Ingredients to make Staples Exciting

Ingredients to make Staples Exciting have a long shelf life and can take the simplest ingredient a tin of chickpeas, tuna, a packet of noodles and transform your meal into dinner that reminds you of a destination you have been to or that you will go to in the near future.

Spices: add ground coriander, cumin, turmeric, ginger and curry powder to legumes

Bottled sauces: Oyster Sauce, soya, fish sauce, toasted sesame oil to turn tinned vegetables and fish into something tasty

Jars of pickled mushrooms, beetroot, gherkins, piccalilli, Branston pickle for sandwiches or a ploughman’s lunch

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