what do people use as staple foods

homersimpson_3

friiend is looking for basic foods other than potatoes, rice, pasta, bread- not lentils. what else is there? things which go with anything, food you tend to eat with every meal etc?

freda

All sorts of veg - cooked and salad
Beans, pulses etc
Couscous - make up with roast veg, or toms/cucumber/lemon/mint etc

kingmonkey

Chips with everything!

VickyA_2

Egg noodles, veggies and fruit. We regularly have stir fries and fruit as a pudding.

Counting_Pennies_2

Frozen mixed veg for the summer, as my veg goes off after a day at the mo.

Brown Rice is tasty and I either serve rice or new potatoes with each meal.

Pasta is my regular life safer when time runs out for a proper meal.

skintchick

I use tinned tomatoes a lot as bases for sauces to go with almost anything - rice, pasta, cous cous, potatoes

thriftlady_2

'Fraid it's potatoes, rice, pasta and bread for us. I find they provide enough variety. We have mostly wholemeal bread and brown and white rice. Sacks of spuds are really good value. We sometimes have couscous and bulghar but I find them more expensive than my other staples.

thriftlady_2

Forgot to add that we eat a lot of pulses too, also barley and oats.

Smashing

I use a lot of vegetarian mince type stuff - bolognese, chilli, cottage pie etc. Bulgar wheat, soya beans, tofu, various varieties of rice, sweet potatoes, buttnernut squash, mushrooms - good for stuffing with vaious things (ditto peppers).

Anastacia

Bulgar Wheat/Burghal - scrummy with stews etc, like tastier rice. We have it once a week at least.

Poggie123

They don't go with everything, but noodles are a good store cupboard stand-by too.