A Minimalist’s Fridge: What it looks like during the week

*LAUGH* Way to call out Josh.

Stacking tupperware. Look into it

Aww.. *blushing* thank you!

The containers are an absolute must-have for me. It\’s easier and cleaner than stacking plates on top of each other covered in plastic or something equally messy.

If you want to know my spending for each and every month you can read my blog: Fabulously Broke in the City.

Last month\’s numbers here for my half.

Per month we spend about $300 – $500. Last month was exceptional, as we made special dishes, so we each spent about $250.

The month before it was $154.51 x 2 = $309.02

We stock up on items such as:
- Pasta
- Rice
- Flour
- Sugar
- Salt
- Oatmeal
- Condiments (mostly miso paste and soy sauce for me)
- Canned Whole Tomatoes (for sauces)

Then whatever we buy for each week is fresh:
- Produce
- Meats
- Seafoods
- Specialty things
- Eggs
- Milk
- Yoghurt
- Fruit

This affects the budget in the sense that we know what staples we have and then we just build around them for what we want to eat.

Most of our meals for the whole week have a vegetable and a starch and sometimes a protein/not. We\’ve really cut back on eating meat which has helped the budget.

The budget varies each week as a result. It\’s hard to say, because sometimes we treat ourselves with some fancy cheese or something else. Other months, we don\’t. I guess we just try to keep it under a reasonable amount, which for us would be a MAXIMUM of $300/month EACH for a total of $600.

We\’ve since sliced it down to 50%, or $150/month each for a total of $300. I think $150 – $200/month is a good average for us to be in. It sounds like a lot but I really like food

I\’m really one of those lazy kinds of folk who hates to cook nightly after a long day at work. I have other stuff to do like shower, yoga… so I\’m not keen on prepping or cooking 5x a week.

Little tupperwares really make a difference in stacking in the fridge. Before, it was a mess.

We did that, but the last box we opened I used for baking so we don\’t want to absorb odours into my cookies/cakes

BF just had those lemons leftover and threw them in there. Not convinced they\’re working, but then again we don\’t make messes in the fridge.

Yes I do. I keep meat in there for during the week. I cook once (or BF cooks for the two of us) Sunday night, and then we package it and eat it during the week.

BF is the one who put them there I guess it works. It seems to suck out the odours, but we don\’t really have smelly foods that aren\’t contained in those tupperwares, so I have no real concrete proof.

I like the glass tupperware from Starfrit that has the lock\’n\’load covers.

I take off the plastic covers when I microwave however. I know they\’re microwaveable, but I don\’t trust plastic to not release chemicals while being warmed up.

They also have all glass containers and a glass lid as well, but what I really wanted was something easy where I could pop off the lid, throw it into the microwave and eat right out of the bowl instead of having to transfer it out of a plastic tub onto a plate and so on.

I tend to be pretty clumsy, so I stay away from breakables.