What’s In Your Fridge?
November 12, 2009 by Sheri
Filed under Buying Groceries In Bulk, Feature, Feeding Vegan Kids, Green Home and Garden, In A Vegan House, featured post
One question I get over and over again from blog readers is “What’s in your fridge? What’s in your freezer? What’s in your pantry?”
Oh, wait, that’s 3 questions, but whatever.
After I posted my raw vegan chocolate avocado pudding post last week which included a small glimpse into my fridge, I received some emails from people asking to get a better look.
In fact, that sneak peek into my fridge led to 33 emails from curious readers asking, “PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE OH PLEASE SHOW ME YOUR FRIDGE!”.
And so, curious readers, I will oblige you, because I have to admit, I LOVE to look in other people’s fridges too. Love it! I love when a blogger posts a photo of their fridge, because I find it inspiring and interesting to see how other people eat, and I love seeing all that wonderful fresh food to look at.
And I love to see what people place in their shopping carts, too. I’m a total rubbernecker at Costco or Whole Foods when I’m in line to pay. It’s like Shopping Cart Heaven! All those carts to snoop in!
Is that weird?
Probably.
Well, I have my limits…I don’t look in people’s medicine cabinets…couldn’t care less, in fact. But, boy, let me peek in your fridge or shopping cart, and I’m a happy camper. What can I say? I’m a foodie 
So, I tidied the fridge, grabbed the camera, and flung open the fridge door to take a few pictures.
This is our main fridge in the kitchen. With a big family to feed, we keep a second fridge in the basement. We are a family of 7 whole foods vegans — mom, dad, and 5 young vegan children. We don’t eat soy/tofu, fake meats, or non-dairy cheeses. We try to eat a high-raw diet — in addition to plenty of fresh produce, we also regularly eat nuts, seeds, gluten free grains, and dried beans, all of which we buy in bulk:
Here’s the top half of the fridge:
How about I break it down for you by section; sound good?
Top shelf, left side:
- 2 cartons of organic mixed greens in the back
- bowl of organic peaches
- partial bag of fresh organic cranberries
- steel ramekin with some super hot thai chilis that hubby loves!
- behind the little steel dish is a bowl of organic beets from our garden (still clumped with dirt!), and they sit on top of a pyrex glass storage bowl full of leftover sweet potato fries from previous night’s dinner
Top shelf, right side:
- in the back are 4 large cartons of fresh organic raspberries (Costco) and 2 pounds of organic green grapes.
- the raspberries and grapes are sitting on top of lidded stainless steel storage containers that contain snacks for the kids: one has homemade raw vegan blondie macaroons in it, and the other one contains homemade cashew cookie “larabars”. Having snacks made up ahead of time makes it easy when we have to head out the door to an activity.
- in the front is a big bowl of organic brussel sprouts, cleaned and trimmed and ready to use
- the brussel sprouts sit atop a Pyrex lidded glass storage container that has leftover asparagus spears from a previous dinner
- and on the right is a bowl of organic tomatoes on-vine
Middle shelf, left side:
- bowl of organic Granny Smith apples
- bowl of organic fresh ginger
- tucked behind the apples and ginger in the dark recesses of the fridge are bags of organic leeks, parsley, cilantro, and cauliflower
Middle shelf, right side:
- in the back: a big bowl of kiwis
- 2 pounds of organic baby bella mushrooms
- a bowl of organic pears
- a bowl of snap peas
Next up is the Nut and Seed Shelf. We buy our organic nuts and seeds in very large bulk amounts and portion them. We store all of our organic nuts and seeds in the fridge or freezer. Fresh nuts and seeds tend to go rancid when left at room temperature, so we keep them in the fridge or freezer to preserve the freshness, flavor, and especially the nutrients. We fill the jars for the fridge and store the rest of the bulk nuts/seeds in the deep freezer to keep them fresh. I get my tall jars at the dollar store and they work well for this.
There’s 9 tall jars on this shelf so I’ll show them to you one row of 3 at a time.
Nut and Seed Shelf — Row #1: organic raw sesame seeds, raw macadamia nuts, and raw almonds:
That unlabelled jar of macadamias? REALLY BUGGING ME. So I grabbed the label maker and asked my wee helper to make a macadamia nut label for mama:
(Footie-pajamas make my heart sing)
She had a little trouble with the spelling. It’s kind of a tricky word to spell.
Nut and Seed Shelf — Row #2: organic raw cashews, raw pecans, and raw walnuts:
Nut and Seed Shelf, Row #3: organic raw brazilnuts, raw sunflower seeds, and raw pumpkin seeds:
The avocado drawer (more avocadoes are on the counter in a bamboo bowl ripening slowly before being transferred to this drawer):
Citrus drawer — organic oranges, lemons, and limes:
Veggie drawer — organic cucumbers, yellow squash, celery, and carrots:
Shot of the bottom half of the fridge:
There is a little freezer above the fridge and we store more nuts and seeds in glass jars in the door. Here we have: an unlabelled jar of flax seeds (UN labelled! ACK! Where’s my labelmaker and my cute little helper?), organic/shade grown/fair trade coffee, organic pine nuts, organic ch-ch-ch-chia!, organic hempseeds, organic flax meal (fresh ground in the Blendtec and then stored in the freezer), and organic dark vegan choc chips:
My tiny helper is STILL not done with those labels!
And she won’t give me back my label maker either. Sheesh.
We don’t have a lot of fresh leafy greens in our fridges right now because…our garden is STILL producing! It’s mid-November and we are still harvesting bushels of homegrown organic greens right now. This has been a fantastic year for growing greens for our family — a few packets of seeds has provided us with over 6 months of lovely leafies.
And I know I joke about forgetting to water the garden, but it’s true. We’ve forgotten to water it for, oh…the last 6 months. Hubby and the kids put part of the garden to bed for the winter, but we still have plenty of food growing.
The collard greens are still going strong, and they are ENORMOUS! Taller than my toddler, these poor neglected greens are thriving, though I need to harvest and freeze them soon:
The chard is my FAVORITE and I dash out to the garden every day to pick some for our smoothies. It is tender and flavorful and so delicious. And right behind the chard you can just see the tops of beets — they’re still growing well right now too, and will be perfect in soups, salads, and beet smoothies:
We even have strawberries growing…in MID NOVEMBER ! In Ohio! We’re picking a couple of fresh strawberries every couple of days. And there are still new blossoms appearing regularly. Crazy.
So that’s my gardening method for you…plant it and forget about it. Works like a charm!
Well, I was going to show you the door of the fridge, and our second fridge too, but this post is already so long that I’ve probably lost you by now. We’ll save that goodness for another day.
And since I love to peek in other people’s fridges, why don’t you play along? You can leave a comment telling us what’s in your fridge, OR if you feel like showing what’s in your fridge, leave a link in the comments section so that the curious can come have a peek.
I’d SURE like to snoop in your fridge. Pretty please?
I promise I won’t rummage in your medicine cabinet.
What’s in YOUR fridge?
Oh, stop. Your wee one is just too cute, and your fridge is just amazing. As a vegan cook, baker, and blogger who lives with 2 meat-eating roommates (like ramen and pepperoni pizza), I’m insanely jealous of your fridge (and super excited for my upcoming move!).
I would show my fridge, but includes a lot of nerdy things, like earth balance, flax seeds, left over Back to Eden Bakery cake and chocolates, and juice. And then the roommates’ stuff: Yoghurt, cheese, OJ, hot sauce, and old romaine lettuce.
Love your pics!
xoxo
Janessa
Janessa, there is NOTHING nerdy about leftover Back To Eden Bakery cake. Nothing!
Good luck with your upcoming move. Settle in and then show me your fridge, okay?
Sheri
I love that your fridge is totally organized, and neat. I hate, hate hate cluttery, random things in a fridge and I am also anal. Store bought salad dressings all go next to each other. Not in random diff places. And spreads and condiments all go by each other, nut butters next to each other. Apples go on the right, oranges on the left, they don’t co-mingle. You get my drift, yes, I am anal but otherwise it drives me nuts, I miss/waste food, and I cant find things. And you with a fam of 7, jeez it’s gotta be this way or you’d never find anything or get anything done! And I am a re-usable containers and glass containers for all my nuts and seeds, too! Thx for sharing this!
Thanks, Sheri, I really enjoyed the fridge play-by-play!
Like your family, we also have 2 fridges… except in our case, one is for the raw vegan foods, and the other for, well, for dh: dairy, meat, beer, and (processed) condiments and such. (How different can we possibly BE?!?)
The raw fridge has a shelf of glass 1 – 1.5L canning jars with nuts/seeds (chia, flax, sesame, almonds, cashews, walnuts, & pinenuts, at the moment). It also has veggies (spinach, lettuce, kale, collards, carrots, celery, bell peppers, salad mix, jerusalem artichokes or sunchokes, beets with greens, leeks, parsley), a 1.5L jar of raw almond milk, and then some ’staples’, like miso, sprouted almond butter, tahini, homemade vanilla extract, kelp noodles, nama shoyu, stoneground organic mustard, a container of ground flax seeds (less than 1/2c), some nutritional yeast, some Vega oil blend, some raw salad dressing I made ahead of time… that’s all that comes to mind that’s in the door… And any ‘prepared’ raw foods, like your greek salad recipe (YUMMY!) leftovers from today, some chia pudding, anything like that for grab-and-go meals.
But in NO WAY is my fridge anywhere NEAR as neat and tidy as yours!!! LOL I also bulk-buy nuts and seeds and things like that and also store them in the freezer. Definitely the way to go.
We’ll have to have another post about what’s in the pantry cupboards or is lying on the counters…
SO amazing and inspiring… Thank you!!
You’re not the only innocent fridge snooper out there!
I get teased by my friends for having a “root vegetables drawer.” I’ll have to show them your avocado one!
I’ll need to clean before photographing though, I’m WAY behind you on the organization…
Well I’m definitely inspired to go clean out my fridge. It’s been bugging me for awhile but with your very clean fridge staring at me now I have to get to work!
I love fridge posts!! And I ALWAYS look in peoples carts, especially at Whole Foods. I like to figure out if they are vegans! HAHA!
My fridge is pretty empty right now since tomorrow is grocery day!
Hee hee I only look to see if they are vegan too. sometimes it’s all produce and one nagging thing of cheese and I have to shake my head.
Your fridge looks amazing!!
One teeny tiny suggestion. Keep your tomatoes on the counter, not the fridge. The fridge tends to rob them of flavor and turn them a bit mealy. I think the cold does something to the sugars?
Now I have to go home to clean my fridge.
I am getting several emails about this! I need to check into it — thanks for the heads up!
Sheri
Great Great! Really inspiring. I took pics of my fridge when juicefesating last year, only 5 days of just juice was like an explosion inside my fridge and I loved that, the colors & smells! Your fridge is just awesome;o)
XoXo
What a cute little helper you have there!! Thanks for sharing pictures.
I’m so glad to see your nut storage. I had been storing my nuts in the pantry and it seems like they don’t keep long or we have moths that get in them. I just got 2 pounds of raw macadamia nuts yesterday and I’m definitely going to have to clear out some fridge space for them now.
Loved this post! Thanks for sharing your fridge! FUN FUN! Our fridge is quite bare today as I’ll be going to pick up from the food co-op this afternoon and my hubs bought me a second fridge that will be delivered today, too!
Your little helper is rockin’ those footed pjs! Too cute!
Now you knew that opening your fridge door was opening the door for more questions, right?
How do you make the sweet potato fries? What do you do with the brussel sprouts… are they for smoothies or do you eat those raw just the way they are?
Thanks again for the peek!
Sweet potato fries…OH MY they are so good! We cut the sweet potatoes into fry sizes (thick fries) and lay them on a baking sheet. Then brush them with extra virgin olive oil, or unrefined coconut oil, and sprinkle whatever seasonings you like on them. Toss them in a 350 degree oven and bake them til they’re crispy enough for your liking.
Brussel sprouts…yes, some go into smoothies, and some get lightly steamed, or else roasted.
Loving the seasonal veggies right now!
Okay, that was totally awesome. I love to look in people’s fridges and carts too. I don’t have time to post what’s in my fridge right now (gotta head to work!). But maybe I’ll take a picture this weekend.
OMG I love looking at other people’s fridge
It funny, I was thinking lately that I really need to re-arrange my fridge, I sitll do it the same way my mom did it… veggies and fruits at the bottom and the other stuff goes on the higher shelves. But there is almost no “other stuff” in my fridge! So the 2 bottom shelves are packed and the top shelves are almost empty… like I can’t get myself to put veggies on the top shelves lol! So… this is gonna be my “freeing” move of the day 
Big thanks! Oh, and the footie pyjamas really is cute 
Cool blog. Here is a fun activity you can share with your readers
I am growing a Tickle Me Plant with my students. What makes this more fun then a lima bean is that it MOVES when you Tickle It. I found a complete classroom kit to grow it in at stevespanglerscience.com or just google tickle me plant. The leaves fold up like magic. It came with soil waffers that expand and flower pots and seeds. They also carry an individual kit. You simple soak the seeds over night and then plant them. They recommend just planting the seeds 1/8 inch below the surface of the soil.
In a few days they sprouted. I let my students know that the first 2 leaves do not move when tickled as they are feeder leaves but they will close at night.
A few weeks later tiny leaves appear – simply tickle the leaves with
a tooth pick and they will close up. If you tickle it some more the branches will fold down. Of all the experiments we do in the classroom this seems to be the most remembered. All my students now have a Tickle Me Plant growing her their house. It is an amazing plant.
Can’t wait to see it flower.
As someone who is sensitive to gluten (and working towards being vegan) I’m curious as to why your family doesn’t eat gluten. Is someone in your family sensitive or have Celiac Disease?
We are newly traveling down the gluten-free path. I wouldn’t say we’re 100% gluten-free,but we’re eliminating it wherever we can. We don’t eat much food with gluten anyhow…I just gave away a 25lb bag of organic spelt berries to a friend, and I think that was the worst gluten offender in my pantry. And we haven’t used spelt in so long anyhow that we’re really not missing it.
I’ve got one kiddo who seems to be sensitive to it, poor little guy. His reaction to gluten is just not worth including it in our diet. I’ve been reading about gluten and I feel it might not be the best addition for our diet from a health standpoint.
I may have him tested at some point, though for now I am still researching this. He definitely seems sensitive to it.
I was going to ask about the gluten free part, too, as I noticed you said “gluten free grains.” We are gluten and casein free in our house and that has made going vegetarian seem VERY overwhelming and crazy expensive, to not be able to buy regular pasta as the main filler of a meal. I just found your blog through Sardines in a Can Momma, and I’m excited to have a look around and see what kinds of things make up meals for you. I would love to be vegatarian, if not vegan…apparently, it is possible to be GFCF and not eat animal products! I wasn’t sure it really would be feasible! I’m inspired! Thanks!
freakin cool!!! I am inspired. I want to buy a new fridge now. ours is very tiny and i had no idea nuts/seeds are supposed to be in the fridge. lovely label maker to my dear! where might one find such a thing?
The oils in nuts and seeds can cause them to go rancid, and you don’t want to be eating rancid nuts
I got that label-maker for free at Staples! It is a Brother P-Touch. they often have those “free after rebate” deals, and that’s when I got it. I scored it free and use it often…as my pantry and fridge would attest
Very cool post! Loved taking a look into your fridge. Totally inspiring. I’m hoping that my fridge will look like yours one day! My baby is 7 months old and I’ve been doing all the reading I can to start him out raw and slowly wean ourselves. Your site has been insightful and encouraging for me.
Curious, if you have any book rec’s for raw and the little ones or tips would be great too! TIA.
Sheri,
Thank you so much for letting us peek in your fridge? What lucky children you have, being raised on such wonderful food. We have a ways to go yet, but are babystepping our way there! Now, I can’t wait to see your pantry!!
Oh, and I asked for a label maker for Christmas.
OMG!!! Okay first I want to admit I am a shopping cart “peeker” and I am finally coming out of the closet about it!!! LOL
I actually stopped one man who had an entire cart full of greens and fruit and asked him if ate raw foods and he said yes!!! His wife came over and we all chatted and exchanged email addresses!!!
On the flip side I get stares like I am an alien from outer space and sometimes I have received a few rude comments, people find it strange that I walk around pushing a cart heaping with produce!!! Plus, the cashier is less than thrilled to have to ring up all of the codes while checking out. One lady behind me was huffing and puffing and asked me if I owned a pet monkey!!! Well, I have 2….but their not really monkey’s per say…..LOL
You have inspired me to blog about my fridge one day…..I will let you know when that one is posted!!!
I have 3 new ones in the works right now…..hehehe
I agree with Maki. Never refrigerate your tomatoes. It ruins them, and a lot of other produce, though chili peppers definitely last longer in the fridge. You’d find my counter more interesting than my fridge. The fridge light bulb is burned out, and my landlord only fixes things that are life threatening (like how I might kill him if he doesn’t fix it). It needs a cleaning, and sometimes I’m sure I see something in there looking back at me. There is a bottle of aloe gel in there that looks nice, and a tub of kalamata olives. I keep my Texas Olive Ranch oil and my peanut oil in there, and only bring to room temp until the amount I need is liquefied. The toasted sesame oil lives there too. Oils last a lot longer in the fridge.
On my counter I have lots of garlic, organic small potatoes in several colors, organic tomatoes, onions, clementines, avocadoes, organic apples, and a tall jar of pasta.
My kitchen counter looks pretty. My fridge is boring.
Your countertops are storing a lot of great food!
Mine are too, which is partly why those tomatoes are in the fridge…am out of counter space
I didn’t realize the tomatoes might be ruined in the fridge but I’m getting a lot of emails and comments about that so thank you!
Sheri
Oh, I’m a shopping cart voyeur too, I admit it. Never used to be, until I began to shop the produce aisles instead of the prepared-foods section of the grocery store. Now, I can’t control myself…rubbernecking!
Footie PJs make my heart sing too! And your littlest helper — when I was a young girl, I had a collection of Precious Moments figurines (do they still make those??) and I swear, she looks like one! Such a cutie pie!
The contents of my fridge look remarkably similar to yours…only not as much. I’m big on glass and stainless storage containers too.
I like your method of gardening!
Such a difference it makes being 2 1/2 hours south of here. We’ve already had several hard frosts in this neck of the Buckeye woods!
Precious Moments dolls….I know just what you mean. ADORABLE!
I just found your blog through Raising Seven Vegans blog,and am so glad I did!
I too love to see in others fridges and always snoop at the grocery store. Always thought I was the only one who did it!
I know what you mean about footie pajamas, my kids are all teens now, so I miss those days!
I am so glad to see you put your tomatoes in the fridge! My MIL keeps yelling at me saying I make them taste mealy by putting them in the fridge, but they go bad too quickly if I don’t. I love how organized your fridge is. Can you to NC and help me with mine? You are awesome Sheri! I absolutely love that you label the Chia seeds like the Chia pet song. That cracks me up!
Oooh Fridge post. Likes. And I also looove checking out other people’s carts. I always get annoyed looks and eye rolling from my other half.. phew. :p
I wish our fridge was this colourful, organised and healthy. We still have fake meats and cheeses etc but then again we’re only in our 4th month of Veganism so we’re still finding out and learning.
Nev
4th month of veganism…good for you! That’s awesome!
Hi there, Love your fridge. Its so clean and organised.
Why do you keep nuts in the fridge and freezer? Im sure theres a reason for it that Im not aware of. I just keep mine in a cupboard.
Thanks
I buy my organic nuts and seeds in 25lb bulk amounts, and I fill the jars for the fridge and then deep freeze the rest in my chest freezer, pulling them out of the freezer whenever I need to refill the jars. The oils in nuts tend to go rancid when left at room temperature — freezing them keeps them fresh and preserves their taste and nutrients.
Ooohh thankyou. I didnt know that. I keep all mine at room temp:S
We also have 5 kids…how often to do you find yourself going to the store?
Hi Sardine Mama,
I try to pop into the store twice per week for fresh produce. I buy pretty much ALL of my non-produce through my organic bulk buying club or else online.
I only shop in-person for produce,so my grocery trips are quick…and painless
Ok… seriously I need to hire you to come and organize my fridge. I have a label maker but for some reason have not used it yet. I wish I had a garden like yours. Beautiful produce!! Jealous
Just finished pics of my fridge. not as lovely as yours but it was fun. here is a link to the pics
http://www.flickr.com/photos/26020314@N08/4098782135/
Beautiful fridge, Kaisha! Thanks for sharing pics! I had fun snooping around
Whatcha doing with that big bag of fresh cranberries? Just curious…
Cranberry sauce for mashed potato’s and dry some for homemade cran orange muffin mix. not sure what else. perhaps some smoothie goodness inspired by this wonderful blog i read!
Fabulous! I used your pictures to “show” my teens how a clean, organized refrigerator should look. =)
You have the fridge of my dreams *sigh*
Inspirational. Thank you
ok now i want to know how long it takes to eat all that! i feel like i fill my fruit bowls to the brim at least weekly and they are empty before i know it. and i’m the only one who eats it here (other than sharing a bit of apple with the dogs).
Well, we have two fridges, so I pull stuff up from the basement fridge as we need it (extras of fruits and veggies are kept in the 2nd fridge). We plow through those goodies quickly and I refill the fridge midweek
Love this!!! Any chance you’ll do a pantry post???
I have also been told that tomatoes, apples, oranges, and others go on the counter. Would love to know your reasoning. As always, you rock!!
Yes, I am hearing from a lot of people that I need to get those tomatoes out of the fridge! I have a lot of food in bowls on the counter already so I’ll need to make room
wow awesome! Thanks for sharing. As a few others said I’d like to see pics of your pantry too. I’m just curious about the way you store all your bulk items. Also where do you buy in bulk for items such as nuts, seeds, and those goji berries? You are really inspiring me and I can’t wait until my lil one is older so we can try out some section plates and raw vegan foods:)
I will show you my pantries and how I store bulk foods. I buy bulk organic food through my bulk buying club, and also online. Amazon is a good place to check, surprisingly. By buying in bulk, it REALLY knocks the prices per pound down a lot. My monthly buying club order really saves us $$ in the grocery budget. You can also order bulk foods through Whole Foods, if that is an option for you. My WF will order me anything in bulk that they sell on the shelves.
is your bulk buying club something local or is it an online group? I did notice a lot of stuff that we have on our counters are in your fridge so I asked my hubby about it. He’s a produce manager at a grocery store. He said some stuff will keep longer in the fridge, I’ll have to make him look at your pics, to see what he thinks.
It’s online-ordering and in-person pickup on delivery day once a month.
Yes, I’m certain that I have things in the fridge that could be stored well on the counters…but my counters are full! I do notice that everything keeps very well in the fridge, very little spoils before we use it.
Sheri
AWESOME! I love your refrigerator! You’ve inspired me to give mine a little cleaning. You’re so awesome!
Oh Wow! Your fridge looks so amazing and inspiring. I don’t have a lot of food in mine and I’ve planned to do a post about my fridge. You’ve really inspired me to do it very soon. And I’ll let you know, thanks for sharing. It’s a very very impressive post!
*Swoon*! I love your fridge!! It’s so colorful and organized! I think I’m going to move into your fridge and graze on your lovely produce all day long.
Are we going to get a peek at the fridge door, pantry, freezer, etc.?
Also, how many cubic feet is your fridge? It may be because of your neatness, but it seems pretty big. I’d love to know!
I have no idea how many cubic feet my main fridge is — it is quite big though.
And the fridge door!
Yes, I’ll show my pantries and freezers too
Loved this!!!
thanks for sharing, that was fun to snoop in your gorgeous fridge!
Sheri
Sorry Sheri, one more question how did you find a bulk buying club that actually has organic foods?
Hey Stephanie, shoot me an email (I don’t have your email addy) and I can give you some info.
Sheri
Wow I loved this post. I mean it’s just a fridge but it sounded like the kids were murdering themselves and I couldn’t tear myself away!(they’re okay) I had to go stand in front of my fridge and it looked not as much like yours as I was hoping. Off to the produce section! Thanks and can’t wait for the follow ups!
I am totally inspired! I am so happy to have stumbled across your blog. I really enjoy reading it. Thank you!
I love this post! You’ve also inspired me to give my fridge a cleaning and organize it, not to mention that this made me want to trow out anything processed that comes in a squeeze bottle! But my husband would not approve of that, lol. Your daughter is so cute in her footie pj’s!
And I’ve never even thought of “checking out” other people’s grocery carts, but by reading other comments, it seems your not the only one doing it. I don’t think I’ll ever be able to grocery shop without peeking anymore
I just blogged you Big Time at sardinesinacan AND I told what is in my fridge
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Loved your post! I had a great laugh!
Thanks for sharing, was fun to snoop in your lovely fridge
Sheri
Beautiful fridge!!!!! Ours is much smaller and our cottage is tiny, so I’m not sure how I can put all our nuts and seeds in the fridge – in fact, we just can’t!
Thinking outdoor shed, now… A secondhand fridge….
) A woman was looking in mine and then asked if we were vegan! When I said ‘Yes!’ she asked if a vegan diet was good for arthritis. I said we were vegan for compassionate reasons, but I believed it WAS good for arthritis…
The shopping trolley thing worked the other way for me recently (I always look at other people’s, too. How else would you pass the time in a check-out queue?
Oh, people laugh at me for labelling everything. I do them on the computer, cut them up and then stick them on with Sellotape.
Ha, my fridge is nothing like that, but it’s just my husband and I, and has been for ohhh about 10 years (I moved in after a year of dating.) Our eating habits have done a 180 in that time but are still not so laudable as yours
I didn’t know about raw nuts going bad! Ack! I have stored mine in my pantry for my whole life thus far! So I should be putting my nuts straight from the grocery store into my fridge? (I don’t buy them in large enough quantities to need to freeze anything. With just me eating most of this stuff bulk buying usually just means I run out of space in my kitchen/things go bad before I can eat them. I can’t even eat a bunch of bananas before they become overripe in the humid Houston climate!)
Perhaps your nuts will be fine at room temperature since you buy in smaller amounts? I don’t know. For me, though, we buy our organic cashews, almonds, walnuts, seeds, etc in 25 lb amounts and I try to extend their freshness by freezing and refrigerating.
Sheri
Sheri, I love your blog!!! I have commented here before. We strive to be as healthy as your family. It is always inspiring to see what you are up to with your little ones. My family is a mix of many different eating types. My husband is pretty much a typical american eater, but will eat just about anything I give him, vegan or raw. My son is high raw, but does eat some cooked foods as well. We do occasionally eat fish or eggs in our home-maybe once a week. I would love to be 80% raw 20% cooked for our entire family. I have posted a few pics of our fridge and cabinets. We still will have some junk here or there but are growing each day as healthy raw foodies. God Bless you for encouraging us to be better, Nikki Haupt
Hi Nikki!
I can’t find the pics of your fridge/cabinets on your site.
I did, however, get lost for half an hour looking at all the amazing food you’ve made! Your little boy is a great eater!
Feel free to direct me to your fridge pics if you get a chance…you know I’d love to look
Sheri
Okay, it’s not pretty, but I posted pictures of my fridge.
http://frugalhealthysimple.blogspot.com/2009/11/whats-in-my-fridge.html
I really need to clean it out.
Awesome! You have some wonderful foods from the farmers market, and I also loved your “daddy had the day off” comments
Thanks for letting me peek in your fridge!
Sheri
Sheri!!!! Can I soooo come and move in with you guys!!! Seriously, now I have major fridge envy. I am totally going to copy your organisation BIG TIME!!!!!! And I am so uber jealous of your garden too. Oh how I cannot wait for the day I no longer live in the desert and I can grow my own greens too. I have one of those label makers too and I have got to get it to some good use.
BTW why do you refrigerate seeds too?
I keep the seeds in the fridge and freezer just to extend their shelf life and keep them fresher longer.
Put your label-maker to work, girl!
Sheri
O.K., I’m, playing along too, I posted photos of my fridge on my blog.
Gorgeous fridge, Janet! And I especially love the brussell sprouts stalk!
Thanks for playing along!
Sheri
Hi! First of all I want to say that your blog is very inspiring!
I’m just curious.
I’ve been a vegan since I was 15 (I am 24 now) but raw food didn’t appeal to me before. You make all seem so fresh and easy! I eat more and more raw now. (My breakfast is always raw, my favourite is almondmilk with lots of nuts, seeds och sliced banana. Or sprouted buckwheat mixed with fruit.)
Where I live (sweden, europe) it’s very expensive to buy organic fruits and vegetables, and even more expensive to buy organic nuts. Wich is very sad. A healthy lifestyle shouldn’t be class related.
Your fridge is amazing, and I’m just curious how much your family spend on food every month?
Another thing I wonder is what you eat more than desserts? This blog is mostly about desserts and breakfast, wich is not wrong at all
No, dessert and breakfast is not wrong at all…agreed!
yes, we do eat more than that, though…you’re not the first to ask!
Our grocery bill…since we shop in such large bulk amounts that last us several months, it would take some math to figure out a monthly breakdown of our grocery bill. Let me work on that
9 yrs vegan — good for you!
Sheri
I love your blog. And your little one is so cute.