26 Things I MUST have:
- Kosher salt
- Baking powder
- Baking soda
- Cocoa Powder
- Butter
- Dried Milk
- Active Dry Yeast
- Sugar
- Black peppercorns
- Honey
- Canned whole tomatoes
- Tomato paste
- Olive oil
- Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese
- Eggs
- Lemons
- Onions
- Garlic
- Cinnamon
- Cumin
- Long grain rice
- All-purpose flour
- Chicken broth
- Dijon mustard
- Dried black beans
- Dried pasta
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I could make 6 meals with only the ingredients in that left hand column:
- #1 - Flour, yeast, salt, honey, garlic = loaf of italian bread
Tomatoes, tomato paste, olive oil and garlic = spaghetti sauce
Cooked pasta, Parmegiano = Spaghetti Dinner
- #2 - Flour, yeast, salt, honey = loaf of bread
Egg, lemon juice, olive oil, mustard = mayonaise
Hard boiled eggs, onion, salt, pepper = Egg Salad Sandwich
- #3 - Cooked Black Beans, rice, onion, cumin, garlic,
salt, pepper = Beans and Rice
- #4 - Flour, salt, egg = homemade egg noodles
Egg noodles + Chicken broth = Chicken Noodle Soup
- #5 - homemade egg noodles + chicken broth, eggs
and lemons = Avgolemono Soup (served with left over bread)
- #6 - Flour, yeast, salt, honey, garlic = Pizza Crust
Canned Tomatoes + Parmegiano = Cheeze Pizza
I could make many quick breads and desserts:
- Flour, leavening, eggs, fat (butter, margarine, shortening, or oil), and liquid such as milk, baking soda, baking powder and salt = the
basic ingredients for any of the quick breads.
- If I add cocoa powder, I have brownies for dessert
- If I add cinnamon and sugar I have a breakfast treat.
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The operative words in that column heading is "I MUST". These are the things that I have to have in my pantry to make
the foods I'm used to making. I make sure that I never run out of these ingredients because they are basic to everything I personally do.