Other People's Pantries #71

From Ramya, in Edison, New Jersey:

Although I forever dream of a huge kitchen with a vast pantry, this is what I have, and I have looked at all your pantry pictures so it is only fair I present mine.

I have very few cabinets in my small kitchen and I needed more space so we bought a pantry cabinet from IKEA and assembled it ourselves.

If you notice I have a lot of East Indian spices, grains and lentils. I am a vegetarian and lately I have been adventurous in my cooking from reading food blogs.

I have not taken pictures of my lower cabinets where I have some more canned goods and sun-dried goodies stored where it is dark and cool.

On Saturdays, we peek into Other People's Pantries.

Come on -- show us your pantry.

*Other People's Pantries was going to end early in 2009, to make way for a new Saturday feature. However, pantry photos continue to roll in, so I'll keep featuring them on Saturdays, in the order in which I receive them, for a while longer. If you've been thinking about sharing photos of your own pantry, now's the time to send them.

Here's how.

Comments

[milton]

Your pantry looks very nice. Thanks for sharing it

[MyKitchenInHalfCups]

Love all the beans and seeds. So neat and organized.

[Michele]

I love seeing a nicely organized pantry filled with items, many I am not familiar with. A real adventure stretching my thoughts about what I don't have in my pantry.

[satonahat]

Terrific pantry, I love all the labels, its inspiring.

[Paz]

A well-stocked and neat pantry, you have!

Paz

[Allen]

So neatly organized! I wish I could spend a day cooking and baking from your pantry. The variety of legumes and spices is intriguing :-)

[Deb]

So beautiful! It's what I want mine to be, and what I should be eating more of!

[Kim]

I don't think it matters the size of the pantry just that you have one and that, it has the potential to allow you to create the foods you love.

[Ramya]

Thanks everyone for your encouraging words.I have organised the pantry this way to inspire myself to cook a variety of beans/legumes/grains everyday of the week.Previously it was chaos and instead of looking for things I ended up cooking whatever I found easily. I have more ideas now from looking at other's pantries and will be making improvements.

[AZ]

Is that a box of Kraft Mac & Cheese? It's good to see a box of food that kept me alive when I was young, single, and didn't know how to cook! :o)

[Carol, Boston]

Isn't it funny how everyone always has the "back-up" box of mac and cheese! (me too!)

[Janet from Tucson]

Any day now I will be sending mine in to share. As a part of our renovation, my pantry was re-designed and re-built. I took before pictures and I have pictures of the cabinet with nothing in it. As soon as I get the groceries back in, I will photograph and send in for sharing.

[Ramya]

When my kids get picky,my surefire win is mac and cheese.Ofcourse I spice it with my own east indian blend of spices.I can't resist melted grilled cheese though,it's my favorite food of all time.