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.
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