Sunday, December 21, 2014

ESSENTIALS - VIA COLIN COWIE

The Well Stocked Refrigerator
 

If great meals are works of art, then the ingredients inside your refrigerator and the contents of your kitchen cabinets serve as your palette. These are the essentials I recommend everybody keep cold and handy: 

  • Salad ingredients (a fresh head of lettuce, one or two ripe tomatoes, a bundle of spring onions, chives, parsley, garlic and shallots) and a squeeze bottle of freshly made salad dressing (check out my fabulous vinaigrette recipe
  • Several containers of yogurt (so I can whip up a breakfast smoothie at a moment’s notice, or garnish a delicious homemade or store-bought soup with a generous dollop).
  • Condiments, including bottled lemon juice; soy or tamari sauce; Tabasco sauce; and assorted chutneys, relishes, jellies, and jams. With a selection of flavors, I can magically doctor whatever meal comes to mind, whether it’s takeout or made from scratch. No matter what I’m preparing, I can sweeten it, sour it, salt it, or make it deliciously piquant.