Do you have 30 fruit & veg in your fridge/ freezer/ cupboard right now?

Hmmm.... here goes....

Fridge - Lettuce, cucumber, celery, peppers, spring onions, courgette, green beans, carrots, broccolli, new potatoes, spinach, strawberries, grapes (13)

Fruit bowl - bananas, apples, melon, clemetines (4)

Freezer - peas, sweetcorn (2)

Cupboard - red onions, white onions, potatoes, sweet potato
Chick peas, bean shoots, green lentils, kidney beans, pineapple, tomatoes (10)

29! So close.

Edit - do pickles/jars count? If so add Gherkins, red cabbage, pickled onions, olives and kimchi so 34!

Fridge: 20. carrots, mushrooms, green beans, lettuce, cucumber, spring onion, cauliflower, cavalo nero, tomatoes, broccoli, radishes, grapes, courgettes, aubergine, peppers, olives, sun-dried tomatoes, parsley, coriander, basil
Fruit bowl: 8. kiwis, oranges, watermelon, avocado, bananas, apples, lemons, limes,
freezer: 8. cherries, blueberries, mango, peas, curry leaves, Broad beans, edamame, spinach
Store cupboard 11. tinned tomatoes, apricots, prunes, raisins, cranberries, banana chips, coconut flakes, potato, sweet potato, onion, garlic
Other: 10. chick peas, black beans, butter beans, haricot beans, red lentils, green lentils, linseed, flax seed, walnuts, almonds

so, 47 fruit and veg in total, 57 including pulses, nuts etc which I’m actually amazed at. In terms of how many we eat on average, 3 of the household are vegetarian and I think would be close to the 30 a week, I’m not veggie, but do eat a lot of veg in particular, so also might hit that number. One DC is very limited in diet so no where near the 30, but she always self-imposes a 5 a day rule, but they are always the same 5!

Where do you live that you can grow all that?! I’m envious!

I live on my own and have to force myself to eat veg. I only like broccoli, cauli and carrots. Have them, raw carrots and frozen br and cauli. I am averse to most fruit also, but like berries, so frozen blueberries, strawberries and raspberries are in the freezer. Spinach for adding to smoothies. I use lazy garlic and frozen onions in recipes. That's more or less it.

I can't believe the amount of f+v some of you have, but I suppose I am the anomaly!

Nope. Need to shop.

fridge- carrots, tomatoes, peppers, lettuce, cucumber, grapes.
fruit bowl- bananas and apples and oranges.
freezer- peas
cupboard- baked beans, kidney beans, sweetcorn, cashews, tinned toms, passata.

Carrots
Green beans
Mushrooms
Brocolli
Sweetcorn
Beetroot
Lettuce
Watercress
Spinach
Potato
Sweet potato
Bananas
Apples
Pears
Avocado
Tinned tomatoes
Tinned kidney beans, green lentils, chick peas, black beans , butter beans, baked beans
Tinned apricots
Strawberries
Frozen peas
Frozen edadme beans
Onions
Red onions
Garlic
Parsnips - blanched and frozen
Rhubarb from friend's garden
Celery

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Yes its 30 plants. I have Hugh Fearnly Whittingstalls book, which has a ticklist at the front. We hit 30 plants a week fairly easily. Its more about the variety than the amount, so if you eat 1 satsuma, that counts as one, so you cant eat 30 satsumas.

Garden:(currently ready) - Parsley, sage, chives, chard, Rhubarb, thyme, lemonbalm, basil rosemary bay rocket

Freezer: Spinach, sweetcorn, peas, basil, garlic, ginger, coriander, mango, raspberries, strawberries, blackberries, redcurrants, blackcurrants mushrooms

Store cupboard - tinned rhubarb, strawberries, peaches, pineapple, spinach, chickpeas, kidneybeans, dried mango, ginger, sultanas, various lentils, nuts and seeds, tomatoes - puree, tinned & passata, lemon juice, lime juice

Fridge/fresh - satsumas, bananas, apples, lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, onions, potatoes, carrots, spring onions, coriander lemons garlic

Drinks - ginger, elderflower, blackcurrant cordials, much wine, tomato, grapefruit juice

So some stuff is duplicated in different formats

I raise you bag of frozen broccoli and cauliflower!

Just checked

Fridge. Lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, mushrooms, potatoes, green and red peppers, spinach, onion, apples, dried apricots, grapes, orange juice.

Freezer. Broccoli, edamame beans, cauliflower, stir fry veg mix, butternut squash, peas, sweet potato, carrots, mixed berries, diced onions.

Tinned stuff. Sweetcorn, black beans, chickpeas, butter beans, mixed bean salad, kidney beans, baked beans, pineapple, peaches, grapefruit, pears.

Other stuff that counts. Lentils, quinoa, whole grain rice, oats, almonds, walnuts, Brazil nuts, chia seeds, sunflower seeds, flaxseeds, various herbs and spices.

Apples, bananas, oranges, clementines, pomegranates, lemons, dates.
Potatoes, onions, shallots, carrots, yellow and red peppers, beetroot, parsnips, swede, lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, garlic.
Walnuts, pistachios, almonds, cashews.
Clementine juice, cherry juice.
Frozen - peas, spinach, green beans, endamame beans, sweetcorn.
Cupboard - passata/plum tomatoes, kidney beans, chickpeas, green and red lentils, rice, coconut milk, mushy peas, baked beans, tofu, muesli, plain chocolate.

Seen that spices count and we have many - cumin, coriander, turmeric, garam masala, chilli, tamarind, black and white pepper, cloves, cinnamon, zatar (thyme, sumac and sesame seed mix), ginger, mint, cardamom, vanilla, paprika, black mustard seeds, nigella seeds, caraway seeds, fennel seeds, dried fenugreek leaves, bay leaves, curry leaves.

This is very interesting!

Onions
Sweetcorn
Peas
Peppers
Broccoli
Lettuce
Cherry tomatoes
Cucumber
Celery
Potatoes
Olives
Gherkins
Swede
Grapes
Raspberries
Strawberries
Carrots
Avocado
Chick peas
Kidney beans
Radishes
Brazil nits
22

Growing in the veg patch are cherry tomatoes, green beans, broad beans, carrots, radishes, sweetcorn, potatoes, cress, courgettes, strawberries.

Chapeau.

not really. The cashew butter absorbs an amazing amount of liquid. a rounded dessertspoonful will make sauce with around a snacksized yoghurt pot of water, the kind that comes in 4s and you break the pots apart, but you really need to fiddle around. Ponzu is a yuzu soya sauce mix adds umami and sharpness. its a very easy sauce to fiddle with both to get your choice of thickness and flavour.

1peppers
2mushrooms
3spinach
4peas
5sweetcorn
6carrots
7potatoes
8apples
9tomatoes
10 bananas
11cucumber
12olives
13onions
14 leek
15 purple sprouting brocolli
16 garlic
17 courgette
18 lemon
19 half a lime
20 frozen fruits
21 dried fruit raisins, apricots, dates
22 rhubarb in garden
herbs in the garden
and probably loads of herbs in jars and in the freezer and tins of beans, lentils, etc.,

Interesting, I’m going to list what I have from memory as im in bed and want to see how many I have
baby plum tomatoes
cherry tomatoes
bag of salad leaves
cucumber
carrots
mixed grapes
large oranges
mushrooms ?
bananas
apples
pears
tinned sweetcorn
tinned tomatoes
kidney beans?
chillis
frozen:
broccoli
peppers
sprouts
peas
green beans
smoothie mix bean in there god knows how long

Aww have you got a teeny tiny fridge freezer too? Don’t feel bad, one day we’ll get there.

Jealousy over a fridge is wild though.

Grapes, satsumas, apples, salad leaves, avocado, tomatoes, celery, carrots, mushrooms, red pepper, red cabbage, frozen chips, frozen peas, frozen spinach, tinned tomatoes, tinned sweetcorn, tinned chick peas, tinned kidney beans, tinned lentils, dried red lentils, dried brown lentils, tinned apricots, tinned peaches, maris piper potatoes, onions, garlic.

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Avocado
Satsumas
Apples
Grapes
Raspberries
Blueberries
Plums
Prunes
Cucumber
Tomatoes
Salad leaves
Rocket
Onions
Carrots
Celery
Garlic
Cabbage
Peas
Beans
Broad beans
Coriander
Beetroot
Olives

Nope. 7 short.

god, nothing like that.. i'm a bit funny about fruit/veg.

Currently we have..
blueberries, strawberries, grapes & apples as fresh fruit.
I have some peach in juice and some mandarin in jelly.
Carrots and Onions are the only veg.. but there are probably frozen peas somewhere in the freezer.
There's some fruit cake and fruited bread in the house.

We have a load of dried mixed herbs/spices

We'll probably buy lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes and some coleslaw for a salad picky tea type thing on monday.
I buy small orange or apple juice bottles occasionally.

There is a huge Tesco just up the road from my house, I can have my pick of all the fruit and veg from there whenever I want. I can't be bothered counting them but it's definitely more than thirty.
It saves stuff cluttering up my cupboards, freezer and fridge and going off before it gets eaten......

I assumed i had no chance of making it but…
Veg
potatoes, onions, carrots, spring greens, asparagus, leeks, broccoli, sprouts, courgettes, sweetcorn, sugar snap peas, lettuce, pea sprouts, beetroot, cauliflower, green beans, tomatoes, cucumber, parsnips, radishes, ginger, garlic(22)

fruit
Apples, pears, clementines, bananas (4)

frozen veg:
peas, broad beans, spinach, peppers, celery (5)

frozen fruit
bluberries, strawberries, raspberries, mango, rhubarb (5)

tinned fruit
peaches, cherries, mandarins (3)

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plus herbs (fresh, frozen and dried) and nuts

No, we eat seasonally and locally bar ‘the Hungry Gap’ when we eat Fairtrade. Our variety comes from the year.