Wondering what you should have in your store cupboard or pantry for cooking ingredients? It’s good to have some things that you can grab to rustle up a quick meal. Here’s The Essential List of Store Cupboard Essentials:

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Keeping a selection of things to hand in your pantry or store cupboard means you can throw together meals quickly and easily if you need to. Here is a list of items that will see you through plenty of recipes.

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List of Store Cupboard Essentials

Vinegars, Oils & Mustards and Other Condiments

• Extra virgin olive oil, olive oil and sunflower oil
• Vinegars: Red wine, white wine and balsamic
• Dijon, wholegrain and English mustard
• Soy sauce
• Fish sauce
• Sundried tomatoes in olive oil
• Canned tomatoes and tomato puree
• Canned tuna fish and anchovies
• Chicken & beef stock cubes and Marigold Swiss vegetable stock
• Chickpeas (dried or canned)

Eggs

Pasta

• Spaghetti
• Tagliatelle
• Lasagne
• Farfalle

Rice

• Basmati
• Long-grain
• Arborio

Flour

• Self-raising
• Plain
• Strong white flour (for bread and pizza dough)

Baking Goods

• Brown sugar – demerara or muscovado
• White sugar
• Icing sugar
• Baking powder
• Bicarbonate of soda
• Good quality chocolate and cocoa (70% Cocoa solids)
• Ground almonds
• Good quality jam and honey

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Spices

• Cumin
• Coriander
• Cloves
• Black peppercorns
• Sea salt
• Dried chillies
• Mixed spice
• All spice

Herbs

• Oregano
• Mixed herbs

Fruit & Veg

• Lemons
• Limes
• Garlic
• Ginger
• Chillies
• Onions
• Potatoes
• Mushrooms
• Avocados

Dairy

• Butter
• Milk
• Cheddar Cheese
• Parmesan Cheese

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Over to you now. Anything we missed off our list that’s in your store cupboard essentials Tell us in the comments below, we’d love to hear from you!