The First Post

Well here I am blogging at last, this is the first of hopefully many posts at The Magic Pantry.

The inspiration behind ‘The Magic Pantry’ comes from my own wonderful pantry.

We moved into our home 16 months ago, when we viewed the house we entered the kitchen and finding that it had a large cupboard or small room (5’x7’) situated on the north side of the house I instantly felt it had to be a pantry.
The original owners had very basic shelving in so we ripped them out and headed of to the local DIY centre to see what we could find to fit our new pantry.
We were really lucky the DIY centre was having a closing down sale and we managed to bag kitchen units at a fraction of the original price. We cleaned, painted and put new flooring down and put in the new units.
I have slowly started to stock up the cupboards with all the essential ingredients as well as some treats for days when you feel like going all out.

Why magic you may ask, well it has nothing to do with witchcraft or wizardry or any kind of dark arts. To me, when I concoct a meal and look at the delights I have created out of the usually quite simple ingredients I have used, it is a kind of magic, it is also magic opening a pantry door and finding a whole host of goodies that can inspire you to make delicious food for family and friends.

In later posts I will add lists of what I consider to be the essential ingredients in my pantry, I will add favourite recipes, and general ‘foodie’ type musings.

I hope my blog will be as interesting to others, as it is for me to create.

Caroline