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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is actually really helpful, not because I have last minute guests but if you entertain some of the ideas are good. Im always apprehensive about entertaining because I feel I never have the right items stashed in my pantry. I have a friend who seems to always have everything, she makes entertaining look totally effortless, I envy her. [/quote]
Things I always keep on hand are many of the same items mentioned previously:
- Cheeses - we typically have something like a manchego, asiago, cheddar, pecorino or parmesan always.  Sometimes we also have soft cheeses - feta or fresh mozzarella 
- Nuts - raw almonds and walnuts
- Dried fruits -  dates or apricots
- Breads - bread, pita/naan, or crackers available
- Salty things - olives, pickled vegetables, canned artichokes
- Fruits - in summer, things like peaches/plums/pears, in winter, apples
- Chocolate - we always have some sort of dark chocolate around
- Pantry - there are always some wildcards in there that we can pull out.  Trader Joe's is really good for this.  We often keep their canned eggplant in tomato sauce, dolmas, gigantes in tomato sause, and herbed chick peas around.  You can also make a quick nicoise-type salad with canned tuna, summer tomatoes, quickly boiled/nuked potatoes, olives, artichokes.
We are always stocked for an impromptu happy hour and we sometimes purposefully have an appetizer or meze dinner where we eat this stuff.  "Girl dinner" but for the whole family.[/quote]

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