{"id":367,"date":"2013-11-10T19:45:43","date_gmt":"2013-11-11T00:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thehealthyitalian.ca\/?p=367"},"modified":"2025-03-10T17:24:15","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T21:24:15","slug":"the-healthy-italian-pantry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehealthyitalian.ca\/?p=367","title":{"rendered":"THE HEALTHY ITALIAN PANTRY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thehealthyitalian.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/20130809-_DSC0411.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-365 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/thehealthyitalian.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/20130809-_DSC0411.jpg\" alt=\"20130809-_DSC0411\" width=\"170\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a>It\u2019s truly\u00a0never been easier to cook healthy meals with convenience. In fact, more and more options at the grocery store can help you whip up a nutritious meal in the same amount of time as picking up takeout \u2013 really! There are more fruits, vegetables and herbs grown throughout ALL the seasons. There are more whole grains like spelt, super foods like quinoa and low-sodium options like canned no-salt-added beans and tomatoes available at your local grocer. Pair fresh produce with nutrient-rich pantry ingredients and you\u2019ve got the foundations for so many delicious Italian dishes that are as good for you as they are brimming with flavour. Take a look in my pantry and you\u2019ll find these essentials that I stock for easy, convenient meals to make any time of the week. (You\u2019ll find an expanded list of pantry staples and tips in <b><i>The Healthy Italian<\/i><\/b>.)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Whole grains and flours<\/li>\n<li>Dried whole-grain and multigrain pasta<\/li>\n<li>Whole-grain bread crumbs\/coating<\/li>\n<li>Dried beans\/legumes<\/li>\n<li>Vegetables (canned\/preserved\/dried)<\/li>\n<li>Extra-virgin olive oil<\/li>\n<li>Balsamic vinegar<\/li>\n<li>Canned fish<\/li>\n<li>Seasoning, dried herbs and spices<\/li>\n<li>Reduced-sodium broths<\/li>\n<li>Nuts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s truly\u00a0never been easier to cook healthy meals with convenience. In fact, more and more options at the grocery store can help you whip up a nutritious meal in the same amount of time as picking up takeout \u2013 really! There are more fruits,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehealthyitalian.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehealthyitalian.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehealthyitalian.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehealthyitalian.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehealthyitalian.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=367"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/thehealthyitalian.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1191,"href":"https:\/\/thehealthyitalian.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367\/revisions\/1191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehealthyitalian.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehealthyitalian.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehealthyitalian.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}