Shout out to the RIT students who requested a quick and easy Spaghetti with meat sauce recipe!

This week was devoted to the Pantry ingredients page. For the first-time apartment dweller stocking a kitchen can be a daunting task. The same is true for someone deciding to learn to cook. For the Basic pantry ingredients our goal was to create a list of ingredients that would allow a cook to create most recipes that they will encounter. The College pantry ingredients include a few more pantry items with their tastes in mind and their need for extra meals and snacking. The Intermediate and Gourmet pantry ingredients build on the basic pantry ingredients to make increasingly complex meals.

We also included a list of Spices and Freezer ingredients to complete the kitchen pantry. Ethnic cooking is a large part of iwannabeacook, so we included pantry ingredients for those who want to cook Asian, Mexican, and Indian foods. There is a comment section at the bottom of the Pantry ingredients page. Please add your suggestions for items that are necessary in your kitchen.

Tune in next week for Pantry equipment suggestions.

Email with any thoughts or suggestions!