What products to buy so that the quarantine is delicious
Educational Program Food / / December 29, 2020
Chances are, you already have cereals, pasta, meat, eggs and canned food. If not, take to the store also this list. But in addition to the standard quarantine set, there is still a lot of tasty and useful things.
1. Flour, yeast, baking powder
You can bake pancakes, buns, pies, bread and so on in a slow cooker, bread maker, oven, even in a frying pan. Or meditate while making dumplings, have cozy conversations while making dumplings and treat the family with homemade cookies.
And you can also experiment with different types of flour - wheat, rye, corn, buckwheat and more.
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- Dishes that need flour
2. Snacks, seeds, nuts and bread
Stock up on everything you love to cheer you up and have light snacks. And don't forget that seeds and nuts can be added to pastriesΒ and other dishes. And crackers perfectly complement soups andΒ salads.
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3. Vegetable and butter
In addition to the usual sunflower and olive, you can take mustard, camelina or with various additives - herbs, garlic, even pepper. With such stocks, you can make different
salads, fry the cutlets, bake cabbage and other vegetables.For a variety of dishes butter is also useful. It can be stored for a long time in the refrigerator, and even more so in the freezer.
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4. Spice
Any meat or vegetable dish takes on a new taste, you just have to spice it up with pepper or add spices. So it's best to stock up on turmeric, Provencal herbs, paprika, lavrushka, and any other spices you love.
You can make your own from different spices combinationsto make the dishes even more aromatic and savory. Do not forget about salt, so that soups, salads and snacks were not insipid.
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- Fragrant dishes with spices
5. Fresh vegetables and fruits
In addition to potatoes, which many have probably already purchased, it is worth stocking up on carrots, cabbage, onions, beets, radishes and pumpkin. These vegetables are stored for a long time, and not in the refrigerator. And you can cook from them salads, side dishes and of course soups. By the way, a very unusual thing is also obtained from onions jam.
From fruits, you should pay attention to apples, lemons, oranges, pomegranates, which will not spoil for a long time. They can be just a snack or added to baked goods and even salads.
And if you just grind the lemons with sugar, you get a delicious and aromatic jam, for a jar with which there will certainly be a place in the refrigerator.
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6. Frozen vegetables, berries and mushrooms
You can't find fresh raspberries, strawberries or cherries now, but you can buy frozen ones. Very fragrant compotes, delicious fillings for pies and pancakes, awesome desserts.
Also, ready-made vegetable mixtures are always useful, which are easy to prepare according to the instructions on the package. Look out for corn, spinach, cauliflower, green beans, corn, and mushrooms - they can be used in all kinds of soups and second courses.
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- Interesting dishes with fruits and berries
7. Sauces
A proven way to transform almost any ready-to-eat meal. Plus you can cook a lot with soy sauce tasty. No less interesting recipes with mayonnaise.
Also useful for culinary experiments are ketchup, pesto, adjika, horseradish, wasabi, tomato paste and much more.
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- What to cook with a wide variety of sauces
8. Tea, coffee, cocoa, rosehip
In order not to miss your favorite coffee shop and a glass of fragrant freshly brewed cappuccino or latte, stock up on a cereal or instant drink and feel like a real barista. Alternatively, you can buy chicory.
Lovers of tea and rose hips should also replenish their supplies. Cocoa is useful for sweets - by the way, it is indispensable in some baked goods.
And all these drinks can be used to make many interesting mixes.
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- Hot drinks to make the evening more comfortable
9. Cream and milk
Surely useful to many lovers of morning coffee. And with them you can cook delicious cereals, unusual side dishes, for example from corn. Cream is also needed for tender cream soupsΒ with champignons, pumpkin and more.
Choose sterilized or UHT foods. For morning coffee, portioned packaging is especially convenient, with which you will not have to worry that the opened cream will go bad.
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- When you need milk
10. Cheese
Another product from which you can make a lot of interesting things. For example, cheese is simply irreplaceable if you want to have breakfast with your usual sandwich, make pizza, make julienne, caesar or other mouth-watering dishes.
Don't forget tofu too. Excellent cutletsinteresting soup, light salad and more.
Choose vacuum-packed cheeses for long-term storage while preserving the flavor and aroma of the product. And after removing the factory shell, it is better to wrap the piece in parchment paper or foil and not tighten it too much.
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- Dishes that cheese lovers will definitely love
11. Frozen dough
The dough does not take up much space in your freezer and at the same time will simplify and speed up the preparation of many of your favorite dishes. For example, with him it will turn out to quickly bake pizza, pies and buns.
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12. Sweets and cookies
An excellent mood cheer and a good addition to chocolate, which all sweet tooth must have stocked up with. To make it even tastier, sweets and cookies can be eaten with tea, coffee, juices or cocktails.
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- How to drink sweets
13. Ice cream
Another proven way to cheer up. You can also add ice cream to coffee and other hot drinks, serve with freshly baked pancakes or other baked goods.
But even if you can't find your favorite product in the convenience store, don't be sad. Chilled treats aren't that hard to cook yourself.
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- Apple tarts that go perfectly with ice cream
14. Juices and carbonated drinks
A great alternative to tea, coffee and, of course, regular water. You can drink juices and soda just like that or make different cocktails out of them.
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15. Semi-finished products
If you do not like to cook at all, do not forget to buy semi-finished products - sausages, wieners, cutlets, cabbage rolls and so on. After all, even with such a food set, you can improvise. For example, dumplings are not easy fry or cookbut also to make of them casserole.
What cannot you do without? Let us know in the comments.
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