Our kitchen is small and there is no such thing as a pantry in my apartment (that would be a dream in a way).. so I try to keep the minimum in my cupboards to have as a base for my daily cooking... And since spices go bad within 12 months, I am not the kind of person with two or three shelves full of spices.Here is a list of things I always have in my pantry cupboards. Anything missing?
Dry Goods:
- French Indigo Lentils
- Wholewheat pasta (any shape)
- Buckwheat pasta (Soba noodles)
- Wholewheat couscous
- Quinoa
- Long Grain white rice
- Wild Rice
- Corn meal (for polenta and corn bread)
- Chickpeas flour (for socca)
- Buckwheat flour (for savory crepes)
- Nuts (pine, cashew, walnuts, hazelnuts, pecan)
- Sesame seeds
- Sunflower seeds
- Cumin (seeds and ground)
- Sea Salt (coarse and fine)
- Black Pepper
- Cayenne Pepper
- Bay leaves
- Herbes de Provence (I put some in the Ratatouille if I don't have fresh herbs)
- Celery salt
- Cloves
- Allspices
- Nutmeg (ground)
- Ginger (ground)
- Cinnamon (sticks and ground)
- Granulated Sugar (pure cane)
- Cube sugar (I am French afterall)
- Muscovado (unrefined cane sugar)
- Peas (as a back-up plan for any meal)
- Corn kernels
- Chickpeas
- Red beans
- Coconut milk
- Powder sugar
- Honey
- Bittersweet chocolate
- Vanilla extract
- Vanilla beans
- Almond extract
- Orange flower extract
- Raisins
- Corn starch
- Raising powder
- Baking soda
- Olive oil (I have a regular olive oil for cooking and a more gourmet one for seasoning)
- Balsamic Vinegar
- Red Wine Vinegar
- Brown Rice vinegar
- Soy sauce (regular and less sodium)
- Sesame oil
- Canola oil
- Basil Tomato sauce
- Vegetable stock with sea salt (cubes)
- Beef stock (cubes)
- Chicken stock (cubes)
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