How to Stock a Refrigerator for Real Food Meals

If you've been planning on getting into the real foods lifestyle, then you’ve probably 
figured out that proper planning is the only way to make it a smooth transition into the 
new foods habits. That means that you’re going to be relying heavily upon your 
refrigerator to house the many wonderful foods that you’ll be making a part of your life. 
In the next few paragraphs, you’ll see a few tips on how to stock a refrigerator for real 
foods meals. 


Things You Can Freeze

When you’re getting ready to do the real foods meals, you’re going to have to go to the 
store to get some items. You might want to consider some special containers to buy 
along with these items, because you want them to stay fresh and unaffected by the 
freezer. If you like to eat meat,  then you should buy a family pack of a high end meat 
that you can use in multiple dishes. Chicken is good for that purpose and you can 
portion reasonable amount easily in bags for pull, thaw and cook purposes. 

Berries, melons and peppers freeze very well. You can put them into bags or plastic 
containers. When you need to use them, you can cook or blend them into something 
like a smoothie. That helps make a quick easy breakfast that gives you a great 
jumpstart to your day. 

Pasta, cooked beans, and rice are also things that you can pre-make and then freeze 
for easy additions to newly cooked ingredients. That will help you to save time during 
the week, but give you access to the delicious foods without having to do all of the fuss.  


Sauces You Make 

Since you want to avoid anything that has preservatives in it, you’ll want to make your 
own condiments and sauces for your food. Anything you make can be stored in mason 
jars for easy labeling. You should be sure to keep track of when you made things so you 
don’t accidentally end up eating something spoiled. You can just write the date it was 
made on a piece tape and stick it to the top of the jars. Put these on the door where 
they can be visible. 


Fruits and Vegetables You Love

Keep these on hand so you have some that you can still cut up, unless you want 
everything to be like soup. Keep the more perishable fruits and veggies in the crisper so 
you can keep it nice for use later. 


Premade Meals 

Pick a day when you have time to cook a large quantity of ingredients. Anything that you 
know you’ll use in the next few day can be made and placed in the refrigerator for easy 
access. This will help you to stay on track with your eating so you don’t have to suffer 
much before eating. 
