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The Well-Stocked Pantry (Info)

 

Recipe By : Martha Rose Shulman, The Best Vegetarian Recipes

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-- The Well-Stocked Pantry --

 

A healthy pantry extends from the cupboard to the refrigerator to the

freezer. You don't need tons of space, but you need a cabinet or two,

large enough to hold a selection of cans; some bags of pasta, rice,

grains, and beans; and bottles of vinegar, oil, soy sauce, and spices.

If your kitchen is a tiny apartment kitchen and the space isn't there,

use a shelf in the linen closet or coat closet.

 

Canned, Bottled, and Packaged Goods

Canned tomatoes in juice (both 28-ounce and 14-ounce size) • Prepared

pasta sauce • Canned beans, such as chickpeas, white beans, and black

beans • Canned or bottled roasted peppers • Bottled salsa (red or

green) • Canned vegetable broth

 

Nonperishable Staples

Italian pasta: several shapes and sizes • Asian pastas such as buckwheat

noodles (soba) and wheat noodles (somen) • Long-grained white rice •

Basmati rice • Italian Arborio rice for risottos • Brown rice •

Couscous • Bulgur • Wild rice • Millet • Wheat berries • Pearl barley •

Kasha (buckwheat groats) • Quinoa • Polenta • Lentils • Black beans •

Chickpeas • Black-eyed peas • White beans • Pinto beans • Flour • Sugar

 

Oils, Vinegars, Flavoring, and Condiments

Extra virgin olive oil • Canola oil* • Asian sesame oil* • Peanut oil* •

Red wine vinegar or sherry vinegar, or both • Balsamic vinegar • Soy

sauce • Asian chili paste* • Chipotles en Adobo • Capers • Dijon

mustard* • High-quality vegetable bouillon cubes • Dried mushrooms •

Harissa* • Salt • Pure vanilla extract • Pure almond extract • Vanilla

beans • Dried herbs and spices (bay leaves, oregano, thyme, rosemary,

caraway, cayenne pepper, crushed red pepper flakes, chile powder,

cinnamon, coriander seeds, curry powder, whole nutmeg, black

peppercorns).

 

Wines and Spirits

Dry white wine* • Dry sherry* • Red wine (such as Merlot or Cotes du

Rhone) • Triple Sec, Cointreau, or Grand Marnier • Kirsch

 

Vegetables and Fruit

Onions • Garlic • Potatoes • Lemons (a few) • Fresh fruit in season •

Oranges

 

Refrigerator

Gruyere • Parmesan (save the rinds for flavoring soups) • Goat cheese •

Feta cheese • Imported brine-cured black olives • Fresh ginger • Tofu

(firm Chinese-style): not essential if you're not a tofu eater • Eggs •

Cottage cheese • Yogurt • Milk • 2 to 4 vegetables: good keepers such as

broccoli, carrots, green beans, sugar snap peas, zucchini, winter

squash, beets, bell peppers, cabbage, romaine lettuce

 

Freezer

Frozen peas • Whole-grain bread • Corn tortillas • Homemade stock, if

possible

 

*Refrigerate after opening

 

Source: Martha Rose Shulman, The Best Vegetarian Recipes, 2001

Typed and MC Formatted by Eruna Schultheiss

 

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