Ingredient cupboard

Make the most of the staples you buy every week.

Storage advice, realistic substitutes, and every CookMate recipe that puts each ingredient to work.

9 recipes

Chicken

Chicken is a flexible protein for skillet dinners, soups, rice meals, salads, and quick lunch prep.

turkeytofuchickpeas

14 recipes

Rice

Rice turns pantry ingredients into filling meals, from fried rice to one-pan dinners and curry bowls.

quinoacouscousbulgur

14 recipes

Eggs

Eggs add protein and structure to breakfasts, fried rice, baked dishes, and quick dinners.

tofuflax eggschickpea flour batter

13 recipes

Chickpeas

Chickpeas are a low-cost base for curries, salads, soups, and roasted snacks.

white beanslentilsbutter beans

4 recipes

Lentils

Lentils cook quickly, thicken soups, and make budget-friendly vegetarian meals more filling.

split peascanned beanschickpeas

6 recipes

Pasta

Pasta is a fast base for warm dinners, cold salads, and high-protein pantry meals.

ricenoodlescouscous

23 recipes

Tomatoes

Tomatoes bring acidity, body, and sweetness to sauces, soups, curries, salads, and quick skillet dinners.

passatatomato paste plus waterroasted red peppers

35 recipes

Onions

Onions are the flavour base for soups, sauces, curries, salads, and tray bakes.

shallotsleeksspring onions

28 recipes

Garlic

Garlic gives savoury depth to almost every kind of everyday cooking, from soups to pasta and chicken dishes.

garlic pastegarlic powdershallot plus pepper

15 recipes

Spinach

Spinach cooks quickly and adds colour and tenderness to eggs, pasta, soups, curries, and bowls.

kalechardrocket

16 recipes

Beans

Beans are an affordable, filling base for soups, tacos, stews, salads, and flexible pantry dinners.

chickpeaslentilssplit peas

8 recipes

Potatoes

Potatoes turn soups, tray bakes, skillets, and bowls into proper filling meals.

sweet potatobutternut squashturnips