What Are the First 5 Things You See in Your Refrigerator?

[MsMediator]

This is actually an easy post for me because it's true usually for every single month lol. All that I have in my fridge is hot sauce and shredded cheese lol. If we count my freezer then there is frozen burrito's. The only other thing that is also there after grocery shopping is sometimes frozen pizza. Though I don't buy those every month. I've been meaning to start buying actual groceries so I can start eating healthy but my funds are limited and this month I didn't feel like spending 2 hours going through the whole store to figure out what would be the cheapest way to buy a bunch of actual food and I ended up just getting the usual.

Unfortunately actual vegetables and meats are way more expensive than processed foods. As much as I hate rice I have been contemplating getting a bunch of that with various meats and veggies but so far I've been too lazy to check prices online to figure out what I can afford for a whole month. Also the thought of having to actually cook my meals sounds almost horrifying. I've never been a good cook and I usually don't even think of food until I'm already hungry. I always hated cooking food when I was younger because it was torturous to smell the food cooking while my stomach was grumbling from hunger.

If I was able to control when I went to sleep and was able to have a normal sleep schedule I could just set a daily alarm to remind me when to start cooking and it wouldn't be such a pain. Unfortunately for me I'm awake an average of roughly 24 hours. Some days I'm awake in the 30 hour range and on rare occasions in the 40's but it's way more tolerable than it was when I was up for 50 hours just some years ago. I shudder to think of ever being that low on sleep again. Having visual and auditory hallucinations form a lack of sleep is just not a fun thing to constantly experience lol.

When I was unemployed for about 7 months awhile ago, I ate pretty well and healthy on $20/weekly budget. Now, you can probably increase it to $30 or so (actually probably more due to inflation issues). No one else could believe it. The trick is to only buy items that are on sale, and items in bulk and freeze the remaining portion. Obviously, I also had to rely on cheaper items like eggs, beans, etc., but I also got my mix in with meats, veggies, and fruits. This is far more healthy than frozen options. I went through this period without hardly paying regular price for anything.

 

[Cold]

When I was unemployed for about 7 months awhile ago, I ate pretty well and healthy on $20/weekly budget. Now, you can probably increase it to $30 or so (actually probably more due to inflation issues). No one else could believe it. The trick is to only buy items that are on sale, and items in bulk and freeze the remaining portion. Obviously, I also had to rely on cheaper items like eggs, beans, etc., but I also got my mix in with meats, veggies, and fruits. This is far more healthy than frozen options. I went through this period without hardly paying regular price for anything.

That's not too bad. I actually started eating frozen burrito's because it only cost me $90 for a months supply so it was easily affordable and was cheaper than actual groceries for a whole month. Now the cost is way higher than that so it would probably be roughly the same to get actual food instead of frozen junk. It also helps that I have random days some months where I go anywhere from 1-3 days in a row without wanting to eat so that also saves me money lol. When I was working I used to cook burgers and/or steaks almost every day, those were good times.

 

[MsMediator]

That's not too bad. I actually started eating frozen burrito's because it only cost me $90 for a months supply so it was easily affordable and was cheaper than actual groceries for a whole month. Now the cost is way higher than that so it would probably be roughly the same to get actual food instead of frozen junk. It also helps that I have random days some months where I go anywhere from 1-3 days in a row without wanting to eat so that also saves me money lol. When I was working I used to cook burgers and/or steaks almost every day, those were good times.

You can buy tortillas, sauté a can of beans and add a cheap flavoring like cilantro, and that is cheaper and better tasting.

 

[Tall_Timbers]

milk
diet pepsi
eggs
pickled yellow chili peppers
pickled banana peppers

 

[Lynx]

milk
diet pepsi
eggs
pickled yellow chili peppers
pickled banana peppers

Save the juice!

Some of the best deviled eggs I ever made included pickled banana pepper juice and cream cheese.

 

[Jeraboo]

veggies, fruit, some form of meat, the light's still out, mustard

 

[Dino246]

Bacon
Bacon
Bacon
Bacon
Bacon

(I can individual strips, can’t I?)

 

[Lynx]

Bacon
Bacon
Bacon
Bacon
Bacon

(I can individual strips, can’t I?)

Fair enough. I stock up on eggs, you have a lot of bacon.

 

[jennymae]

I used to be in charge of all the supplies and now both of my kids have moved out, but I’m still not used to living alone so in my mind I’m still planning meals for three people lol. Which still has an effect on what I see whenever I’m opening the fridge.