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I want to do better at preparing on the fly, Greek meals. I realized that having things on hand for ingredients is the key to this. What do you guys think, have I missed anything?

  • Fresh onions
  • Garlic bulb
  • In-season produce
  • Carrots and celery
  • Canned tomato products (crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, tomato sauce, diced tomatoes)
  • Pantry ingredients like sundried tomatoes and capers
  • Lots of olives
  • Feta cheese
  • Beans - either dried or canned - like chick peas, navy beans, lentils
  • Rice
  • Pasta, like orzo or hilopites
This seems like the basics. Did I miss anything?
 
And of course nice greek extra virgin olive oil.
 
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I can't believe I forgot to put olive oil on the list hahaha. It's so much a part of my pantry already I didn't think to put it there.
 
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