"I came back to say that your post got me emptying all the cupboards yeserday, going through everything, making lists to attach to the inside of the kitchen cupboard doors??? I now know what I have and my staples are: pasta, rice, noodles, quinoa, chopped tomatoes (this is a huge basic in this house), tomato pur??e, soy sauce, tinned beans (usually cannellini, chickpeas and red kidney beans), tuna," . . . . .