What's in your fridge?

jnk062602

Dh always complains we have no food. And our fridge does always look  empty. I do shopping and usually end up with lots of pantry and freezer stuff. And when I meal plan, we end up with even less food since it all has a specific purpose.

Ours:

Whole and skim milk, baby carrots, salad, shredded cheese, eggs, string cheese, lunch meat, bread. Aaaand that's it. We do have apples, bananas, and oranges on the counter. The only leftover in the fridge is pulled pork and one piece of apple pie. But the usuals are in the first sentence, and since most of it goes in the drawers, our fridge does usually look very bare.

 

What do you guys usually have in the fridge that I didn't list? I need ideas so I can stock up! 

Irisheyes1247

I think we have a lot of condiments. And occasionally olives or pickles when I decide I need something salty. In addition to the things you listed, we have a variety of tortillas, juice and whatever leftovers we have from the week (which on a Sunday would be pretty minimal). 

JenJar

Two kinds of milk, oj, apple juice, lots of condiments, lunchmeat, laughing cow cheese, oranges, apples, yogurt, lettuce, eggs, pickles, olives, jelly, creamer...  That's all by memory...may be more. 

jnk062602

Oh true - we do have condiments too. And I buy pepperoni and block cheese each week but dh eats it usually that night.

TinaL99

We have a lot, but I just went shopping last night.  

Milk for dd, oj, creamer, pickled polish sausage, yogurt, heavy cream, eggs, pickles, sour cream, butter, margarine, hummus, pineapple, grapes, carrots, salad, green beans, peas, onion, lunch meat/cheese, leftovers, all in addition to a door full of condiments  

TinyPinkBug

At this moment, I went shopping Friday: 

2 milks, Orange juice, apple juice, cranberry juice, condiments, sliced cheese (provelone and white american), 3 bricks of cheese, lunch meat, pickles, yogurt, butter, margarine, bottled water, cottage cheese, pizza sauce, shredded cheddar and mozzarella, sour cream, salsa, oranges, grapes, eggs, bacon, hotdogs, bagged lettuce, various salad dressings, tomato bruschetta, sparkling water(mix it with juice and the kids think it is soda), and various left overs.  We eat all our meals out of our fridge, we rarely eat out. 

MrsWhiteonWhiteSt

My DH always says the same thing!

We always have; at least 2 dzn eggs, yogurts (greek 4 me, dannon 4 the kiddos), a buttload of condiments- a gigantic ketchup 4 Justin, pepsi, diet pepsi, OJ, skim milk, tortillas, turkey breast, turkey pepperoni, string cheese, bagels, coffee, creamer, apples, broccoli and sweet potatoes. Since we started juicing and eating healthy last week our fridge is BURSTING with produce, I love it... however I ended up taking 3 trips to the store this week (it takes a ton of veggies to make juice, lol)

Court0026

Condiments, 4 kinds of milk (whole, 1%, soy and rice....gotta love it), OJ, leftover homemade pizza, chicken, cheese (lol, soy, Daiya vegan, regular cheese), hummus, cream cheese, soy cream cheese, sunbutter, jam, oranges, organic apples, stuff to make Mexican bean salad thing, and I don't know what else, but it is full.  A shelf of condiments will do that. 

jnk062602

Ok, after reading your responses, I don't think we are out of the ordinary low. I do have English muffins (instead of bagels) and tortillas we keep in the cabinet. I think our lack of other beverages (dh drinks mt dew, but room temp) and condiments on the door instead of a shelf just make it look more bare than it is.

mrsoc

Besides condiments:

2% milk, soy milk, coffee creamer, eggs, a bunch of different cheeses, water pitcher, clementines, apples, strawberries, pineapple, pickles, yogurt, leftover baby food that I attempted to give A yesterday, jelly, pudding, baby carrots, escarole, leftover chicken divan.   

wendyj

Along with the other food you mentioned, I try to keep block cheese, tortillas, salsa, grapes, and whatever seasonal fruit is on hand at the grocery store. Also, I like having Triscuits around. They're my absolute favorite cracker, and are filling. I try to prepare the fruit ahead of time (like wash and pick the grapes off the vines and putting them in a container, cutting up a melon into chunks, etc) so that I can grab it when I want it instead of going for something junky.

I saw in a later post that DH is eating a block of cheese pretty quickly. Um, don't mean to sound snooty, but if he's not happy with his weight, maybe he shouldn't be going through it (and pepperoni) in one night?

jnk062602

wendyj:

I saw in a later post that DH is eating a block of cheese pretty quickly. Um, don't mean to sound snooty, but if he's not happy with his weight, maybe he shouldn't be going through it (and pepperoni) in one night?

Oh, I know.  And he *knows*, but that along with big quantities of jalepeno cheetos and mt dew are horrible.  But there is only so much and so many times I can say something to him about it without being a nag.  And he doesn't want to hear it from me since I don't ever diet.  It's a vicious cycle - he works out really good and eats really good (but insanely strict that no one can follow for long) and then has some sort of set back (injury, illness, our vaca in Aug is still being blamed for a 20 pound weight gain) and then he stops working out feels depressed and eats a ton of crap.

wendyj

jnk062602:

wendyj:

I saw in a later post that DH is eating a block of cheese pretty quickly. Um, don't mean to sound snooty, but if he's not happy with his weight, maybe he shouldn't be going through it (and pepperoni) in one night?

Oh, I know.  And he *knows*, but that along with big quantities of jalepeno cheetos and mt dew are horrible.  But there is only so much and so many times I can say something to him about it without being a nag.  And he doesn't want to hear it from me since I don't ever diet.  It's a vicious cycle - he works out really good and eats really good (but insanely strict that no one can follow for long) and then has some sort of set back (injury, illness, our vaca in Aug is still being blamed for a 20 pound weight gain) and then he stops working out feels depressed and eats a ton of crap.

I know the feeling of not wanting to be a nag. I was hoping that with seeing the changes I've made over the last year, DH would start giving up the crap and do something definite to start losing weight, but so far he hasn't budged. I can pinpoint all of the simple things he could do with just his eating and the pounds would melt off in a heartbeat, but I feel like any comments get me nowhere.

battybtags

Let's see how I do without looking...

2 kinds of milk, 2 kinds of yogurt, both doors are full of condiments (salad dressings, ketchup, mustard, relish, mayo, strawberry preserves), bacon bits, iced tea, diet coke, sliced cheese, shredded cheese, string cheese, block cheese, lunchmeat, lettuce, tons of fruit, ricotta cheese, leftover spaghetti sauce, leftover lasagna, cookie dough, carrots, lemon juice, lime juice, bread, eggs, arnold's sandwich flats, feta cheese, parmesan cheese, coffee creamer, pudding...I think thats it

Mitzzi23

Milk, every condiment possible, bottles of iced tea, butter, eggs, yogurt, pork tenderloin, pork chops, Brita, soda, cheese...yeah we don't have much and I just went shopping yesterday.