Storecupboard Essentials

kunekune

I always have:

tinned salmon, tuna, anchovies
pasta of various sorts
rice of various sorts
tinned pulses and some dried as well
lots of tinned fruit
lots of tinned tomatoes
some tinned soup
eggs
cheese
butter
flour

If I thought I was going to be without a fridge/freezer for longer, I'd also get some tinned ham, corned beef, tinned haggis and frankfurters in jars. I might even splash out on a fray bentos pie!

Butterfly_Brain

Eggs
Bacon (you can Fry it up and it is safe to use to add to pastas etc)
Cheese
Bread
Long Life Milk and Fruit Juice
Coffee Mate
Rice
Pasta
Flour all sorts
Yeast
Coffee
Tea Bags
Fray Bentos Pies
Corned Beef
Tinned Mince (for a Shepherds Pie or Spag Bol)
Tinned Chicken in White Sauce ( Add peppers, mushrooms, sweetcorn and serve with rice )
Tinned Chicken Curry
Meatballs in Tomato Sauce(Serve with Pasta)
Beans all sorts
Tuna (Salad, Pasta or make into Pasties)
Pilchards (Yum on Toast)
Tinned Soups
Dried Pasta and Sauce
Dried flavoured Rice
Vesta Meals
Pasta sauces Tomato
Jars of Pasta Bake
Tinned Fruit
Dried Fruit
Sugar all sorts
Porridge Oats
Treacle
Honey
I have most of these in stock at any given time

xnatalie81x

mmmmmm pilchards

Potatoes (don't need fridge)

Make HM chips (fried) with pilchards
oil
baked beans
hot dogs (beans and hot dogs with mash on top)
blocks of noodles
pesto
pasta (pasta and pesto or noodles with pesto and olives)
olives (i don't keep these in fridge)
flour
eggs
skimmed milk powder or long life milk (use flour eggs and milk to make savoury pancakes with any filling, ie tuna/more egg/tinned stuff like beans mmmmmmmm)

KarrieBee

Hmm I've noticed that at the moment as we're eating quite veggie and it is the season of the root vegetable that we are using the fridge much less so i'd stock up on:
beans, mixed, tinned/dried
potatoes
beetroot
swede
celeriac (the root that won't die!!)
onions
tinned tomatoes
tinned sweetcorn
tinned tuna or salmon
anchovies
dried chillis
chorizo - no need to keep in fridge if you buy a whole dried one
tinned olives
garlic
pasta
rice
flour
oil - to make chapatis
eggs
long life milk

TBH the things on that list form the basis of our meals anyway, fresh veg that doesn't keep so long, i.e. peppers, green veg and meat then get added. Oh and cheese, mmm cheese!

D&DD

ooh blimey if we're getting into dried and other foods as well now I'll be here all day

:rotfl:


I also confess I have just found HOT DOGS in my cupboard I know they are totally bad but the boys like them sometimes ooh the shame

Penelope_Penguin

As this has become a list of people's storecupboard essentials, I'll merge it into that thread

Penny. x

Allegra

LearningToSave. wrote: »

what is your FULL storecupboard list...the items that you simply must have in,your oldstyle bible for grocery musts!!????

Baking stuff:
Flour – bread
Flour – plain
Flour – self-raising
Yeast
Cream of tartar
Bicarbonate of soda
Sugar
Golden syrup
Oats
Raisins/Sultanas
Apricots
Dates
Coconut
Sunflower seeds
Sesame seeds
Linseeds
Nuts (various)
Cocoa
Cornflour
Cornmeal
Suet
Chocolate

Dry stuff:
Rice
Pasta shapes
Spaghetti
Noodles
Couscous
Barley
Lentils – red
Lentils - puy
Yellow split peas
Chickpeas
Canellini beans
Red kidney beans
Borlotti beans
Popcorn
Sea salt

Tinned stuff:
Baked beans
Tuna
Mackerel
Corned beef
Pineapple
Passata
Tomato puree


Bottled stuff:
Mild olive oil
Extra virgin olive oil
Cider vinegar
Soy sauce
Worcestershire sauce
Mustard
Honey
Marmite
Bovril

Drinks:
Coffee
Tea
Herbal tea
Hot chocolate

Fridge:
Milk
Butter
Cheese – cheddar
Cheese - parmesan
Eggs
Bacon
Ham
Chorizo

Freezer:
Peas
Sweetcorn
Broad beans
Sausages
Mince
Meat (pork, beef, lamb, chicken, turkey)
Fish (white, salmon)

Fruit & Veg:
Potatoes
Onions
Garlic
Ginger
Carrots
Lemons
Apples
Bananas
Clementines
Cucumber
Peppers
Seasonal, homegrown and whoopsied stuff

Herbs: (garden/freezer)
Parsley
Basil
Coriander
Thyme
Rosemary
Bay leaves
Chillies
Mint
Sage
Chives

Spices:
Mustard powder
Black peppercorns
Paprika
Madras powder
Garam Masala
Chilli powder
Chilli flakes
Dried HG oregano
Cinnamon
Cardamom
Cumin seeds
Mustard seeds
Coriander seeds
Fennel seeds
Fenugreek
Nutmeg
Turmeric
Cloves
Vanilla pods

thriftlady_2

D&DD wrote: »

I also confess I have just found HOT DOGS in my cupboard I know they are totally bad but the boys like them sometimes ooh the shame

I buy those sometimes;)

sb44

kunekune wrote: »

tinned haggis

I didn't know you could get that in a tin!

lilac_lady

Stewed steak (M & S) - really tasty, no waste.