Storecupboard Essentials

I've been paring down my storecupboard list and thought it might be of use to some people especially new posters looking to stock their shelves. I know I've posted a list before so apologies for repeating myself. This is what I keep in my cupboards as a matter of course. As you can see I don't buy breakfast cereals, biscuits, jars of sauces, lunchbox items or crisps.

I do buy treats occasionally like chocolate or more expensive cheese and sometimes Mr Brains' faggots for an easy tea . I also buy fresh fish, or smoked mackerel regularly and other meat like wild rabbit, oxtail, stewing beef and the odd very expensive item like a Christmas goose

Baking supplies
Flour – bread, plain, self-raising (wholemeal and white)
Yeast, baking powder, bicarb, salt
Sugar – granulated, Demerara, soft brown
Golden syrup
Oats
Raisins, sultanas, apricots
Coconut, sunflower seeds
Cocoa
Cornflour
Dried milk
suet

Staples
Potatoes
Rice
Pasta – spaghetti, penne
Barley
Lentils, soup mix
Beans – mung (for sprouting), kidney, white beans, chickpeas
Popcorn
Crackers/crispbreads

Tins and cartons
Baked beans
Sardines/tuna/mackerel
Peaches/pineapple/mandarins
Passata, tomato puree
Orange juice, apple juice
UHT milk
Coffee, tea

Bottles and jars
Olive oil, sunflower oil
Wine vinegar
Sherry, vermouth
Soy sauce
Marmite
Mustard
Honey
Jams, jellies, chutneys (homemade)
Stock powder
Spices - a variety


Fridge
Milk
Yogurt (homemade)
Butter
Cheese – cheddar, parmesan, cream cheese
Eggs
Bacon and ham


Freezer
Peas, sweetcorn
Berries and fruit purees- picked in season
Pittas
Loaves and rolls (homemade)
Stock (homemade)
Tomato sauce (homemade)
Chickens
Mince
Sausages
Fish fillets – salmon and white fish

Fruit and veg
Onions, garlic
Carrots
Lemons
Apples, bananas, oranges
Seasonal, locally grown stuff

HTH:)

I'd also add dried herbs and spices;

Nutmeg(whole)
Mixed Spice
Cinnamon( ground & sticks)
Star annise
Turmeric
Cummin
Chinise 5 Spice
Cloves
Mace( great in tomato recipes)
Cardamon pods
Vanilla Pods.

Lots more in mine ...these are what I use on a regular basis

Also HM vanilla sugar
and a pot of basil on the windowsill

I keep all the spices you mention Mustafa, plus others, but I just put them on my list as 'spices' I have fresh herbs in the garden too.

Toxic Lemon, I also used to always have tinned tomatoes in as well as passata. Then I realised I always used passata in favour of tinned toms so I thought 'why keep buying them?'.

thriftlady wrote:

Toxic Lemon, I also used to always have tinned tomatoes in as well as passata. Then I realised I always used passata in favour of tinned toms so I thought 'why keep buying them?'.

Passata is great but I like tinned toms if I want a bit of texture as in Chilli con Carne and Lasagne. But best of all, I love them on toast for breakfast!

It's a fab list! Looks exactly like my own cupboard.

Ooh, you really are all so clever.

I'm still trying to clear my cupboards but I now know exactly what to buy when I get started again. Thank you.

I have to admit I am scared that I would buy these things and not use them though. I need to check out those staple recipes.

I live alone and have lived on frozen pizzas and jars of sauce since moving out of my parents house 3 years ago.

However, I have asked Father Christmas for a blender, a breadmaker and some new tins and pans for Christmas and I am going to keep visiting OS and keep learning. :A