You know that meme that floated around awhile ago, where you sort of get a sneak peek into someone’s life when they post the contents of their purse? Well, I’m going to post the contents of something closer to my heart. Something that I would carry around with me all day, if I could. What is that, you ask? My fridge.
Top Shelf
- Prepped lunches to take to work
- Garlic and onion: I’m way too lazy to mince my own garlic–plus the jarred version lasts forever
- Lemon: I’ve rekindled my love of lemon in water
- Carrots: If you read yesterday’s post, you know what these are being saved for
Veggies usually overflow my fridge, but, since it’s summer, I grab most of what I need straight from the garden.
Second Shelf
- Coffee: I really only make coffee about once a week, but I couldn’t say no when this huge container was crazily on sale
- Almond milk: An essential
- Seltzer water. A summer essential
- Protein powder. Let’s not judge my ridiculous amounts of protein powder
Confession: Out of drink mix shame and aesthetic reasoning, I took another bag of protein powder out of the fridge for this photo.
The Freezer
- Frozen garden overflow: Okra, turnips, peppers
- Frozen homemade veggie sausage
- Giant bag of frozen mixed fruit; My absolute favorite snack in this heat
- Frozen tamale: A very tasty and still pretty healthy option for lazy-day-emergencies
Refrigerator Door
- Vitamins: Gummy multivitamins (aka my daily candy), Vitamin D, Iron
- Condiments: Sriracha, ketchup, mustard, rice vinegar
- Almond products: Whole almonds, almond flour, almond butter
- Flours (in the fridge because Tennessee=ants): Buckwheat flour, spelt flour, chickpea flour, coconut flour
- Chia seeds in a kombucha bottle: Because I can think of no better way to use kombucha than to dump that stuff down the drain and put something else in the bottle–apologies to the kombucha lovers of the world
- Raisins
What’s in your fridge?
Have a great weekend!
I love seeing what’s in other people’s food supply.
Don’t dump the kombucha though! Pass it my way.
P.S. Can’t wait for you to use those carrots!!!
Next time I need to store seeds in non-standard containers, I’ll pass the kombucha along first
Haha I feel you on the kombucha – that stuff is VILE! Although at first I thought you were talking about chia in kombucha. They actually make that stuff- have you tried it? Slimy and chunky and even worse than the regular!
That sounds…horrible. I remember some absolutely awful early 90s drink that had tiny bits of jelly floating around in it, and I can only imagine it would be something similar…
I love seeing other people’s fridge insides… I don’t know why.
I did this a while back, after it was a topic of our #fitblog chat –>
http://spabettie.com/2011/04/19/how-fit-is-your-fridge/
the only difference now is no eggs 
oh, and the Kombucha?? I’ll drink yours!
My fridge could use a lesson from yours and stock up on some olives. And I’ll send any future bottles to you first, then get them back for handy storage purposes
Your fridge is so much more cozy than mine. I still am rocking the minimalist approach from before Italy. Coconut milk, condiments, eggs, a few lone carrots and slices of sprouted wheat bread. I keep breakfast food and condiments anymore. Let’s be honest.
I love your protein powder stash!
Why can’t ants learn to just stay outside? It drives me insane. I finally found where they were coming from, caulked the hole, was ant free for a week, and now they’re back. Sigh.
As long as you have condiments, life is just right. And I don’t even bother fighting the ants anymore. They are in EVERY house in TN in the summer, new or old, and are teeeeeeeny tiny, so you’d pretty much have to live in a sealed bubble-dome to keep them out. I’ll just protect my stash of good things and let them have the run of crumbs on the floor..
Haha I have 2 roommates so my fridge is so random. We do have it sorted by shelf, so it’s a little easier to tell who’s is who’s but it’s still a crazy mix of stuff!!! My shelf is always over flowing with random stuff
I think I felt the need to post this just because I realized how awesome having a WHOLE fridge to yourself is–did that shelf-splitting thing for ages, and stuff always got buried.
I love peeking in peoples’ fridges haha It’s kind of exciing to see what’s all up in there! Yours is so organized compared to my hell hole fridge…it’s scary in there haha
Haha, now I want to see this frightening fridge!
It’s so tidy! I live with animals who just shove that stuff in there so that the perishables all get buried. I’d be embarrassed to put it on the internet, although maybe I should commit to that to force myself to clean it out…
It WOULD be great motivation to get it clean! Mine’s usually a bit more jumbly, and I think I just had to show it off since it’s so neat and organized for once, and I’m determined to keep it that way!
This post really satisfied a curiousity, it’s always interesting to see other peoples staples/stashes! Since I live with my family still my fridge is much more packed. We all like different foods so maybe that is why haha.
Yeah, it’s just me which keeps it simple. When I lived with my parents, the fridge was always a mess–with milk alone we had to have 3 types, almond for me, skim for mom and 2% for dad, so you can just imagine the mess when everything else had to come in 3 different versions as well.
The nosey girl in me loves seeing other people’s fridges haha! Looks like you’re well stocked and hey, no shame in overloading on protein powder..your muscles will thank you! As I live with my mom & grandmother, our fridge is SO random but 2 staples which you will always find (veggies aside) are eggs & yogurt…always!
Veggies don’t even need to be mentioned, you just know a good fridge will be full of ‘em (or a good garden in the right season!).
So lovely to get a sneak peak into your fridge! I have minced garlic in mine for when I run out of fresh
It’s just so handy, and fresh always seems to go bad in my fridge–I just can’t use that much that fast!
At the moment, mostly water bottles and condiments. Even empty, mine is messier than yours, Allie. I need to do an overhaul!! When I get back to NJ…
Post-vacation is the best time to do it! You get to clean it all out and start fresh.
You cant beat a jam packed fridge!
Looks like a well stoked fridge to me! Mine ALWAYS has fruit like apples and berries plus a few steamer bags of veggies for a quick side dish!
Ooo, mine could definitely do with some apples! I can’t wait for fall and apple season…
I find other people’s refridgerators fascinating! I feel like you can tell a lot about a person by what they eat. I asked my primary class on Sunday what they had for breakfast, “pop tarts”, “donuts”, “cereal, sugar”, “I forgot to eat”, those were the exact answers. Those parents need a whooping. I always have tons of milk, oranges, lettuce and sharp cheddar cheese, always.
Ugh, that isn’t even “parenting.” Nothing wrong with sugary cereal as a treat, but as a standard breakfast?? It really isn’t that hard to have some healthy but still kid-friendly options on hand (You’re proof of that!)
I would totally carry my fridge around with me instead of my purse… you have the best thoughts/idea hahah
Hmm, a mini-fridge on wheels? That would be doable with a long extension cord, right?
Ummm JEALOUS that you have a real fridge. I have one shelf. But! I really like this post. It’s oddly interesting. I mean, why should I care what’s in someone else’s fridge? I don’t know, but it’s just cool to see what other people have. Kind of like how I always peep in people’s medicine cabinets (what, you don’t?).
I think I’m going to steal your idea and post about my fridge! Rather, shelf.
I hope you do steal it! I want to see this shelf. And don’t worry, I may not peep in medicine cabinets, but I DO peer into everyone’s fridge on the pretense of, uh, “looking for something to drink.”
I’m so nosey, I love this sort of thing! I might have to do my own fridge snapshot, great idea
Your fridge and freezer look much more organised than mine and I’m jealous you’ve got so much space in the fridge door! My fridge staples are broccoli, yoghurt, berries – and tomato ketchup, at all times.
I hope you do, I want to see! And yup, ketchup. No fridge is complete without it!