My essentials for the kitchen

There are some items that you need in your house all the time! They make a meal. Obviously you need pasta, rice, potatoes etc but these are items that I think make food extra tasty.

Vegetarian Worcestershire sauce (the normal stuff has anchovies) - Fab on cheese on toast, veggie bolognese.. It gives the every day food you make a deeper flavour.

Fresh Chilli's - I've always used dried chilli's, which are great for stews etc, but the fresh stuff really can't be beaten. I think it has a more rounded flavour, and it's less harsh. They can be really cheap to buy too.

Capers - I once read that these are the vegetarian alternative for anchovies. I love them in tomato sauces and on pizzas. If you're not keen, you could add them to good olive oil to make a caper infused oil, less bitter.

Olive oil - Posh stuff for salads, cheap stuff for actual cooking. I've heard the flavour goes during cooking so there's no point paying loads. My favourite thing to have with posh olive oil is a tomato and basil salad. It's so simple but really lovely.

Tinned plum tomatoes -  These are probably my most essential item. They are amazing just with a poached egg on toast, but they are also the base to hundreds of recipes. I love them more than the chopped version because I like the texture, and I think they're more versatile.

Onions - Base of nearly every meal.

I also always have lemon juice, curry paste, olives, fresh tomatoes, pizza base, and half baked bread in the freezer.