The Thrifty Cookbook: 476 Ways to Eat Well With Leftovers (4 page)

Stock powder – unlike most stock cubes, Marigold vegetable bouillon has no preservatives, artificial flavours or GM ingredients

Flour: plain, self-raising; strong white flour for pizzas

Sugar: caster; soft brown or muscovado

Coleman’s English mustard powder

Nuts: pine nuts, walnuts, almonds

Seeds: fennel, sesame, coriander, cumin, pumpkin, caraway

Dried fruit: raisins, sultanas, apricots, dates

Spices: dried chilli flakes, nutmeg, saffron stamens, cardamom pods, paprika; a good curry powder or ground cumin and garam masala; dried (or frozen) kaffir lime leaves

Dried mushrooms: porcini/cep

Salt and pepper

Canned plum tomatoes

 Canned beans: flageolet, cannellini, borlotti, butterbeans, chickpeas

Coconut milk