Essential ingredients...

[LeperousDust]

Right i'm getting on top of my creativity in the kitchen again, about once a year i stagnate and start making the same stuff over and over again, or just stuff thats easy to prepare. I like making different stuff but if my kitchen isn't stocked right when i feel like it i can't because i can't be bothered going to the shops to pick up the right stuff since its either miles away or close but over priced.

So what things should i go out and buy that are staple to random kitchen cooking. Things that will keep for a reasonable time, but that become parts of all sorts of meals... I'm struggling to think at the moment and google is failing me...