A Foodie Wants to Know…

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Emmental or other stringy cheese.

RosiesMaw

I consider these as staples
Good butter (with salt crystals)
Free range eggs
Tinned chopped tomatoes (or passata)
Dried mixed herbs
Fresh mint , parsley , basil
Brown rice
Pasta in whatever form
Onions (plus frozen chopped for convenience)
Good Cheddar - plus some ready grated frozen
Parmesan
Garlic
Fresh carrots/leeks or frozen soffrito for a quick soup or stew base
Sliced loaf in the freezer
Tinned cream of tomato soup - must be Heinz

Mine almost exactly. Can't stand tinned tomatoes soup.

Can I add

potatoes
bacon/pancetta

Vegetables
Grains eg rice lentils barley
Tomatoes fresh and tinned
Butter not spread
Bacon skinny rashers
Cheese strong
Onions and garlic
Pasta dried
Bread or crackers
Fruit fresh
Herbs and spices
Flour
Olive oil
Fish fresh or tinned tuna salmon
Dried noodles

Dog food!
Ingredients for homemade bread
Eggs
Milk
Tea
Coffee
Cheese
Potatoes
Tomatoes
Pasta
Rice
Sardines
Carrots
Broccoli
Garlic
Yogurt
Fruit
Porridge
Honey

My basic vegan list (apart from things I grow):

Porridge oats
Sultanas
Apples
White (or red) cabbage
Frozen vegetables - including those handy baked potatoes from Iceland
Nutritional yeast flakes
Tinned chickpeas, lentils, coconut cream and tomatoes
Gram flour
Rice
Pasta made from lentils and/or peas
Marmite
Peanut butter (by the tubful)
Yorkshire tea and coffee
Cacao nibs (for those peanut flapjacks)
Olive oil
Oat milk
(and all the spices, condiments etc. I enjoy)

I can always rustle up some soup, chick pea curry, broccoli mash and home made biscuits at short notice - all welcome in this chilly weather.

I consider these as staples
Good butter (with salt crystals)
Free range eggs
Tinned chopped tomatoes (or passata)
Dried mixed herbs
Fresh mint , parsley , basil
Brown rice
Pasta in whatever form
Onions (plus frozen chopped for convenience)
Good Cheddar - plus some ready grated frozen
Parmesan
Garlic
Fresh carrots/leeks or frozen soffrito for a quick soup or stew base
Sliced loaf in the freezer
Tinned cream of tomato soup - must be Heinz

JackyB

I am always puzzled as to why Americans call tomato sauce "marinara" when it contains absolutely no seafood.

It is not an American thing if you Google Marinara sauce it comes up with tomato sauce.

JackyB, I had to look it up, then realised that's what I make with tinned tomatoes and frozen, chopped onions!

I am always puzzled as to why Americans call tomato sauce "marinara" when it contains absolutely no seafood.

Lentils
Indian spices
Potatoes
Bread
Chicken
Green/runner beans
Tomatoes
Milk
Eggs
Tea

Dog food - I can’t eat until I know the dog is sorted out,
Proper coffee
Oranges
Tuna
Jacket potatoes
Gluten free bread
Crunchy peanut butter
Eggs
Cheese
Olives - preferably nocellara
Grapes
Dark chocolate
As I wrote this list I realised what a lazy (disinterested) cook I am. I could live quite happily on jacket potatoes and toast. I don’t, I make sure I eat a healthy diet, but these are the things I buy every week and feel deprived without.

The ingredients to make lentil soup