My Top 30 Store Cupboard Recipes

Wondering what to cook from your vegan store cupboard?

Here’s 30 of my favourite recipes that use wonderful ingredients like pulses, rice, grains, nuts, seeds, and more…

My top 30 store cupboard recipes

From the ingredients in your store cupboard, you can transform your recipes and ideas into delicious, healthy and planet-friendly dishes for you and your family.

Most of the recipes here on my blog start in the store cupboard and use its contents as the foundations or essential enhancing components. Generally, you’ll need some fresh ingredients to transform them into super-tasty nutritionally rounded dishes, but some wonderful classics, like hummus, can be made just from what you have in stock.

I love my vegan store cupboard, whether I’m filling it with cost-mindful quality basics, feeling the flow of inspiration as I open the doors, or transforming its contents using one of my recipes.

My traditional store cupboard is filled with dry goods – herbs, spices etc.. And, I think of my freezer as my second store cupboard. Frozen ingredients can be a brilliant time-saver when you need a fresh alternative. So I’ve included a few of my recipes that could use frozen ingredients below.

I’ve included the recipes below in groups, and I’ll be adding more, so come back soon for some more inspiration!

Dried Ingredients

Dried ingredients like all-colours of rice, red split lentils for a delicious dal, the amazing earthy Puy lentils and the complete plant protein, quinoa.

Flours

Flours, like the wheat flours, favourite gluten-free buckwheat and gram flours, and the lovely nutty ancient grain-based flours made from rye and spelt.

Nuts & Seeds

Nuts and seeds to add crunch, texture, protein and good fats, and nut butters, and my all-time favourite, tahini for making hummus, dressings and more…

  • Blackberry blueberry peanut butter thyme crisp

    Blackberry Blueberry Peanut Butter Thyme Crisp

    A simple dessert which celebrates the abundance and juicy goodness of berries with a gorgeous crispy topping.

  • Delicious pistachio dukkah

    Delicious Pistachio Dukkah

    Delicious pistachio dukka It’s a nutty, crunchy, spicy Middle Eastern dip that you sprinkle on your food or dip your bread into. It’s delicious & totally addictive!

  • Sticky banana, tahini & walnut bars

    Sticky Banana, Tahini & Walnut Bars

    Sticky banana, tahini and walnut bars - packed with lovely middle eastern flavours with the tahini, dates and sesame seeds and then topped with sliced bananas.

Canned Ingredients

Canned ingredients like beans and chickpeas to whip up curries, dips, and salads, tomatoes as the base for meals in minutes, and coconut milk/cream for super-smooth curries, and desserts.

Good Oils

Good oils like olive oil for cooking and roasting, extra virgin to add depth of flavour to dressing, drizzles, dips, and pesto’s, toasted sesame oil for its distinct flavour for Asian dishes, and coconut oil, which I ‌use in my Asian recipes.

Fresh Herbs

Herbs, to add tons of flavour and make food look pretty too! Some of my fave herbs include mint for dips, salads and desserts, coriander for Asian dishes, basil for batches of pesto, and thyme, which is brilliant in tomato dishes.

Spices

Spices, that are also fab for flavour, including the Indian spices – cumin seeds, black mustard seeds, turmeric, coriander and gram masala, smoked paprika and ancho chilli for smoky flavours; fennel and caraway for Middle Eastern flavours; chilli flakes, hot paprika, and cayenne for levels of heat; cinnamon, allspice and mixed spice for sweetness; and not forgetting amazing all-rounder garlic powder.

Condiments

Condiments from around the vegan world include amazing ingredients like soy/tamari, Sriracha, harissa for an incredible depth of flavour and colour, and the magic nutty nutritional yeast for the perfect creamy cheese sauce.

Seasonings

Seasonings for bursts of concentrated flavour include the many tastes of sea salt, lemon juice and the huge variety of pre-prepared stocks and mixed seasonings you can find on the shop shelves.

Frozen Ingredients

And finally to frozen, which includes veggies like peas that can be transformed into an awesome dip or mash, sweetcorn, edamame, and, of course, delicious perfectly preserved frozen fruit like blueberries and raspberries.

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