Tuesday, March 25, 2008

My Pantry Essentials


So my goal for at least five of the seven days is to cook our meals at home. This will hopefully save us on eating out. Right now, we don't eat out that much, but I would like to get our eating out down to about twice a month, then down to none-yeah right!






Here's my list of pantry essentials. Again, this is my list, yours will definitely be different:


milk

lemons

heavy cream/half and half

limes

unsalted butter

flat leaf parsley

eggs

celery

grated Parmesan cheese

potatoes

bacon

onions

cheddar cheese

shallots

mozzarella cheese

garlic

flour tortillas

canned biscuits

baggeg salad-mixed greens

crumbled blue cheese

sour cream

plain yogurt

vanilla-flavored yogurt



chili powder

frozen broccoli

ground cinnamon

frozen corn

ground cumin

frozen chopped spinach

grill seasoning

nutmeg

dried oregano

paprika

canned black beans

red pepper flakes

canned tomato paste

ground red pepper

tomato paste (tube variety)

dried thyme

canned salmon

dried rosemary

dices tomatoes

sea salt

canned tomato sauce

kosher salt

tuna, packed in water

coarse black pepper

chicken stock,low sodium(boxed)

white sugar

brown sugar

turbinado sugar

short-cut pastas

all purpose unbleached flour

long-cut pastas

fast acting yeast

white rice

baking soda

brown rice

baking powder


hot pepper sauce

dijon mustard

Worcestershire Sauce

roasted red peppers

peanut butter

mayonnaise

bread crumbs

olive oil

blended oil

unfiltered, organic honey

vinegars-red wine,balsamic, cider, white

lemon juice

red wine

white wine


Now, with all of this in my pantry, dinner doesn't take that long to get ready. With proper planning, we are usually eating in about 30 minutes.


Dinner tonight was leftover sliced boneless leg of lamb over mixed greens with a vinaigrette dressing, something along these lines, http://www.vinaigretterecipe.com/.


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