Inside My Fridge

Posted at 10:30 in Uncategorised

 

I received an email the other day from a reader saying she was curious as to what foods I have in my fridge, freezer and cupboards, especially as my family do not eat the same sort of diet that I do.  They eat mostly the same meals as I do but there are occasions when they will eat something that I wouldn’t, such as a bird’s eye crispy chicken breast, crisps or sweeties. 

When I started my weight loss journey, I was of the opinion that my family should not have to give up things that they have been eating and enjoying for the last 10 years or so just because I am, as I am doing this for me.  I didn’t want to banish those kinds of foods from the house because this is a way of life for me – I can’t go through life avoiding anything remotely tempting so I had to learn to accept that there will always be foods in my house that might tempt me.

It’s actually the best thing I could have done because they don’t really phase me now.  Every time I open my fridge, I know there will be a drawer filled with mini bars of chocolates.  When I walk into my utility room, I know there will be a bag of different types of crisps.  When I go in the freezer, I know there will be a tub of Chocolate Fudge Brownie Ben & Jerry’s. 

The good thing is, I have been eating this way for almost a year, so whilst these kinds of foods once tempted me and took the majority of my willpower to resist, I don’t actually *want* to eat them now.

I can cook the husband a big fry up and not want to partake in it myself and I can sit whilst they enjoy a treat from the chip shop and not be having to sit on my hands to stop myself from stealing some of it.

So, what is actually in my fridge?  See for yourself!  Foods that I don’t eat will be coloured red

Top Shelf

2 bottles Cravendale semi-skimmed milk, 1 bottle Cravendale skimmed milk, 2 bottles Pepsi

2nd Shelf

Squirty cream (for mini JAG’s hot chocolate), salad cream, bottle Magners cider (left over from Christmas), free range eggs

3rd Shelf

3 blocks of cheddar, feta cheese, grated mozzarella, quark, babybel light, Italian grated cheese, Greek yoghurt, butter, rice milk

4th Shelf

Homemade oat, fruit & nut bars, blueberries, mixed pepper stirfry vegetable mix, chocolate mousse, kidney beans


Double Drawer

Large king prawns, free range dry cure back bacon, free range pork sausage

  Large bag of mixed roses & miniature heroes, mini yorkie bars, mini toffee crisp, rocky bars, mini bags of maltesers, taxi bars, single finger twix bars, Lindt 70% dark chocolate (though it’s been there for over 12 months so probably out of date now!), Conscious Lucuma Gold vegan chocolate



Vegetable Drawer

Savoy cabbage, 2 heads of broccoli, 2 leeks, 8 red onions, 6 peppers (mixed colours), mushrooms, 6 courgettes, 12 carrots, 4 parsnips, on the vine tomatoes, spinach, 3 bags of mixed salad leaves, cucumber

 

Door

Mayonnaise, Sunwheel pear & apple spread, apple & blueberry fruit puree, coconut milk, mustard, natural hemp protein powder, pineapple juice, 5 citrus fruit juice, apple juice, almond & hazelnut rice milk, semi skimmed Cravendale

And onto my freezer.

Bread drawer

Wholemeal pitta bread, khobez wholemeal flatbread, tortilla wraps, cinnamon & raisin bagels


Junk drawer

Several boxes of breaded chicken breasts, chicken goujons, frozen Yorkshire pudding batters

Just meat drawer

 

12 chicken breasts, 2 venison steaks, 2 bags of haddock fillets, bag of tilapia fillets, bag of cod fillets, tray of lamb mince, 2 trays of turkey mince, 4 sausages, 8 rashers of bacon, diced braising steak, extra lean beef steak mince, 2 tuna steaks, 1 packet smoked salmon, 3 salmon fillets, 2 mahi-mahi fillets

 

Sweet Drawer

Large bag frozen blueberries, large bag frozen blackcurrants, tub of mixed frozen berries, rocket ice lollies, chocolate fudge brownie Ben & Jerry’s

 

And there you have it.  The inside of my fridge & freezer.  Is it what you were expecting? 


Check back tomorrow if you want to see what is inside my food cupboards!