Having staples like rice, pasta, seasonings, and condiments in your kitchen saves time and money. Whole-grain pasta and canned foods are healthy options. Store favorite seasonings with favorite foods for added flavor.
It’s a good idea to always have staples in your kitchen cabinets. This way, you can be sure that you have the basic ingredients you need to prepare meals without having to constantly go to the store. Shopping less saves time and money. Preserves, rice, pasta, seasonings and flavourings, cooking ingredients and condiments and spices are all great food ingredients to keep on hand.
In addition to salt and pepper, you should also store your favorite seasonings with your favorite foods. For example, chili powder can be used to flavor chili con carne or vegetarian chili. A dash of curry can spice up leftover rice. Garlic powder, basil and oregano are perfect for adding Italian and Greek flavors to foods. Ginger and soy sauce can lend an Asian flavor to almost any dish.
You may also have condiments like ketchup, mustard, and barbecue sauce on hand. Obviously, staples like flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and oats are good to have on hand for baking. Cinnamon, vanilla, nuts, chocolate chips and other ingredients you use for your favorite baked goods should be stored in the cupboards with other staples to have when the desire or opportunity to bake arises.
Different types of pasta are great foods to keep in the kitchen cupboard. Whole-grain varieties of spaghetti, macaroni, and other forms of pasta are especially healthy foods to have on hand and can be made into cold pasta salads or served hot with a sauce. Prepared packets of pasta and sauce mixes are great emergency staples for quickly preparing meals or side dishes.
Rice, white or brown, or both, is one of the most versatile food staples. Rice makes an inexpensive and healthy side dish or part of a main course. Leftover cooked rice can also make a quick rice pudding dessert with added milk and cinnamon.
Canned foods such as fish, vegetables and fruit are invaluable foods as their fresh counterparts usually don’t last very long before spoiling. Canned foods are great alternatives when fresh foods aren’t available in the house like the day before grocery shopping. Salmon, green beans and peaches are often considered particularly healthy staples by many nutrition experts.
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