Foods/ingredients to keep in stock in the kitchen?
It seems my fiancé and I always run out of food at home! We go shopping twice a month to the grocery, but buy more convenient meals to suit our busy work schedules. When I see other kitchens at our friend’s houses, they are always so well stocked and they can whip a good meal up without going to the store.
What are some key ingredients or foods I can keep in the kitchen so we will be more stocked?
Thanks in advance!
Wow these answers so far are all fantastic!
Eggs, Sugar, flower, butter, cereal, and can foods are always good to have
i try to keep
rice, pasta, milk, bread, tin tomatos, cheese, onions, potatos, garlic, ginger, stock cubes, flour, sugar, eggs… so basicly manly things that will keep for a while
i like to cook alot so i keep ALL the spices and herbs and i like chineese food, which is really fast to cook so for this i keep rice wine, soy sauce (dark and light) nut oil, sesime oil, fish sauce, black beans, rice wine vinigar and chilli’s
Next time you go to the groceries try buying these items -
*Soups of all types
*yogurt
*eggs
*fish
*milk
*juice
*snack bars
*hot sauce
*cream
*variety of fruits
*cerial
*cupped noodles
*bagles
*bread
*butter
*jelly
*peanutbutter
*candy treats
*ice cream
*frozen vegetables
*meat
*chiken
*cookies
*granola bars
*all spices and sugars
*oatmeal
*powder hot chocolate
*rice
*pasta
*macorni
~Thats all i can think of right now but i hope your problem dissapears!
Get a 1kg of rice, several packages of pasta shapes and spaghetti. I always store in airtight jars as then I can grab what I need and not have my pantry full of opened bags.
Get a decent sized bag of spuds that will last you a month.
Stock up your freezer with frozen veggies and once opened store in a zip lock bag.
Stock up on some canned fish, and canned foods like Baked Beans in Tomato Sauce, soups, veggies etc.
corn
green beans
baby peas
rice
instant potatoes
pasta- several kinds
cream of chicken soup
cream of mushroom soup
tomatoe sauce
spaghetti sauce
chili beans, red beans, black beans, kidney beans
CONDIMENTS: mustard, catchup, miracle whip, pickles, relish, horseradish, dijon mustard, hot sauce, steak sauce, green olives, black olives
SPICES: garlic powder, onion powder, season salt, lime juice, oregano,basil, thyme, chili powder, cider vinegar, white vinegar, allspice,black pepper, cajun seasoning, old bay, etc.