Things To Keep In Your Freezer and Fridge

This is another video I put together to show you the kinds of staples I like to keep in my freezer and fridge. I have multiple objectives here.

1. Foods that fill me up and help me lose weight

2. Things that I can give the kids easily and quickly that are also good for them

3. Foods that are nutrient dense and help my family get as many micronutrients as they can.

I only featured five foods- another staple of our fridge is Bolthouse Farms Vedge Juice. It tastes great, is packed with micronutrients and phytochemicals and makes it really easy for members of my family to consume high doses of nutrients, quickly.

Comments

[Katrina]

Thank you so much! You always seem to have the posts when I need them most. I have started relying on lean cuisine/weight watchers type frozen meals rather than making healthy meals myself. This sort of thing gives me the ideas and motivation that I can do it myself and I don't need the crutch of a frozen meal. Thank you so much, you look great!

[Vail]

Okay,adding frozen spinach to my grocery list!

[betsey riedl]

thank you! I am happy to say that I always have tomato sauce, string cheese, and frozen spinach on hand. I'm going to add frozen fruit and cashew butter to my list. I'm going to start adding spinach to more things. My new favorite low low low calorie dinner is cooked spaghetti squash with tomato sauce. It tastes just like pasta!

This was an awesome video to watch!

[Heather Kichner]

This was SO helpful. You are so in tune with our needs. Thank you.

[Nancy Bondhus]

Great idea of go-to meals, thanks for your tips. Though I still don't understand about the cashew butters. If it's high in fat, wouldn't the natural refrigerated peanut butters be the same thing? I love peanut butter (the good kind/refrigerated), so I don't understand what's better about the cashew or almond butters - does anyone know????

[Nancy Bondhus]

Wait - what's spagetti squash? That sounds interesting!

[Michael]

It's a good question Heather, I wondered this myself. So I googled it and found this answer from http://caloriecount.about.com/almond-cashew-whateverothernut-butter-ft22089 In part it says "Almonds have alpha linoleic acid, a good fat that helps lower bad and raise good cholesterol" "The almond butter tastes fabulous, as long as you like almonds. The only problem is portion control (isn't is always!)" "the health benefit is from RAW almonds and raw almond butter, not dry roasted"

[Heidi]

Spaghetti Squash--it's great. You just steam it or boil it, the strand pull back like spaghetti. You should be able to find it at any grocery store.