These are the basics that I try to have on hand at all times. Having these items in the refrigerator makes throwing delicious meals together much easier. With the items on the following list, along with the items from my pantry and freezer, I know I have tons of options for healthy and flavorful meals not to mention delicious baked goods.
1. Jalapenos: We like fresh but we also try keep pickled jalapenos on hand too.
2. Salsa: We go through a lot of salsa in our house. Besides all of the normal options for salsa such as tacos and quesadillas, salsa is great on eggs, potatoes, chicken, and mixed in black beans.
3. Cheese: Sharp Cheddar is a great for slicing and shredding. A nice crumbled cheese like feta, blue cheese or goat cheese is also nice to have around to toss in omelets, salads, and pasta.
4. Plain Yogurt
5. Milk
6. Real Butter: If I am going to use butter I prefer the real stuff.
7. Eggs
8. Applesauce: We go through a lot of applesauce as a snack in our house but applesauce is also one of my favorite go to baking ingredients. I add it to breads, cookies, snack bars, cakes, pancakes and more. I make sure to buy the no sugar added varieties because for one apples are sweet enough on their own and for two I like to control the amount of sugar in my baking.
9. Natural Peanut Butter: I love natural peanut butter. Nothing but peanuts and salt, just the way it should be. Natural peanut butter should be kept in the refrigerator and in my humble opinion tastes best without added oils such as palm oil, I would rather have to stir my peanut butter the first time I open it than have the flavor of palm oil in my peanut butter.
10. Flax Seed Meal: There is rarely a baked good that I do not add flax to. Besides the fiber and omega-3's flax has a nice slightly nutty flavor. A tablespoon or two of Flax is great in breads, cookies, cakes, oatmeal, pancakes, pizza crust and more.
11. Yeast: We go through a lot of yeast so I buy it in large packages which can be stored in the refrigerator or freezer.
So go ahead lay it on me, what foods do you always keep stocked in your refrigerator?
6 share your thoughts with me:
Amen to real butter.
and real peanut butter.
That is all I have to offer.
The real stuff just tastes so much better and I am way more comfortable eating foods with ingredients I can pronounce and identify.
Lately we've been adding dried cranberries to just about everything. If I throw them into a salad, usually with some toasted almonds or pecans, suddenly I feel like I've done something really fancy! Another thing I've been doing is buying fresh local eggs by the flat instead of by the dozen. When I get them home, I always hard boil at least half a dozen just to have on hand in the fridge- we eat them for snacks, or I can grab one in the morning for a quick breakfast. Also, it takes all the prep work out of egg salad sandwiches and makes for a quick lunch! We always have parmesan cheese stocked. We put it on our scrambled eggs, on steamed veggies, and pasta. And lastly, we cannot live without our go-to snack: string cheese.
Nicole- We do the same thing with our eggs too. Luke takes s couple of hard boiled eggs in his lunch for a snack on days when he doesn't have time to make eggs for breakfast. And Egg Salad=delicious!
I am with you on the natural peanut butter. I won't go back. I store it in the cabinet though cause it is too hard to spread cold.
My list:
milk
butter
water
juice
shredded cheese
sour cream
dijon mustard
green chili salsa
and lots of fruits and vegetables
That's pretty much my list!
I try to keep apples and oranges in the fruit drawer. My 4 year old will grab fruit as a snack.
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