30 Ingredients

So I went to Paris for 21 hours to see this girl. You know, the girl who asked me to start taking pictures of food and writing down the recipes?

She asked for a list of the basic ingredients we keep in the kitchen on a regular basis.

I made a list of 30. These are items I assume we always have on hand.*

They get used repeatedly in a lot of the cooking that goes on at our house.

1. Onions (typically white)

2. Garlic

3. Flour

4. Granulated Sugar (I forgot to add it to the photo)

5. Brown Sugar

6. Powdered (aka Icing) Sugar

7. Butter (it HAS to be real butter, usually unsalted)

8. Chocolate Chips

9. Green Pesto

10. Red Pesto

11. Tomato Paste

12. Curry Paste

13. Table Salt

14. Rock Salt

15. Pepper

16. Basil (fresh or dried)

17. Nutmeg

18. Cinnamon

19. Baking Soda

20. Baking Powder

21. Dried Chilies

22. Bay Leaves

23. Vegetable Stock Cubes

24. Eggs

25. Milk

26. Vegetable Oil

27. Canned Tomatoes

28. Vanilla Extract (it has to be good vanilla extract)

29. Extra Virgin Olive Oil

30. Cornstarch (aka Cornflour)

* I really do think we always have these ingredients. If we are getting close to running out I have to buy more. If we don't have them then I freak out. Case in point? I went to use some tomato paste today and there wasn't any. I immediately blamed Niall (he claims unfairly) and it took me about 30 minutes and a trip to the store to get over it.