Calling all foodies - 101 must haves in your kitchen cupboard!!!

[munz]

(just builin up our stocks to make food from scratch, and after ideas) so anything u can't live without in your cupboard

mine:

salad cream
newly discovered - olive oil
baked beans
ooh and the soup/lentils mix form asda.

feel free to add

tuna
canned tomatoes
worcester sauce
organic stock cubes (different flavours)

Marigold vegetable bouillon powder.

ooh what's that anorak?

Stock
Herbs & spices
salf & pepper
Chopped toms
Tomato puree

Soya sauce,
Vegetable stock cubes
Tins of chopped tomatoes
Oregano,
Maldon sea salt
Cumin seeds
Jalapenos
Honey

Just trying to think of the stuff I use most of, you may not need them admittedly.

red lentils
brown lentils
brown rice
quinoa
pasta fusilli
tinned toms
tinned kidney beans, butter beans etc
sun dried tomatoes (really tasty in just about anything)
paprika
mixed italian herbs
garam masala
mustard powder
soy sauce
oats
sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds
ground almonds

ah everyhting's good - trying to make more things from scratch - DH is a bit of a meat/2 veg man - to quote him when I did stuffed chicken brests with chilli dip thing to top (that jared stuff u dip doritos into) and cheese "I did not marry u to experiment with food" - no but i'm noraded of plain food! lol.

do like spicey thou in this house!

Paprika, - great with cheese dishes, egg dishes, tomato sauces, mild but flavoursome
cayenne pepper, - use sparingly for a spicy kick
tomato puree, - adds richness to tomatoe sauces
mixed herbs, - bung in anything
garam masala - use in last 10 mins of a curry
Pasta
egg noodles
plain flour - for baking and cheese/white sauce
SR flour - baking
cornflour - to thicken a cassrerole/stew/gravy
sweet chili sauce - great in wraps, sandwiches or in stir fry sauce

soy sauce
white wine and balsamic vinegars
various spices esp chillie flakes
honey
noodles
rice - brown and basmati
olive and groundnut oils
tinned plum and chopped tomatos

franny whta do u do with the pumpkin seeds/sunflower seeds?

Munz - eat them as they are, or mixed in with cornflakes, raisins and nuts for a sort of homemade trail mix

put them on cereal

grind them and add them to things (large quantities very nice in a nut loaf)

toast them in a frying pan with a little soy sauce - they go beautifully crunchy and have a lovely savoury taste

Pasta..lots of diffent sorts....never short of a meal then

ta hon. our cupboard is soo plain/boring sompared to all yours! lol.

Marigold is a stock powder. You can use it to make bouillon (a clear vegetable soup that's very light) but I use it as seasoning. Add it to soups, stews and sauces and you can sprinkle it on salads. If you sprinkle it on chopped lettuce, tomato or cucumber it makes them taste yummy even without dressing. Great for getting children to eat veg.

Oregano
Cumin
Balsamic vinegar and olive oil
gormet garden Squeezie herbs- garlic, lemongrass, ginger, chili, basil (i know they are a cheat but great for a quick stir fry)
cinnamon
pasta
assortment of american products- A1 steak sauce, maple syrup flavoring (for maple nut scones)
asorted baking supplies and chocolate chips
parmesan cheese
half a dozen diffrent pastas
tortilla wraps for quick lunches and dinners
cajun seasoning

Spices (lots) - herbs I get from the garden
Black Pepper
Soy sauce (dark and light), fish sauce (nam pla) and worcestershire sauce
Dried chillis
Passata, Tinned tomatoes, tomato puree, baked beans
BRown rice, couscous, rissoto rice
Lentils (red), and pearl barley.
Oats
Flour (plain and self raising)
Olive oil
Balsamic Vinegar
Stock and Miso
Straight to wok noodles (fantastic)
Shallots/garlic/ginger I also keep in.

olive oil
marmite
a good pesto
kidney beans/flageolets
sun dried tomatoes
dried herb salt (don't know whether you can get that in the UK - is a mixture of salt and various dried herbs)
oats
runny honey
cinnamon
pine nuts

fine cornmeal/polenta

great for American style pancakes for kids' breakfasts, spoon bread, cornbread, cakes, pastry flan cases - just a tablespoon stops them going soggy on the bottom. Also good for crumbing foods to be fried. Very nutritious too.

(quick and simple pudding with store-cupboard ingredients - drizzle honey into bottom of individual dishes, natural yogurt on top, sprinkling of cinnamon on top of that)

I always try to have:
rice - basmati, arborio and short grain (for puds)

bulghar wheat - for taboulleh

cous cous - ready flavoured stuff for easy packed lunch to take to work

pasta - penne, spaghetti, lasagne

passata and tinned tomatoes

loads of spices

honey, mustard, marmite, peanut butter

nuts and raisins

red pesto (dh doesn't like green)

olive oil, chilli oil, garlic oil, balsamic vinegar, olives, roasted peppers, sundried tomatoes

kidney beans, chick peas, cannelini beans - tinned

lentils - red and green - dried

coconut milk

And in the freezer I always aim to have - peas, sweetcorn, quorn pieces, pitta bread, raspberries, good vanilla icecream, garlic bread

I've usually then got the warewithal to make a meal if dh just picks up some fresh vege or salad on his way home

I'm veggie, the others aren't - but we eat veggie most f the week at home.

cheers girls - u guys sure do have a lot of variations in the cupboards!

jen - how do u get your DH to eat more veggie dishes or is he not too fussed?

Cheddar cheese, tuna, stock cubes, tinned tomatoes, olive oil, maple syrup, greek yoghurt, eggs, bananas, porridge oats, oatcakes, rice cakes, weetabix, garlic, onions, apples, raisins, dried fruit, pasta & spaghetti, arborio rice, brown rice, long grain rice, mushroom soup (tin condensed), porcini mushrooms, pesto jars, cinnamon, soy sauce, red/white wine vinegar, dijon mustard, dried herbs (but particularly dried italian herb mix) worcester sauce, ketchup, a bottle or two of red/white wine!!

Hi Munz - no need to force him to eat veggie; he's quite happy doing so. When we eat out though, he always orderes meat or fish for both starter and main course - making up for missing out I reckon.

And I do know how to spell "orders" really - note to self: MUST learn to preview.

I have had a quick read of this thread and I do have a lot of the bits that people have said they have in there cupboards all the time.
BUT
I see there is one really must have in the cupboard that is not on any ones list.

And thats chocolate

But I have ran out and I could really eat a bar on me at the mo

Note to myself. < make sure you keep chocolate in the kitchen cupboard at all times >