Well obviously - you are a bloke 
And therefore can happily ditch the veggies and exist on "Animal and Chipsā as Jamesā favourite meals are known in this houseā¦
Duck lardons - never seen those, sound really nice though.
Trust a bloke to want more.
I would need 4 items:
Pasta (any form)
Long Life Cream
Onions
Lardon or duck lardon.
If I had to do away with one it would be the onions.
Dried chorizo, tinned tomatoes, onions, which are technically dried, so I have included them
Agree with you and Catharine - we are course, writing the definitive shopping/check list here - YEA!
I think mine would have to be:
spaghetti
long-life bricks of cream
onions
You can always make a tasty pasta dish with those ingrediants, especially if you have garlic and white wine in the house too.
The cream can be added to tomatoes or other veg to make a sauce, and the onions are universally useful in just about everything except chocolate mousse
I prefer Frozen mushrooms - find they taste more realistic than tinned. And Iām with you on the spinach thing too!
Hereās my top three.
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Tinned tomatoes - useful in almost everything or just served on buttery toast. Yum.
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Noodles - add some spices, fresh herbs and possibly an egg - et voila!
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Lardons - make great pasta with the addition of almost any veg that is lying around needing to be finished up.