Staples for Quick Summer Meals:
Published July 2, 2014
In your refrigerator:
• Variety of fresh salad greens including romaine, kale, spinach
Eggs
Dijon or yellow mustard
Fresh lemons
Cucumber
Red bell pepper
Carrots
Parsley
Scallions
Fresh grated Parmesan cheese
Feta, bleu cheese, or goat cheese, for crumbling
Assorted hard cheeses for shredding
Assorted olives, capers, and/or pickles
In your pantry:
• Canned beans (garbanzo, kidney)
• Vinegars (red-wine, white wine, balsamic
• Olive oil
• Tahini paste
• Nuts (walnuts, almonds, pecans, and/or pine nuts, to toast or not)
• Seeds- pumpkin and sunflower (to toast or not)
• Coarse kosher salt
• Black peppercorns
• Crushed red pepper flakes
• Variety of dried pastas
• Tuna fish
In a counter-top basket:
• Onions, yellow and red
• Shallots
• Fresh garlic
• Potatoes, regular and sweet
• Tomatoes
In your garden:
• Assorted fresh herbs
In your freezer:
• Corn kernels
• Peas
• Individual portions frozen boneless chicken- breast or thighs
• Boneless sirloin steak
• Salmon or trout fillets