Does anyone subscribe to Rachael Ray? (I hear many grunts here!) If you know me, you know I heart Rachael and everything she’s done to show our nation how to use and eat whole foods and a huge supporter of farmers markets 🙂 Anyway’s each month, the last page of her magazine is always dedicated to showing what’s inside some celebrities refrigerator. For some reason, that’s the first page I flip to each month! I know, I get so curious as to what those high time celebrities eat. A month or so ago, I was visiting the very inspiring playfulnoshings. What do you know, she had participated in a what’s in your fridge photo and showed off her stuff! It looked like so much fun that I rounded up some foodie friends that I’m inspired by and asked them, “What’ In Your Fridge?” So take a look as we bare all!
Kristy from My Little Space blogs to us from Malaysia.
Andrea from Wellness Notes
Kristen from Flexy Fare
Heather from Girlichef
Rachael from La Fuji Mama
My refrigerator contains items that you would likely see in many American refrigerators–milk, eggs, butter, ketchup, mustard, etc., but it also contains a random assortment of foods that represent our love for cuisines from around the world and our time living in Japan. Let’s start with the door. The door contains a random assortment of bottles that contain everything from fish sauce to grenadine. Next to the milk is a pitcher of mugicha, a Japanese herbal tea made from roasted barley that is a family favorite. Inside the fridge on the top shelf is where I store my yeast for bread making (I make all of the bread that my family eats), as well as some Greek yogurt, a bottle of Ramune (a Japanese soda), a bottle of yuzu koshou (a spicy Japanese condiment made from yuzu citrus and chili peppers), and some other random items. On the second shelf on the left hand side there is a ziploc bag filled with pieces of kombu (a type of seaweed) waiting to be made into a relish, several bottles of Chinese chili sauce, some quail eggs, and baby food. The bottom shelf of my fridge holds a container of homemade dashi (a Japanese stock made from dried fish and seaweed), several varieties of miso paste, gyoza wrappers, and some leftovers. The produce drawers are filled with produce from a local farm–tomatoes, zucchini, cucumbers, jalapeno peppers, cabbage, and mushrooms. My freezer is mostly filled with homemade freezer jam (raspberry and strawberry), a variety of nuts, chocolate chips for baking, a container of homemade almond meal, and mint chocolate chip ice cream (my hubby’s favorite). There is, however, a massive bag of frozen edamame that my oldest daughter eats like candy.
And here is my fridge. What I have learned from this and that my fridge is WAY outdated, lol!!
What I can tell right away is that all these bloggers love to cook by all those fresh fruits and veggies! Well done ladies!!
Wasn’t this fun! Do you want to bare all? Let me know and we can do this again!
that is great! everyone's fridge is filled with great fruits and veggies and lots of fresh ingredients.
Ha! What a fun idea!
Oh what a fun idea. I'll have to do that sometime. It tends to change depending on how long ago we picked up milk and eggs. For the first week, they are pretty much all you see in there.
Thanks for sharing!
Bother! I completely forgot about this!
love this so sorry didn't get a pic to you this month let me know when you are doing it again lol Rebecca
Looking at their fridge, mine is practically almost empty. Great to see other peoples' fridge. Thanks.
This was great fun, Diana! Thanks for showing us off a bit 😀
Great post, Diana! I loved looking at everyone's fridge! 🙂
Love the idea, but our fridge is a disaster area. Maybe it would force us to organize things for the photo, though.
Such fun to see what everyone else has going on!
That was fun and funny – and your fridge is a riot! La Fuji Mama has an amazing fridge, the size of which I can only dream of (in this case, size does matter!) and what fare! I loved it and loved discovering your blog. If you have this again, I'll join in! I'm game though it's not a pretty sight, my fridge.
Diana, I think I need a bigger fridge! A really BIG one! I really have a difficult time in storage my fresh fruits & veggies. I don't keep them, I buy fresh everyday. Can you imagine how am I going to keep a cake in there!
And not to forget to thank you for showing off my tiny little fridge…ha ha! At the same time, congratulations on the norminations. Wish you all the best! Cheers & have a wonderful weekend.
I am sorry, Diana, I should have sent you my refrigerator picture after I got back from my trip but it was bare. I will have to catch you the next time you do this. It did not help that I sprained my ankle last Sunday and was on crutches all week. -Tien
How fun! Sorry I didn't get to participate! My fridge is a total mess, I meant to clean it up and take a picture but didn't get a chance to. Definitely will do if you do another roundup.
I feel a little weird about my fridge habits after looking at these pictures. I don't put most of my fresh stuff in the refrigerator. It changes the taste. Lettuce, and leafy things sure, but oranges, apples, carrots, bread? Maybe my two years of living without a refrigerator is showing. Also my love of root cellars. Even though I don't have one, I pretend with a closet that is unheated so it stays pretty chilly in the winter.
This is great! Man, makes me feel guilty for not having enough fresh veggies and stuff in my fridge. Ha ha, I agree with Vegetable Matter. If I were to photograph my fridge it would definitely force a clean up. 🙂 Thanks for the fun Friday post.
From the sounds of all of these comments, another roundup is in order! If you'd like to participate please feel free to email me your fridge pics to [email protected]. Should be fun!
This is great! I'd love to see more fridges!
Great post!How fun 🙂
I would totally participate. Great post, Diana
Such an interesting post ! I never thought of what each one of us could have in the fridge 🙂
I missed this round! gosh… let me top up my fridge first. It is looking kind of sad.
Of course, all us foodies like this. It reminds me The Perfect Pantry which has been peeking into people's pantries every Saturday. It's very interesting to see the differences and commonalities even on a global spectrum. I think she's up to #89 http://www.theperfectpantry.com/2009/10/other-peoples-pantries-89.html
Great idea! I'd bare all in the future!
Sounds like soooooooo much fun… I didn't know about this before!!! maybe I'll participate next time 😉
curious to see your weekly menu plan.
What a fun post. Clever concept.
My favorite item in the fridge was the Spongebob in your freezer! 😉
I love the what's in your Fridge theme. My thoughts – 'Cupboard Love' which is basically a bare-it-all of your cupboards ….and cook something special from the contents 🙂