The Suburban Herbivore

In my Pantry Challenge wrap-up, I laid out my idea for identifying certain ingredients that have been, shall we say, lingering for a while and need to be used up. Or used at all. Rather than limiting this to just February, I decided to make it an ongoing series, called What Can I Do With…? (I thought about trying to do one every Wednesday, and calling it What Can I Do With…? Wednesdays, but that just seemed a little too convoluted.)

Naturally, I bought all of these for a reason originally (well, almost all of them). I know exactly why I bought pomegranate molasses, but I use it for one recipe and one recipe only. This is about creativity. I’m not suggesting that I have no idea how to use Arborio rice, for example, but, rather, I want to explore both common and inventive uses.

My first batch of What Can I Do With...? ingredients

Here’s a list of what I’m going to start with (in the photo, left to right, back to front):

• Arborio rice
• panko
• fava beans
• pomegranate molasses
• quinoa
• bean threads
• tempura batter mix
• sun-dried tomatoes
• golden raisins
• crystallized ginger
• sushi rice