What are some super versatile + cheap + common (find them in any supermarket) ingredients that can make multiple meals?
I wanna buy like 10-15 ingredients tomorrow and have a lot of options. How do I maximise this?
>bread
>sliced olive loaf from the deli section
>tomatoes
>mayonnaise
>11 other condiments
You now have an almost endless variety of potential sandwich options.
most meals are made up of a starch (rice, tortillas, potatoes, etc), a protein (tofu, meat, seafood), a fat (olive oil, sesame oil, butter), non-starchy vegetables (onions, peas, carrots, greens) and seasonings.
Get a starch or two, a few proteins, a good cooking medium and plenty of vegetables and you can mix and match to make plenty of meals.
a simple example is stir fry. sesame oil, rice, whatever meat you like. season with soy sauce, pepper, chili, etc and rotate the vegetables you use and you can have a bunch of different meals without getting bored.
>>7708042
This is quality advice
>>7708042
>good cooking medium
what?
>>7708042
>good straightforward advice on /ck/
But mostly this.
There's also a few websites which list good combinations
Basically you cm figure out what veggies go well with what meat, and what seasonings go well with what meat. Then, like anon said, you can just rotate between these combinations and stir fry
That's more or less what I end up doing, and I also have a few go-to stews and soups.
This is mostly for when you need food and you don't want to bother researching recipes and looking for less popular ingredients
>>7708032
>87178291200 ≈ endless
Yeah, no.
>>7710078
How did you calculate that?
>>7710049
oil/butter
>>7708032
no protein doe
>>7710091
14*13*12*11*10*9*8*7*6*5*4*3*2.
Why?
>>7708021
BEANS
AND
RICE
And also lentils
>>7710178
That calculates permutations not combinations.
>>7710193
Whats the formula for combinations of 14 ingredients then?
>>7710181
>rice
forget rice, buy flour and bake sourdough bread.
>>7710385
I posted it above for all combinations of 15 ingredients with at least 3 ingredients.
Thanks for all the advice I went to supermarket and got this. Did I dun goof? This'll be my first time cooking so I've no idea what I'll do. Tips?
>>7710433
You did good, i hope you have herbs and spices in the pantry.
>>7710433
Aw man, prices for food in the states are so much lower than here :'(
But yea like the other anon said, bretty his start there, assuming you have some spices/seasonings as well
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