Pasta, eggs and golden syrup: your definitive store cupboard essentials

Pasta, rice and pulses

• Dried pasta

• Rice

• Couscous

• Oats

• Dried noodles

• Lentils

• Polenta

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Tins

• Baked beans

• Cannellini beans

• Chickpeas

• Tomatoes

• Sweetcorn

• Tuna

• Anchovies

• Sardines

• Coconut milk

• Soup

Fruit and veg

• Garlic cloves

• Onions

• Lemon/lemon juice

• Fresh chillies

• Ginger

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Oils, herbs and condiments

• Selection of dried herbs

• Olive oil

• Sea salt

• Black and white pepper

• Soya sauce

• Marmite

• Tabasco

• Wasabi paste

• Vinegar

• Mustard (both kinds)

• Fish sauce

Store cupboard stuff

• Balsamic vinegar

• Henderson's relish

• Tomato purée

• Stock cubes/pots

• Flour

• Several types of sugar

• Jam and honey

• Baking powder

• Bicarbonate of soda

• Breadcrumbs

• Nuts

• Jars of olives

• Dried fruit

• Instant yeast

• Golden syrup

• Mango chutney

• Peanut butter

• Tea and coffee

• Mustard powder

• Dark chocolate

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Fridge

• Jar of mayonnaise

• Eggs

• Chorizo

• Crème fraîche

• Plain yoghurt

• Cream cheese

• Selection of cheeses

• Tomato ketchup

• Brown sauce

• Butter/spread

Freezer

• Frozen vegetables

• Fish fingers

• White fish steaks

• Prawns

• Frozen berries

• Pastry

• Chips

• Mince

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