Pantry Staples That Turn Into a Dozen Quick Meals

By The Handy Tips and Tricks Team · in Food

Build a flexible base

Keep a few foundations: pasta and rice, tinned tomatoes, beans and lentils, stock, and a good olive oil. Add a handful of flavor-makers, garlic, onions, spices, soy sauce, and something acidic like vinegar or lemon, and you can season almost anything.

From that base, dinner is just a matter of combining: pasta with garlic, oil, and tinned tomatoes; rice with beans and spices; lentil soup from stock and a few vegetables. Keep the staples topped up and you will reach for the cupboard instead of the phone.

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