The contents of my food cupboard

Shopping is interesting. Half the time I don't know what it is until I get home, the other half I buy things that I ate at school and loved and don't know how to cook. Thank god for Maangchi at http://www.maangchi.com/recipes/jjajangmyun.

From top left: crab sticks, aloe vera juice drink, noodles, soft tofu, seaweed, soy milk with green tea, ginger tea

Second row; Korean chilli paste (soy bean paste underneath) curry paste, dried shrimp, packet soups, fernbrake

Third row; lotus roots, chilli flakes, sesame seeds, dried shitake mushrooms, ordinary mushrooms

At the front; ginger, apricot juice sachet, small sweet potatoes, instant noodles.

And of course my fridge is full of garlic and onions and I have sesame oil and soy sauce for cooking.

I still haven't figured out which of the packets of little silver fishes are dried anchovies, and I need a rice cooker as I just can't get the hang of cooking rice Korean style.

It's a good diet, great tasting food and easy enough to make. If you don't go for the buying a whole fresh squid that is.