Store cupboard essentials

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The more I cook from scratch at home, the more I realise the benefits of a good store cupboard.  This way it's only the protein and veggies/fruit I need to think about.

My starter cupboard list is: Olive oil, garlic salt, black pepper, balsamic vinegar, chillies, ginger, crushed garlic, onions, curry powder, stock cubes/powders, rice, cous cous, coconut milk, worcestershire sauce, mustard powder, bay leaves.

And good to have is: Tinned chopped tomatoes, passatta, tuna, flour, lentils, lemons, dried tarragon, dried oregano and dried coriander, borlotti beans, star anise, ground mixed spice, oats, dark brown sugar.

Anyone got any other versatile suggestions that keep for ever?

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I like to have emergency party nibbles -nice jar /tin olives, dolmades, a slab of feta in the back of the fridge, some frozen prawns in the freezer, decent tins of three bean salad, some nice crackers and a jar of garlic mayonnaise,

I keep garlic and ginger cubes in the top of the freezer.

My secret ingredient is smoked paprika and I will be restocking with cheap saffron when I go to Budapest with Roger later this year.