Cooking with SEVEN Ingredients or Less

When I say ingredients, I also mean that this list should include sauces, seasonings and spices. In all honesty, I would not expect anyone to have a full range of spices, sauces and seasonings unless you

1. Have been cooking for a LOOONNNG time, and have been accummulating them over time, or
2. You live with your mother

I had initially started with five ingredients or less, and I realize that if I'm going to have sauces and seasonings as part of the ingredients list, most recipes will have more than five. For sure.

BUT!!

There are FIVE things that I would expect anyone to have in their kitchen, even if they have never cooked in their life. They are:

• Salt
• Pepper (black and white)
• Sugar
• Oil
• Water

And these are the five items that I will NOT include in my list of seven ingredients or less.

Agree? Good.

Most of my recipes will feed 2-4 persons. This is because I currently cook for two (my husband and I). With me being lazy, I will cook two portions for dinner, and two more portions for our lunches the next day (that equals four). When I am on my own, I would cook two portions - one for my dinner and one for lunch the next day.