Cooking Basics: Stocking Your Kitchen

Kelly Rossiter is offering ideas about cooking basics; see introduction here.

The key to being able to cook dinner everyday is to have a well stocked pantry. If you have to buy all of the ingredients for a recipe every time you think you might like to try something, picking up the phone and ordering in suddenly seems a much easier alternative.

I'm going to give you the basics today, which for me is pretty much a Mediterranean diet. In the following days, I will give you ingredient basics for other cuisines such as Chinese, Thai, and Indian and you can experiment with different tastes. Don't feel you have to run out and spend tons of money stocking your kitchen with every product available. This will get you by and you can add items as your cooking repertoire expands.Donald Chong, Small Fridges Make Good Cities