and can see the issue there. Seeming clear that the difference between a pantry dish and all our favorites is if fresh veggies are key, or if it allows step-down to frozen or canned. Our winter place has very little freezer capacity, or I’d lay in more frozen. So has to be canned. And packeted. 
Reminding that when inspiration fails, there can always be can-dump soups and “stews.” Some of the recipes on line are actually good. A favorite idea, which I’ve never actually tried, is for “the worlds easiest soup”: A can of diluted refried beans. With a good brand, maybe a little doctoring, I’m guessing it could be good.
But with kitchens and lots of time on our hands, epidemic cooking might better become fancy than basic. I probably still won't taking up bread baking or hand-shelling cardamom seeds.
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