While they were at the house there was a comment about how much food we have in the pantry. And that if we go to war everyone will come to my house because we could eat for a year. It made me think about other people's pantries that I have seen. They are strangely empty.
Something I just couldn't imagine.
What if I want to whip something up and I don't have all the ingredients? I would have to make a special trip to the store? Yuck! This led to a whole new line of thought. Wait, what if I'm the weird one? Or do I just have a really stocked pantry because I cook so much at home and I'm a foodie? My daughter does have her own shelf due to all her allergies.
Help a girl out here fellow food bloggers....what does your pantry look like? Please tell me I'm not a crazy food hoarder. I mean it's not like I'm stuffing canned goods under my mattress or anything. Those would be too bulky. I only keep tortillas under there. Kidding!
In the interest of trying to pare back a little bit I thought what if I center a series of recipes around what I have in my pantry.
Before I start, a quick note of gratitude before going forward. How fortunate am I to have a surplus of food in my pantry? The first order of business will be to go through and donate a portion of it to the local homeless shelter.
Second order of business. What is on the menu. At first glance....canned hearts of palm.
This is a recipe inspired from the "South Beach Diet Super Charged".
Palm Salad
Ingredients2 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
1 heaping tsp coarse ground mustard
1 tsp minced garlic
1 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
2 (14 ounce) cans hearts of palm, drained and chopped
3 cherry tomatoes, chopped
Fresh ground pepper
Kosher salt
1 packet sweetener of choice (optional. I used Stevia after tasting it and thinking it needed a little sweetness)
Directions
1. Whisk the first four ingredients together and then pour over the hearts of palm and tomatoes and season with salad and pepper.
4 comments:
You're not alone. I make sure there is at least one of
just about everything the grocery store carries in
my pantry. Obsessed!
Salad looks good but I have never been able to get
into hearts of palm. Maybe I just haven't used them
right.
I am in the "strangely empty pantry" camp. But I really try to meal plan and buy just what I need! Sometimes we go through spurts spurts where we realize we have way too much in the freezer and make sure to plan meals around those items.
Hearts of palm are something I never think to use, don't know why as they are pretty tasty! This sounds like a nice, fresh salad.
My pantry looks just like yours. I always I am
worried I won't have the right ingredients for a dish
when the mood strikes. I have been meaning to do a
blog post on it, actually!
I would be ashamed to post a picture of my pantry...its a lot like yours without being so neatly arranged. With every move, our food storage closets and pantry get bigger and bigger, but they are still always crammed with stuff.
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