Kitchen Essentials

There are a few things that I absolutely must have in my kitchen/fridge/pantry

tools:
a hand grater (i.e. microplane)
pastry scraper for moving lots of chopped vegetables at once
a good knife
a knife sharpening tool

fridge/freezer:
boneless chicken (your favorite cut)
bone in pork chops
and ground beef
cheese
some sort of fresh vegetable

in my pantry:
stock in a box
pasta
biscuit mix
a large variety of spices (most important chili powder, cumin, s&p)
EVOO
cider vinegar

with these items all menus are possible!