I learned to keep on hand:
- olive oil
- soy sauce
- fresh garlic
- fresh onions
- tomato paste
These ingredients were my basics for spaghetti sauces, white sauces, BBQ sauces and teriyaki sauces.
Oh I loved those days when I had so much time to cook! And I loved having dinner parties where I would shop at a local market and spend all day making a 5 course dinner from scratch.
Nowadays I have found that there are excellent prepared products amply flavored with tasty spirits!
Not only are they handy for me, but they make excellent gifts for the other busy cooks I know.
I definitely feel a nostalgia for those days (sniff!) -- but on the other hand I love the quick recipe dress ups with prepared high quality sauces.
Here is a video showing a 4 ingredient BBQ sauce. Really handy!
