Storecupboard Essentials

LolaLemon

For me, I would get icing sugar, caster sugar, plain and self raising flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, mixed spice....

wondercollie

"real" chocolate chips
raisins
dates
sprinkles (for decorating)
whatever kind of nuts you like
syrup

rosieben

The easiest way would be to choose a few recipes you want to try and buy all the ingredients for those; do the same thing each month and you'll soon have a full baking cupboard again.

Butterfly_Brain

Flour.....Bread, SR and plain
Raising Agents......Yeast, baking powder, bicarb
Sugar......Gran, Caster, Brown, Demerara and Muscovado
Syrup, Honey, Jam, marmalade, peanut butter
Coffee, Tea, Hot Chocolate, cocoa
Spaghetti and shaped pasta of choice
Tinned Fruit
Dried fruit
Tinned Veg

kerrypn

Thanks guys, we had a bit of a baking splurge today, I got self raising flour, baking powder, demerara sugar, caster sugar, icing sugar, raisins, proper buttersome dried blueberry things for 49p which are GORGEOUS in cupcakes, oats, golden syrup, treacle and lots of decorating things for the children.

My main shop shop is tomorrow so I will pick up a few more bits then

zippychick

ive merged this with our storecupboard essentials thread so you can see what others have!

Oops ive fallen off the OS wagon may also be useful

Zip

vanoonoo

oats for tray bake flapjacks or twinks hobnobs

emiliah

I'm looking to start stocking up on non-perishable staple foods for over the winter months when money is going to be tighter.

I've already earmarked things like rice, pasta, tinned toms, flour, stock cubes, various tinned veg, dried herbs etc., but wonder if you could give me any tips for items you have found really useful back up products.

Many thanks

Linda32

Chicken is a great filler for us. All year round we cook a chicken and portion up and freeze. Then we use it reheated in gravy as a roast dinner, mixed into a curry sauce (I can and do cook from scratch but never mastered curry so I use a jar), or just cold with salad at this time of year.

edited to add, small portions of chicken, mixed with mayo and sweetcorn makes a good topping for jacket spuds.

Evie74_2

Hi there

There is a thread somewhere called "Who Doesn't Have a Storecupboard" and that has a pretty comprehensive storecupboard list prepared by one of the contributors (Butterfly Brain I think from memory - apologies if it wasn't!)

Personally I think the key is to stock up on non-perishable things that you will actually eat. There's no point stashing 50 tins of rice pud if you hate it! Also, check the dates and rotate the stock as necessary.

In addition to the basics - how about things like pulses? Tinned or dried or both. Red lentils don't need to be soaked, they are still reasonably cheap, and they add bulk and protein to lots of recipes. Chick peas are another good option. You can add them to curry or savoury rice, or even roast them (once soaked and cooked, or drained if from the tin) in the oven sprinkled with some chilli powder/garlic/cajun spices - they go crunchy and make a lovely snack.

Tinned fruit is another good option, along with instant custard (Mr T's value verson is still 6p/pack).

HTH

Evie xx

ETA: Here's the link for the storecupboard thread https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4031559