Your kitchen staple and why?

mirakl

Onions, tinned tomatos and baked beans.

Oh and all my spices!

bobbadog

peppers, onions and garlic for us.

I feel a bit funny inside if we don't have peppers in the fridge - I know hundreds of ways of cooking 'em!

Kidney beans, toms, pasta, rice and black pepper too

jcr16

i used to buy fresh mince from morrisons but the price went up a fair bit and couldn't afford it. i tried all the mince in iceland and found it gritty and horrible, then i for ages used morrisons beef mince which is 2.29 ( sorry pound sign not working) for 1kg and it is nice. it is frozen , but is free flow so can use as much or as little as needed and i use this straight from freezer. unless making meatballs then i will defrost over night in the firdge on a plate covered in clingfilm. but now i use frozen ground steak mince from tesco. it a bit dear. i think it a 750g bag for 1.69. but it has so much more taste and virtually no fat comes out from it. it is truely scrummy.i tried the red bag of tesco frozen mince and found it was very greasy.

for me personally i could never use a value mince, but i know some peeps who only use this mince and love it. so i would suggest just try different ones until u find one that u like. as everyone has different taste buds.
hope this is of some help.

bluemoon_3

I can think of loads, but I'll limit myself to my two main staples that I always have stocked up:

Tinned chopped tomatoes - I use them in soups, sauces, pizza sauce, salsa, dips, dressings . . .

Silken tofu - This is just so versatile and gives such a fantastic creamy 'dip' base when blended without the usual high calories that would usually be associated with something so creamy. I use it to make mayonnaise, dressings, sauces, dips, puddings . . . it has a very mild flavour so you can basically flavour it as you want it, both sweet and savoury. I always feel a bit lost if I don't have some of this in the cupboard.

Gingham_Ribbon

Jar of passata (strained tomatoes.) There is always an open one in the fridge and several in the cupboard.

I use it for:

Pizza topping
chillis
bolognaise
quick pasta sauce
curry (sometimes)
soups (sometimes)

I'd be lost without it now, after years of using tinned tomatoes.

Snich

I second the passata (but I use it in cartons - 35p for 500g - sometimes Tesco jars don't have 100% tomatoes and that really hacks me off!)

I use it to make fresh veggie pasta sauces/chilli/curry. Makes the sauce really thick. MMMMM.

Snichx

Bogof_Babe

Oven chips . Food of the Gods, and makes anything into a meal, or just a chip butty if times are hard.

victory

tirednurse wrote:

Asda smartprice chicken breasts. Four pounds something for a huge bag.

I use 'em for sizzling fajitas, stir fry, cajun chicken, put them in a slow cooker for stew, hot chicken sandwiches, pasta, curry etc etc.

Potatoes - I mash them, boil them, roast them, fry them or add them to thicken soups.

Tinned tomatoes (smartprice) for chilis, spag bol, or on toast.

I so agree, I buy the Asda chicken and could not do without it, it makes spaghetti bolognaise(my kids hate mince!) curries, fajitas same as you, jacket potatoes with spanish chicken(peppers, chick peas,etc), plus all the herbs that add flavour.
I have a rosemary bush in the garden that I could not live without, great with roast potatoes! xx

russetred

For me it's the holy trinity, garlic,ginger and chillies.Dearly beloved we are gathered here to celebrate....

gerretl

Just make sure you have some bread , butter and cheese in the house. You will do anything to make that cheese toastie at 2 in the morning, so have the basic ingredients to hand, instead of going to some dodgy garage or corner hop to buy some overpriced, out of date crap.
Actually heres a thought. hows about a list of 'stuff you eat when you are drunk'. stockj up on that, and hey preto, you will never over pay!!!