Starting a stock cupboard

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For those of us starting from scratch, what should a basic stock cupboard start with(to be added to over time)?

kittycat204

This will keep you busy for a while https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/560196

Triggles

I think that some things that perhaps we find essential may not be essential for others. Keep in mind items that you use regularly and would be greatly inconvenienced if you ran out and couldn't get any for a few days.

mummybearx

I've got so many (too many ) things in my stock cupboard!

Basics, really really basics for me would be plain and self raising flour, garlic puree and tomato puree, mixed dried italian herbs, balsamic vinegar and olive oil, maybe about £7 all in?

Add in value stock cubes, oxo cubes, good salt and black pepper, smoked paprika, tinned tomatoes, tinned beans (like chickpeas, flageolet, berlotti etc) and a good chorizo in the fridge, cheese, risotto rice, frozen peas.... I could make loads with that

unimaginative_user_name

I find tinned sweetcorn a useful addition to a store cupboard. They make a meal go further and are a way of getting one of your five a day. If you have a freezer even better as you can use as much or as little as you like. I also keep tinned pears and peaches in just in case I can't get to the shops to buy fresh. If you have a bread maker or you want to have a go at making it yourself keep some yeast and bread flour just in case you can't get out. Tins of tuna are also handy for pasta bake, pasta/rice salad or even sandwiches.

At this time of year I like to buy an extra tin or packet a week for the store cupboard in preparation for snow! If there's room in the freezer I buy the odd extra pack of meat or frozen veg too.

thefamousexcuse

Hey glassannie,

IMO the best thing to do before you go out and start spending money on things that you "think" you need to begin with, write a list of what you like to eat/cook on a regualr basis.

For example what some people class as essentails you may never use or like.

My basics consist of tinned tomatoes, passata, dried pasta, self raising and plain flour, basics stock cubes, olive oil, mixed herbs, salt, pepper, paprika, tinned beans (chickpeas, butter beans etc) and cayenne pepper.

What I find useful is when your doing your weekly shop if you can spare an extra few quid pick of a few things at a time - this way your store cupboard will soon build up and you wont feel like you have spent a fortune.

HTH

Love to all
TFE
xxx

vanoonoo

store what you use and use what you store!

Triggles

thefamousexcuse wrote: »

Hey glassannie,

What I find useful is when your doing your weekly shop if you can spare an extra few quid pick of a few things at a time - this way your store cupboard will soon build up and you wont feel like you have spent a fortune.

xxx

We have always done this. Just pick up a few extra (especially when there is a sale) of things with long shelf life when you are doing your shop and it will be built up in no time! And then you know it's stuff you're using regularly anyway.

RetracA

vanoonoo wrote: »

store what you use and use what you store!

That's great advice, by the way

Butterfly_Brain

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4031559 post 193 is a good place to start