Michael is the chef in our family (lucky me!), and he also does the grocery shopping, which is something I am so relieved not to have on my plate. I realise that cooking meals is only half the job — thinking about what to cook and making sure we have all the ingredients is a whole job in itself!
I've asked Michael to share a detailed view of what's in our pantry. He explains what staples we regularly keep -- both on our open shelves and inside our pantry so that we always have go-to pantry meals we can make if fresh ingredients are running low.
I received a question about which spices we have. On this top shelf, we have spice jars (there's a row behind what you see too, so there are 24 in total), and here's what we have...