my hands get dry
from all that hand-washing.
These are so handy to have on hand.
Handy to have on hand.
I'm good. (laughs)
Oh, stop, stop it. (laughs)
All right and then we also have some refills
for our food saver.
I love, I love my food saver,
I'll talk about that a little bit.
And some bag clips.
Then moving down here we have tuna and salmon.
That's a lot of tuna and salmon and sardines.
I'm not sure what's going on, why we have so much.
I think it's, I think we were planning for end of the world.
I guess I should start eatin' sardines 'cause I have a lot.
(laughs)
And down here we've got some more refills and canned things.
I have my homemade apple sauce.
And make sure, make sure, you find the recipe for this
on my site, it's the easiest thing ever
if you have a lot of apples to make this.
And then we also have homemade vanilla extract
that is brewing.
It is two ingredients, I have a recipe for this on my blog.
So that is in process right now.
So I can refill my jars later.
And then we have some raw honey
and some homemade canned tomatoes.
And I updated my canned tomatoes recipe
if you want to find that on my blog, too.
And then we have some more just canned things
that we like to stock.
Pineapple for when you've got pineapple munchies,
a little extra can of sweetened condensed milk.
Rotel because we do like the Rotel in those dips.
Sausage queso, baby. (laughs)
Oh, yum, yum.
Okay, and then we also have pumpkin pie mix
and some crushed tomatoes for recipes of course.
Love to have a well-stocked pantry.
All right, moving up in the world,
(laughs)
let's talk about what's on our counters.
Okay, we use these things all the time.
We start out with my husband's protein powder jar.
Everyday almost.
And then I love Anna's idea from Home Aligned
to put in a little sandwich station.
How cute is this?
And because of this, I kid you not,
I eat peanut butter and jelly sandwiches all the time now.
Is that a good thing?
I don't know. (laughs)
Right next to the toaster, super convenient.
And then moving on over here, we have,
this is my inspiration.
I open up to something that makes me want to cook or bake.
This is the inspiration station.
I like that, I rhymed. (laughs)
And this is where I keep something that'll inspire me
to bake or cook when I walk in here.
It just kind of makes the pantry look prettier.
I love that there decor in here
where before it was chaos, now it's beautiful.
Isn't that awesome?
And then my bowl of lemons,
I love fresh lemons and lemon zest in so many of my recipes.
And then here we have some flours,
some sugars and some rice.
Just some canisters that I like to refill
from the stashes that I keep down below.
All right, over here more snack station.
Okay, this is, our pantry has become extremely dangerous.
I mean we had a lot of these things to begin with,
but now I can see them and they speak to me
when I walk into my pantry.
Is that a good thing?
I don't know. (laughs)
This section isn't just the sweet treats that tempt me,
this is also my supplies of coconut
and my baking chocolate chips which is awesome
because I can always see what I have on hand
and then I have at least enough for a recipe
and when they start running low, I refill them
and that's also how I can know what I need to buy.
It's amazing.
I'm way less likely to run out of stuff when I need it.
Okay, over here we have some more snack-type things.
We have the almonds which we keep the refill bag down below,
and then these walnuts are from my mom's tree and dates.
Super fun to munch on.
And then at the end of our counter, we use,
we have some small appliances that we use all the time.
The first one is our food saver.
This one is amazing because it can seal chip bags,
cereal bags, whatever kind of bags you want
and it keeps food fresh for longer.
We also use it to freeze things
so it is amazing for protecting food,
keeping the air out which is what ruins food.
And I will link to this.
I love, love, love this tool.
And then our blender.
We like to keep in here because I love this blender.
It is a workhorse, it is super powerful.
But sometimes it gets a little loud.
(laughs)
So, we like to keep it in the pantry.
Okay, now we're gonna go up to the top shelves,
these are the things that we use all the time.
Up here I love that these things
are easy to see and easy to grab.
So these are everybody's favorite cereals,
of course my daughter's little marshmallow ones
that she snacks on all day.
And I love these containers because,
and I think they're worthwhile refilling
'cause they're easy to use for pouring for kids, especially.
There's no more cereal mess
and you can see how much you have left.
So I will link to these containers in the notes.
Helps me for restocking.
And then our waffle cakes.
We do have a recipe for a waffle cake
with dulche de leche frosting.
It is so good and super easy,
so we like to keep these for parties.
It makes for a super fast cake.
And then for my baking, I love, love these containers.
When I'm ready to bake something, I come in here,
I grab what I need and just take it with me.
And I can always see that I have a certain supply on hand
and I refill these with my stash from down below as needed.
So I've got all the basics, flour, sugar,
brown sugar, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda,
I've even got some potato starch hidden back there.
But these are the things that I reach for the most often.
Then in this corner we have our sauce station.
And I love these little turn tables.
And again, I'll link to these in the notes.
But you can kind of look at what everything that you have,
and it is super convenient to get stuff.
And then we have some more baskets.
These baskets are so fun.
I love that you can label them, and keep things organized
and they're really pretty.
So here we have a gazillion crackers that we keep.
I love these graham crackers for crusts,
for cheesecakes, and lots of other things.
And then this is really good
with a brie cheese with honey and walnuts.
Mmm. (laughs)
I have that tutorial on my website, by the way.
Kay, and then we have some miscellaneous baking items.
This is where I stash my cinnamon sticks, my little liquors,
extracts and, of course, sprinkles
because everybody loves sprinkles.
And I keep these high up
because if I don't they tend to disappear.
I don't know who does it
but someone has been eating my sprinkles, true story.
(laughs)
I love collecting different kinds of sprinkles.
So that stays up here.
And notice what this says.
Chocolate.
I love chocolate and this is our extra chocolate stash.
So what I keep in here is refills for the containers
that I keep on the counter.
So we've got dark chocolate, regular milk chocolate,
white chocolate, all kinds of chocolate.
And then right over here, we've got our salts,
vinegars and oils that we use often.
So again, the turntable is so convenient.
This stuff, I love this stuff.
I love homemade but it's awesome
to keep a stash of these, the Nonna Pia.
I have a link to these.
There's two flavors, I like 'em both.
Where's the other one?
Salt, vinegar, a little bit of avocado oil.
All the good stuff.
And then sesame oil for all the stir fries and fried rice.
Such good stuff, it makes asian food taste really authentic.
So, if you see that in a recipe,
just go and buy it, and use it.
You will love it.
Okay, onto the pasta.
Remember, I'm a sucker for pasta.
And I just, I crave pasta even more
when it's pretty like this, seriously.
(laughs) I'm like, "Pasta."
(laughs) So we've
got all different kinds of pasta that we make often
and again, it's nice to see them this way
because they're pretty and I can see how much I have.
And then we have some brown rice,
and some medium grain rice there, and croutons.
Looks like I need a refill of my croutons.
I usually keep the bag down below.
And then we keep the rolled oats here
that we can refill as we go.
Now, onto the canned foods that we stock.
And what we primarily use these things for is like,
homemade marinara sauce, and then we use the beans for chili
and corn we use to add to guacamole.
So we have some basic things that we always keep on hand,
and we love to buy organic cans
because they have the non-BPA liner
so we feel good about that.
And then of course, I always, always have a stash
of sweetened condensed milk
because I could drink this stuff.
It's so good.
I use it in a ton of my recipes.
All right, now we'll go to the top row
and show you what's up there.
That's where we keep all of our pretty pots and pans
and bakeware and up here, I have my dutch ovens
and I switch those out in my videos,
so you'll see those on the stove in the background
and those get changed with every video
and it's so fun to have all the colors.
I'm working on my collection, I need a few more colors.
But they look so pretty in the pantry.
And over here we keep our jar of bay leaves.
And these actually come from my mother-in-law's yard.
She grows bay leaves.
Oh, they smell so good
and they make soups taste really good.
That's why you'll often see bay leaves in our soup recipes.
And last but not least, we have our drinks.
We like to keep a supply of fun party drinks up here
for when we have company.
Always keep a good stash of those.
And up here hidden, tucked away,
are our liquors that we use both for making vanilla extract,
I use those for cakes all the time
and different desserts that I have on my website.
I hope you guys are so inspired
going through our pantry tour and looking in our drawers.
If you guys want to see a fridge tour, or any other tour,
let me know in the comments.
And make sure you check out Anna
from Home Aligned on all her channels.
If you've got that organizing itch,
(laughs)
you will get so much inspiration from her.
And again, thank you, Anna for making our pantry
a place that I really love.