To the left is the fridge...

Hello, 

My name is "bwings" and I'll be your tour guide for this evening.

To touch more on the previous post I thought I'd give you a tour of my kitchen.
With vegetarian food it's all about spice and/or flavor. Literally taking something simple (vegetables) and spicing it up. I try to keep most of these items in stock or plan to in the new year.

For Dry/Canned goods {I avoid cans because of possible BPA lining}:

• Pasta
• Beans, chickpeas,lentils
• Rice or whole grains
• TVP (textured vegetable protein)

Baking  supplies:

• Baking Powder, Baking Soda {of course Baking Soda is great to have around no matter what!}
• Cocoa Powder/Chocolate Chips
• Egg Replacer (I currently eat eggs but am considering switching to no eggs or milk)
• Flour
• Liquid Sweetner
• Sugar
• Vanilla

ESSENTIALS (most common in vegetarian specific recipes)

• Soy Sauce (I don't use too much because fiancée hates it)
• Tahini (think Humus!)
• Stir Fry Sauces {Peanut ... oh the name escapes me right now...I'll get back to you. It's delicious! Spicy and delicious! Goes great with pasta's. Sweet Chili Sauce as well.}
• Olive Oil, Sesame Oil (Again, I use Canola Oil as I find it to have more nutrients.)
• Balsamic vinegar, rice vinegar (I have white and balsamic. Again another good thing for cleaning ;) )
• Peanut Butter/nut butter (I have but honestly don't use pb much. Mostly my meat-eating partner in crime)
• Yeast (I keep active yeast available when I can)

My Spice rack favorites are Paprika and Garlic Powder. Often onion flakes as well:

• Basil
• Cayenne (Remember, only a little can make it hot hot hot!)
• Chili Powder
• Cinnamon
• Cumin (I personally do not like it, it's in a lot of vegetarian dishes though. I find it has a taste that you either love or can do without. Often in Samosas) 
• Curry (again, not often used in this house.)
• Garlic Powder (in everything! I will put it in instead of chives because it's quicker)
• Ginger Powder (I have run out)
• Onion Powder (or onion flakes)
• Oregano (running low)
• Parsley
• Pepper
• Red Pepper Flakes
• Salt (I really don't use that much

Aside from that I personally buy my fruits and vegetables frozen, mostly because it can be hard to keep and expensive to buy fresh. That's not to say we never have fresh never frozen fruit/vegetables. Just you'll always find a bag of frozen vegetables in our freezer. Rarely will you find canned fruits or vegetables (again bpa lined cans)

I also try to keep a little container of lemon juice and some people always have tofu handy but I rarely have tofu.

This is the kitchen of a vegetarian. The chicken in the freezer is my meat-eating roommates *cough* finacée's ;p

Now that I've made you all hungry I'll leave you to make some din-din.

Have a great weekend,

Your friendly neighborhood hippie mom!