Tips to Stock your Kitchen Larder

Kitchen is an important place in the house and if you want to have a smooth-running kitchen, you need to have a well stocked kitchen larder. A well stocked kitchen larder becomes really handy when you have to cook meals for unexpected guests, as you have all the basic ingredients on hand. It is always useful to have a number of items as stand-by for pepping up recipes and adding quick flavor to dishes other than larder essentials like breakfast cereals, instant hot drinks, fruit juice concentrates and biscuits etc. it is always good to experiment with different things to find out the most useful items for your larder.

Tips for Good Larder Stand-Bys
Following are given few the lists of few items that you can use as a good larder stand-bys:
•    You can keep a stock of dried pasta such as penne, lasagna and spaghetti etc that you can use at any time later.
•    Rice, couscous and noodles can also be a good stand-by option for your kitchen larder.
•    All kinds of dried beans and peas such as from kidney beans and chickpeas to garden peas can be used in soups and casseroles, so they can also be stocked in the larder.
•    Dried fruits like raisins and apricots are used in several food items such as in baking, or in breakfast cereals.
•    It is not recommended to overstock plain and self raising flour as it can go stale within three months once opened. Instead you can stock corn flour.
•    You can also stock baking soda, dried yeast and baking powder for futures use.
•    Dried herbs are much stronger than the fresh herbs so it is worth stocking the dried herbs like parsley, rosemary and basil.
•    It is also good to stick ketchup, mustard and soy sauce, as they add zest to barbecue marinades and cooking sauces.
•    Stocking dried spices such as red pepper, cinnamon, peppercorns and cloves are always required for various dishes.
•    Canned tomatoes are used in so many ways. You can use them for bulking meat or you can use them in pasta dishes, casseroles, soups etc. stocking them would be really handy.
•    Another perfect stand-by for your larder is canned tuna. Canned tuna is idea for pizza toppings, salads, and quick fish cakes.
•    Syrup, molasses and honey can also be preserved for longer period of times and used in several dishes and foods.
•    You can also stock some jam and preserves that can be used for pies and cobblers.
•    Other perfect stand-bys include vinegars and oils. Different types of vinegars and oils can be stocked and later used in variety of foods.
•    To add flavor to soups, sauces and casseroles, stock cubes and vegetable paste are ideal. Stocking them would be handy.
•    Other things that you can think of stocking in your kitchen larder include nuts such as walnut and almonds (ground and whole). These are used in salads and cakes and rich in protein.

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