basic ingredients please?

ashlea170706 wrote: »

hi im looking to get into meal planning but i dont have a clue of what basic ingredients i need to have in so i can make different meals like flour etc could anyone give me a list please i would be very grateful thanks ash x

Probably the easiest and cheapest way of getting your store cupboard full is to choose one or two recipes and then buy the ingredients for them. Choose a couple of different recipes each week and you'll soon find you have a good storecupboard.

I posted a list here - post #1310 which may be of help and I know others have posted lists too, if I can find any more I'll come back with a link.

This is mine which I have lazily copied from a previous post;)

Storecupboard list - might be useful
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
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:)