So the other day I was having a girls night with one of my favorite girlfriends. We were discussing the usual husbands, kids, schedules, etc.
We started talking about cooking and I was kind of giving her how I grocery shop and stock my icebox for the week.
I tend to not meal plan...sometimes I do but for the most part I just set up my fridge with my "weekly basics" which I feel sets me up for healthy meals for the week.
So being Monday, I am fully stocked so I thought I would give you a tour.
So let me preface that I am anal about my refrigerator.
I LOVE organizing and cleaning.
Really I think I could be a professional organizer. I really LOVE it!
I also like everything being clean and one thing I DESPIZE is a cluttered, dirty refrigerator.
So here is my fridge:
Top left, fruit
Under that I have my eggs
Under that I have a pot of left over rice dressing.
Top right, is dairy items-fat free cool whip(dont tell anyone), fage yogurt, organic baby yogurt and a jar of ground flax seeds
under that some Eas shakes, where we keep waters and any other drinks, water bottles usually
Under that, leftovers-rice, beans and some chicken breasts
Left Hydrator- all my vegetables
Every week I buy these- bellpeppers, carrots, cucumbers, zuchini, squash and eggplant
another view of left hydrator
Right hydrator- I keep all my greens
Different lettuces, spinach, etc
Bottom drawer
Left side is deli meats, cheeses, butter and any bread
Right side is more vegetables- cauliflower, broccoli, celery, tomatoes
I know there is no meat shown.
I usually buy 3 different kinds of chicken- a whole chicken, chicken tenders and chicken breasts (we eat a LOT of chicken), ground turkey and some sort of fish. Occasionally I buy red meat (prob 1 every 2 weeks), and occasionaly I buy pork tenderloins.
Shrimp probably 1 every 1 1/2 weeks.
I usually put most of my meat in the freezer and take out what I am going to cook the next day, the night before, put it in the refrigerator to thaw over night so it is ready to cook the next afternoon.
This is my system that works for me.
Before I had kids, I would come home and wash all my fruits and vegetables and put everything in ziploc bags or vegetable bags so that it was ready to eat, ready to cook and make it super easy.
HA! that never gets done anymore!
Some other staples that are not shown-onions, sweet potatoes, apples and bananas.
Hopefully this gives you some ideas of how to set up your fridge to have what you need to cook healthy, fast meals for your family.
We usually go through everything by Saturday.
Jerry is off on Thursdays and we usually go out to lunch that day.
Other than that, we are cooking at home.
Sundays, we go out for lunch a lot too!
When you have yummy fresh vegetables that will go bad...you got to eat them while they are good!
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