The Paleo Refrigerator: A look inside of mine

by lisa | 14 November 2012 15:26

I took a few pictures of everything in my fridge a few Saturdays ago right after I went grocery shopping. Immediately after shopping is about the only time I have a full fridge. One thing I have found after going paleo is that my fridge is where all the food is now and my cupboards are mostly food-free. It really did used to be the opposite. Much of my food was in boxes or cans or bags and not nearly as much of it was fresh and in need of refrigeration.

The Top Shelf

On the top shelf I have bio butter (for making ghee), blueberries, raspberries and cherry tomatoes.

Top Shelf

Second Shelf

We’ve got eggs, lots and lots of egg. This shelf also has more meat and a package of medjool dates (my husband loves them and eats one or two after dinner).

Third Shelf

Lots of meat!

This shelf has several packages of bacon, ground beef, a roast, beef bones from the farmer (to make bone broth with), packages of chicken, a package fresh salmon, a package of wild caught smoked salmon and several packages of prosciutto (for making these).

The Crisper Drawer

The veggie drawer has an eggplant, red cabbage (for Julie Salad), green cabbage, carrots, zucchini, leeks (Chris loves them in scrambled eggs with smoked salmon), red peppers and Brussels sprouts.

Overflowing with vegetables

The Pull-Out Drink Area

Ummm…yeah. This is the area that previously housed my Coke Zero addiction and a few cartons of milk. Now we drink water. Yay! That frees up a bunch of space for more vegetables (because that one sad little pull out drawer is not nearly enough!). Now we’ve got room for green spring onions, bok choy, broccoli, cauliflower, a bag of beet greens and two bags of spinach.

The Pull-Out Pantry Cupboards

This is where I used to keep all of my canned beans, jarred sauces, rice, lentils, crackers, cookies, granola bars, oats and peanut butter. Now, we’ve got lots and lots of nuts (ground and whole), coconut chips, almond butter, honey and coconut milk. There is also a few cans of mackerel and tuna up in there somewhere.

Nuts and stuff

Another one of my pull-out cupboards holds all of my onions, beets, sweet potatoes and garlic.

We love sweet potatoes

Always Shopping

So, that was my refrigerator on a Saturday right after shopping. It was empty again by Thursday morning. Seriously. And we are only two people. We eat a lot. In my defense, the refrigerators in Switzerland are very small :-). That might be a good thing according to this study.

Sad, but true…when you are eating real food that is fresh, you will have to shop more often. It doesn’t take long though when all you have to do is hit the meat section and the vegetable section in the store.

Now you know that not only do I talk the talk, but I also walk the walk. There are no Twinkies hiding in my cupboards 🙂