My pantry has the usual – flour, sugar, really great chocolate, rice, pasta, beans! But when the festive season arrives I start stocking it with fun ingredients to make or serve spur of the moment nibbles or treats.
Drop in for Drinks
- Red and white wine
- I always a bottle of Prosecco in the fridge – you never know when and what you might want to celebrate.
- Drinks for the non-drinkers or the designated drivers DD – sparkling water, fancy pops
Drop in Nibbles: serve all on a platter for nibbling:
- Crackers – make special crackers, not your regular everyday ones
- Jar of marinated artichoke hearts
- assorted olives
- Goat cheese in the fridge – I like Woolwich’s line
- Jar of red pepper jelly – goes great over goat cheese
- Blue cheese
- Smoked oysters
- Nuts
- Interesting chips – I really love these South Asian snacks – see the picture below
Drop in dessert: you never know when you need a fab dessert
- A really great vanilla ice cream
- Gourmet chocolate sauce – most larger grocery stores will have a brand in the ice cream department or with the sweet sauces
- Store bought fancy cookies