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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