9 Recipes Perfect for Raiding Your Pantry & Freezer
Home from work and school? Nothing to eat but popcorn kernels and an opened box of dried pasta? Well, we've got you covered. We raided the pantry to make some of our favorite recipes, and you don't even have to get out of your pajamas.
Chelsie Craig1/10Bucatini with Butter-Roasted Tomato Sauce
Here’s a secret: we use canned whole peeled tomatoes year-round to make our tomato sauce. Those ripe August beauties? We eat those over the sink like an apple. Roasting tomatoes concentrates their flavor and intensifies their sweetness. Add a quart of chicken stock to this same tomato base and you’ve got one tasty winter tomato soup (grilled cheese optional).
Marcus Nilsson9/10Rigatoni with Lemon-Chile Pesto and Grated Egg
Make the Meyer __l____emons__optional and this recipe only has 7 ingredients. Use whatever__pasta__you have on hand and substitute Parmesan for the Pecorino if need be. A hard-boiled egg-yolk makes it feel restaurant fancy even if you're not dressed for it. Bonus: it only takes about 15 minutes to make.
Michael Graydon + Nikole Herriott10/10Baked Beans with Slab Bacon and Breadcrumbs
Stirred into soups, tossed into salads, or simply spiced and served as a snack, beans are the pantry item that turn other pantry items into dinner. This recipe makes use of pantry all-stars beans, (you can use canned if you don’t have dried) breadcrumbs, and obviously bacon (if you don’t have slab, regular breakfast bacon works, too).
