Staples

[sibyllevance]

I'm very much a beginner in all things kitchen so I tend to stick to recipes for the most part but obviously I can't work on recipes every day. I've just realized today while cooking 'by myself' (i.e. without a recipe) that I had some habits I frankly never realized I even had.
I almost always start by melting onions in a good chunk of salted butter, especially when I have no idea what I'm going to do. It seems like the right thing to do somehow (one of my housemates melts his onion exclusively in oil but I think I won him over just with the smell of mine).

So, what are your staples? Can be an ingredient or a 'foundation' for a recipe (frying onions for me)

Comments

[yvi]

At the moment I am lucky because my boyfriend loves cooking and so he plans that and cooks in the evening and I don't have to worry about it too much. But I wanted to say that this post might be helpful. Not quite the same question, but really nice stuff in the comments.

[sibyllevance]

Thanks for the link, yvi! I'm going to read the comments carefully :)

[yvi]

Oh, and when I have to feed myself I do a lot of stuff with eggs. Mostly scrambled eggs with various ingredients, like kidney beans or bell peppers. Lots of parsley, basil or lovage added to that and you have yummy food.

[sibyllevance]

That sounds wonderful! Eggs are my parents staple though so I didn't want to copy them if I could avoid it haha something to do with 'see? I can do stuff too, I'm not a child'.