Welcome to Dinner Tetris, an advice column here at 40 Ingredients Forever where a reader shares the ingredients they always have on hand and I dream up three dinners using those ingredients. If you’d like your pantries Tetris-ed into dinner, head here.
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The cook: Nikkitha (she/her)
Occupation: is an Indian-American writer living in London. She is the author of the dark comic novel Ghost Chilli, and writes about astrology, tarot and culture in her newsletter The Fool Story.
Feeding: 1
Forever ingredients:
Proteins: Pecorino cheese, Cheddar cheese, eggs, ground meat (beef/pork/turkey), boneless chicken thighs, canned beans (cannelini or chickpeas), peanut butter, miso, frozen Chinese dumplings
Starches: dried pasta, bread, rice (jasmine), oats, flour
Produce: garlic, onions, spinach or kale or salad greens, fresh chillies (jalapeños), lemon or lime, avocados, herbs (basil/cilantro/dill)
Flavorings: butter, Everything Bagel seasoning, chili crisp, capers, oat milk or whole milk, mayonnaise, olive oil, mirin, rice vinegar, soy sauce, coffee, canned coconut milk, canned tomatoes, dashi powder, nori sheets, turmeric, paprika, maple syrup, preserved lemons
Three Dinners Using Nikkitha’s Ingredients
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