Dried Legumes (beans, lentils, peas): cheap, wholesome source of protein (canned beans are especially convenient).Grain (rice, barley, oats, spelt, millet, quinoa, etc): cooked whole, it fills the belly and provides necessary energy.I’ll start posting regular recipes again soon, I promise, but maybe this is better than nothing? This list applies equally whether the cook habitually prepares food for one or for fifteen, or whether the householder is as rich as a magister or as poor as a city elf. At the other extreme, everyone knows what salt is. Tisanes - herbal infusions - they would know, but actual tea leaves? A rare, ultra luxe import, at best. One might find tea in Par Vollen, but few in Redcliffe would have even heard of the stuff. From Seheron to the Korcari Wilds, the adventurous traveler will find a few of the same foodstuffs everywhere people prepare food.