What are some staples that you constantly keep in your frig?

It seems that in order to be successful at weight loss you must constantly keep some healthy food in your frig for easy access.

What do you keep in your frig?

• washed and cut celery sticks, same with carrots
• laughing cow swiss cheese light
• Almond Breeze, Almond milk unsweetened
• smart balance butter/margarine
• light salad dressings 50 calories for 2 T or under
• Romaine Lettuce
• Tomatoe's
• Cucumber
• chopped zuchinni or some sort of squash
• low sodium marinara sauce. I use a little at a time and put the rest in the fridge or freeze it for another time.
• Low sodium salsa

Pears

Washed and cut romaine lettuce

Unsweetened almond breeze

A big pitcher of iced peppermint tea 

Salsa (I put it on everything)

Tofurky slices

Whole grain english muffins

Light and Fit yogurt

bananas, apples

oatmeal (plain)

peanut butter

salad mix

in summer, locally grown vegetables

• Carrots. Always. Always.
• Peanut butter, low sodium and organic always.
• Light string cheese.
• Skim milk or unsweetened soy milk, light.
• Not in the fridge but teas, and lots of them. I take mine without additives like milk or sugar. Only a few times a month will I add honey.
• Apples, always Braeburn or Granny Smith ORGANIC.
• Whole wheat bread.
• Pasta. Again not a fridge item but its a staple.

wow! 2 people who drink Almond Milk in a row!  I drink it because I can't have dairy or soy... no idea it was so popular!

• Fat-free yogurt
• washed and torn romaine and mesclun greens
• relatively low calorie salad dressings of many many varieties to avoid getting sick of any particular one
• Jello light
• also keep freezer stocked with single portions of boneless skinless poultry that can be defrosted overnight in the fridge for tomorrow.  Okay I have beef and pork in there too!
• Eggs in order to make it easy to have some protein

apples and jello pudding.

Always lots of fruit and vegetables, much of it organic

Organic Soy or Brown Rice Milk (can't find almond milk )

Local honey and maple syrup

Soups, chili, stews I made and canned myself, my idea of convenience food.

Usually a mixed green salad with 10-15 ingredients

Prunes and dates to flavour and sweeten oatmeal.

Yogurt

Frozen fruit and berries, usually 5-6 varieties, to sweeten protein drinks mostly and for dessert with yogurt.

Johnypenso - I found mine at Krogers.. amazingly. It was in the aisle with all the natural foods.

Thanks Ravin, but I'm Canadian.  No Krogers in Canada.  I do live on the border with Detroit but I don't think I'll be crossing an international border just for Almond milk...lol.   Not sure if it's even legal to bring it across actually.  I'll have to find somewhere here to buy it.  I haven't really looked but I'm sure it'll turn up if I do.  If any Canadians know where to get it, you can let me know...

Vanilla yogurt

Blackberries or blueberrie

Salsa

Baby spinach (I eat that in place of lettuce)

Skim milk

asparagus

• vegetables; never the same ones but always something
  
• soy or almond cheese
  
• unsweetened almond milk (yeah, me too)
  
• Plain Greek Yogurt
  
• Almond butter (organic, no salt added)
  
• pumkin butter
• jello
• hummus
• turkey
  
• flax seed oil
  
• tofu
  

skim milk

real cheese

lunch meat

carrots

2-year-old bottle of creamy salad dressing that hasn't been touched in ages

yogurt

sun-dried tomatoes

Skim Milk

Lite Laughing Cow, which is even lighter in Canada (45 for 2 wedges vs 35 for 1 - 35 for 1 here is our REGULAR)

Strawberries

Bananas (okay not IN the fridge but near it!)

WW Bread (because unfortunately we don't have the wonder of "Lite Bread" aka 25-35 cal here)

8oz cartons of OJ to take on the run

Coke and Sprite Zero (for my roommate and guests)

Homemade lemonade with Splenda

Kraft Free Cheddar Singles (only used in the Michelina's diet mac and cheese - 260 cal for a whole thing with one slice of cheese)

35 calorie yogurts (Yoplait Source)

Small jar of cashew butter (it's like 1/3 of the size of a regular PB jar and I only buy 3 a year)

Homemade strawberry preserve

Skimmed milk

Carrot, Cucumber

Orange

Grapes(Always)

Brown bread

My fridge usually contains.....

• Vegetables, salads, new potatoes and things like grapes & lemons
• Low-fat margarine
• Decent cheese.... currently Wensleydale and block Parmesan
• Butter
• Semi-skimmed milk
• Chilli peppers, fresh coriander, garlic, root ginger (to liven up my cooking)
• Organic, free-range eggs
• A bottle of white wine
• Cooked, sliced ham, chicken and beef (for sandwiches)
• Irish organic fruit yoghurts
• Some home-made hummus

I actually think what helps with weight-loss is not having too much 'easy access' food in the fridge or anywhere else.  If you have to spend a little time putting things together before you can start eating it's easier to eat less.

Fruits and veggies.

Eggs, cottage cheese, cheese, milk.

Chicken, turkey, salmon, beef, fish, tuna.

Cereal, whole grain bread, pitas, muffins.

Coffee

Frozen pizza, apple sauce, buckwheat pancake mix.

• cut up veggies for snacking and stir-fries i.e. broccoli, cauliflower, baby carrots, sweet peppers, onions
  
• soy milk (not light; I save $ by watering it down myself)
• pears, citrus fruits and applesauce
• washed spinach for smoothies
• organic mixed greens (for wraps and sandwiches; I really don't like salad)
• soy yogurt
• multigrain dough for bread and pizza
• cooked chickpeas and/or kidney beans and/or black beans
• low-fat and regular fat tofu (former for me, latter for toddler)
• frozen bananas, strawberries and blueberries in the freezer
  

johnnypenso,

here is another post that shows where some Canada stores carry Almond Breeze

http://caloriecount.about.com/almond-breeze-a vailable-canada-ft61614