What are the ingredients in your fridge or cupboards that you couldn't do without?
Mine would have to be:
mixed frozen veg
mince
onions
eggs
chicken noodle soup
tomato soup
I can always make some sort of meal with those ingredients in my house!
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What are the ingredients in your fridge or cupboards that you couldn't do without?
Mine would have to be:
mixed frozen veg
mince
onions
eggs
chicken noodle soup
tomato soup
I can always make some sort of meal with those ingredients in my house!
eggs
french onion soup mix
tinned tomatoes
truffle oil
rice
pasta
Polenta
Potatoes
Frozen Peas & Corn
Tinned Asparagus
Frozen Chicken Thighs
Tinned Tuna
These are probably staples we always have...
tinned tomatoes
passata
stock
pasta
parmesan
beef/veal/lamb mince
potatoes
bacon/prosciutto/pancetta
frozen peas/corn
Turffle oil Cailin??? I have never seen this in a shop, then again I have never looked for it, hehe.
Mmmm, I got some from my deli once, but I tend to forget about it.......
It's very delish though, especially drizzled into potato and leek soup!
Definitely bacon/procuitto/pancetta!!!! & Passata! I also always have a frozen jar of my pizza sauce which is basically aldi stir through sauce with a heaped tablespoon of minced garlic stirred through.
Leftover frozen wine!!!
And some cheese of some description.
You'll also always find sour cream, normal cream and blocks of unsalted & salted butter LOL!
Oh and I always have a few tins of condensed milk in the cupboard.
Truffle oil is delectable! The one I have is truffle infused olive oil. I used to purchase the good quality truffle oil concentrate but it can be a bit exxy and I kept putting in more than I should, whereas with the olive oil you can be more liberal and not panic. It has a really nice mushroom flavour (truffles are from the mushroom family) and adds another depth to a dish without the need for "additives" iykwim? Great in soup, pasta sauce (red or white), mashed potato, scrambled eggs and of course risotto (which isn't complete without it IMO).
I always have;
condensed milk
nestle caramel top'n'fill
nestle choc'n'top (same as the top'n'fill only chocolate)
cartons of longlife cream
packets of scotch finger biscuits (the biscuits, cream and top'n'fill/choc'n'top make a dead easy dessert if you get caught out)
cream of mushroom soup (great beef strog base)
dry soup mixes (french onion/spring vegetable/chicken noodle - not much you can't make with those)
tin tomatoes
curry powder
potatoes
pasta
rice
assortment of stocks (beef/chicken/vegetable)
ketcap mannis (sweet soy sauce)
oyster sauce
The freezer is always stocked with beef/lamb/chicken too.
OMG girls, can I come and live at your houses??? At the moment I have NOTHING in my fridge/freezer/cupboards...I just made my own version of savoury mince and mash. I didn't have onions, only green onions and substituted pasta sauce with chopped tinned tomatoes and some herbs. I have no more potatoes and have used the last of the tinned tomatoes and tomato paste, no bread, only 1 litre of milk... we're getting desperate, but I won't go shopping till after chrissy though. We will have to go and stay at mums just so I have food to eat, LOL! Lucky it's chrissy and we have an excuse, hehe!
Can I ask Cailin - what do truffles actually taste like? I was thinking of this last night watching Iron Chef.
I think (and I have heard others say different things) they have a texture of a walnut, but taste kind of like a parmesan infused mushroom. They can be quite strong but the flavour is amazing. Some people don't like actual truffles, but I love them! I just wish they weren't so expensive!
Kellieem you should see my pantry & freezer, its all stocked to the brim, and we desperately need to go shopping LOL!
Cai, my pantry, fridge and freezer are all chockers too, yet I feel the need to go to the supermarket! Always happens here.
mine would be
chicken breast or thighs
red kidney beans
mince
fresh tomatoes
onion red and brown
tuna
potatoes
frozen puff pastry(DP is english and goes weak at the knees for the pes I make him)
I always have:
Tin tomatoes
mince
chicken
tomato paste
about a million jars of herbs and spices
rice
pasta - specifically elbows, they're good in everything
onion - i seem to use in everything so i always buy quite a few
eggs
cheese - DH piles it on top of everything
potatoes - only recently have i really got into cooking lots of potatoey things.
Let's see... our house always has stocked:
2 x tins tomatoes
potatos
sweet potatos
mince of some description
cous cous
polenta
rice
chicken stock
tapanade
filo pastry
garlic
cold pressed olive oil
eggs
and fresh herbs (we grow our own)
cilantro
Tinned tomatoes
Garlic
Rice
Ginger
Lime and/or Lemon
Pasta
Cheese
Yogurt
Frozen Puff Pastry
Chicken
Mince
Ground coffee
Dried Rice Noodles