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Stock your pantry with essential ingredients, find ways to streamline grocery shopping and dinner prep, and get lists of must-have kitchen tools.

Pasta, olive oil, and other cooking essentials

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14 Healthy Items to Keep in Your Pantry

It’s easy to put together a well-balanced meal when you have these ingredients on hand.

Extra virgin olive oil.Aromatic olive oil is high in healthy monounsaturated fat and antioxidants. Extra virgin olive oil maintains many nutrients and has a stronger flavor because it’s processed without high heat, bleach or chemicals.

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Milk, bread, eggs, butter, and apples

Grocery Shopping Checklist

  • Make a list of everything you need.
  • Plan your menu around what’s in season.
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Spices

Basic Spice Checklist

  • Bay leaves.
  • Black peppercorns.
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Henckels Five Star 8-Inch Chef’s Knife

8 Ways to Avoid the Dinnertime Rush

  • Wash, trim, and chop vegetables and herbs.
  • Peel and cut up potatoes.
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Chocolate

Chocolate-Buying Checklist

  • Cocoa as the first ingredient.
  • Cocoa percentage of at least 60 percent.
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Extra virgin olive oil

Olive-Oil Buying Checklist

  • A dark-tinted glass bottle or a tin.
  • “Extra virgin” on the label.
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Charcoal grill

Using a Chimney Starter Checklist

  • Remove the grill lid and grill grate; open all air vents.
  • Place a few pieces of crumpled newspaper in the bottom of the chimney, place the chimney on the bottom grill grate, and fill the upper chamber with charcoal or briquettes.
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Gas grill

Choosing the Best Grill Checklist

  • Thick, heavy sides and a tight-fitting lid to retain and conduct heat efficiently
  • At least 2 burners
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Cooking Basics Checklist

  • Before starting, read the recipe all the way through. Then preheat the oven, if necessary.
  • Make sure you have the ingredients and gear you need and get it all out.
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Newsletter checklist

You should send out invitations three weeks before your dinner party. Mail, phone, and e-mail invites are all acceptable.

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