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Store Cupboard Ingredients
swampytiggaa
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am just doing a list of all the food we have in [OMG how much stuff is there when you write it all down!] and am gonna do a menu for the week based on what we have lurking in the freezer etc.
but i was wondering - what do you keep in that is useful to you with preparing your food? just so that i can add things to my shopping list and get them a few at a time lol
this is turning into fun really.......
but i was wondering - what do you keep in that is useful to you with preparing your food? just so that i can add things to my shopping list and get them a few at a time lol
this is turning into fun really.......
:rotfl:five children? I must be mad........ :rotfl:
aug grocery spend - £166.45
aug grocery spend - £166.45
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Flour, eggs, mixed herbs, chopped tomatoes, worcester sauce, tomato puree, garlic (I buy bags of frozen cloves from my local indian store) beans.
If I have these in stock I know I can make a meal out of anything.Organised people are just too lazy to look for things
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oooooooooh - have all of those bar the tomato puree and garlic [and they were on my list already
so looks like i am on the right tracks already........ :rotfl:five children? I must be mad........ :rotfl:
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You mean apart from essential staples such as flour, rice and pasta? Hm. Tinned tomatos, various oxo cubes, cornflower, tuna, mixed herbs, ready mixed curry spices, tomato puree, soy and worcestershire sauce, ALWAYS cheese and eggs in the fridge,swampytiggaa wrote:but i was wondering - what do you keep in that is useful to you with preparing your food? just so that i can add things to my shopping list and get them a few at a time lol
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Did you mean ingredients like pasta etc, or did you mean the little extras that you add to recipes? I'm guessing the little extras.
Off the top of my head:
Cooking oil
Dried herbs - start with mixed and add others gradually
Curry powder or jar of paste (I like Pataks)
Chilli powder
Garlic
Worcester sauce
Ground almonds (seem to crop up in lots of recipes)
Cornflour
Tomato puree
Tinned tomatoes and/or passata
Stock cubes
Soy sauce
Paprika
Mustard
Campbell's condensed soup - I get it when it's on offer. It is cheaper than most ready made casserole sauces, useful if you're in a hurry and don't want to faff with a proper recipe.0 -
In the larder:-
Pasta, Easy cook rice, all types of flour, Dem & Caster Sugar, Oats, Weetabix, All Bran (for cakes and muesli), Dried fruit (Incl Apricots & Glace Cherries), Tinned tomatoes, baked beans and condensed soups (make nice sauces), dried soya mince, tinned tuna, sardines, tinned mushrooms, tinned potatoes, orange juice, coconut, cocoa, dried milk, jam (home made if poss), golden syrup, honey, treacle, spices (cinnamon, ginger, mixed spice are essential), Herbs (mixed, basil, rosemary and parsley), black pepper, rock salt, olive oil, sunflower oil, vanilla essence, almond essence, curry powder, chilli powder, chutney and of course lee and perrins.
With these in I only have to buy the fresh items like, butter, marge, eggs, fruit & veg, cheese and meat. I love a full larder, can almost see the wolf running away from the door!
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In the cupbaord : Tuna, salmon, rice, pasta, mixed herbs, dried garlic, kidney beans, flour, baking soda, popcorn, vegetable oil, baked beans, tinned fruit.
In the freezer : sweetcorn, peppers, baguettes
In the fridge : Eggs, cheese, orange juice, long llife milk
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In England we have Mothering Sunday & Father Christmas, Mothers day & Santa Clause are American merchandising tricks:mad: Demonstrate pride in your heirtage by getting it right please people!0 -
Don't have a storecupboard...eeek!
But couldn't live without
Honey, Whole Nutmeg, Olives, Pesto, Dried Wild Mushrooms, Risotto Rice, Sundried Tomatoes in Olive Oil, Parmesan Cheese (big lump not grated), Red Wine
oooh practically a recipe in itself!♥♥♥ Genius - 1% inspiration and 99% doing what your mother told you. ♥♥♥0 -
thank you all - this is REALLY helpful! have copied your ideas to a list and will be looking to see what i think would be useful to us
right then - just gonna have a go at meal planning
:rotfl:five children? I must be mad........ :rotfl:
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I started making a list and gave up as there's just too much to put on it
Just as an example, I have 7 different vinegars, 5 oils, 4 mustards, about 30-40 herbs & spices and all the usual sauces/stock cubes etc before we even start on baking stuff and tins and packets :eek:
It's certainly made me think that i should make a list though for my own benefit so if I get a round tuit I may post it "An Ye Harm None, Do What Ye Will"
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indian spices - list too long to put here but basically if its indian i can do it;)
kidney beans and chick peas (dried)
porridge oats
plain and self raising flour
olive oil
brown sugar
salt
black pepper
some dried herbs but i grow lots of herbs in my garden - including a fantastic bay tree
olives
capers
tomato puree
eggs most of the time
stock cubes - vegetable and beef
soy sauce
chilli sauce
I notice others have included wine etc, that is separate, but i always have wine, champagne, and enough spirits/additions to make a cocktail.
Right, who's for a vanilla coffee vodka milkshake? Member no.1 of the 'I'm not in a clique' group :rotfl:
I have done reading too!
To avoid all evil, to do good,
to purify the mind- that is the
teaching of the Buddhas.0
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