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

[GRex]

I read "do you eat 30 different fruit / veg in a week", and I started out curious if we even HAD 30 to pick from. We don't all eat all items, and certainly not all within a week; of the 36+ core items it's unlikely any individual one of us would go over 20 on a given week. How many do you have and actually use?

This is what we have; occasional other bits like figs I don't buy enough to count, I think this is the main set:
13? Fridge: olives, cherry tomatoes, potatoes, iceberg lettuce, artichokes, romaine lettuce, rocket, baby courgette, mixed peppers, fresh chillies, ginger, garlic, baby leek, red onion, spring onion, coleslaw, kimchi, some M&S mixed salad packs (assume we won't count garlic and random pack mixes)
3 Fruit: apples, clementines, raisins
3 Freezer fruit (only for pancakes): blueberries, raspberries, strawberries
3 Freezer veg: cauliflower rice, sprouts, mushrooms garlic, ginger, chillies, mixed greens thing, packs of chopped leek/ courgette / onion / aubergine (from when we were going away)
5 Fruit juices: apple, raspberry, pineapple, rhubarb, grapefruit.
10? Cupboard (used a lot but removing lots of duplicates): peanut butter, almond butter, cashew butter, almonds, cashews, seeds (sunflower, pumpkin, chia, sesame, black sesame, mixed), beans (baked, black, pinto, butter, kidney), water chestnut, bamboo, grated coconut, tinned tomato, tomato paste, mixed grains, artichokes
0 Cupboard (so rarely used): pistachio butter, pearl barley, hearts of palm, poppy seeds, lentils of various types (not counted as not eaten often), walnuts.

Wasn't until I started counting I realised just how many I had. Quite similar to your list OP

Yes easily. Some fresh stuff but not a lot as we dont have room, mainly salady bits and herbs. Frozen veg and fruit. Tinned pulses and legumes of a huge variety, packets of grains and lentils, very large number of spices. But thats because I like it all, lots of people wouldnt and thats ok

I mean we probably have that growing in the garden.

Two types Grapes, apples, pears, figs, two types cherries, damsons, kiwi, strawberries, blueberries, gooseberries, asparagus, peas, rhubarb cucumbers, black current, red current, runner beans, lettuce, radish, spring onions, red onions, white onions, basil, 6 types of chillies, 2 types of peppers, tomatoes, broccoli normal, purple sprouting broccoli, kale, chard, Brussel sprouts, lemon balm, thyme, rosemary, 5 types of mint. And I’m sure in forgetting some stuff. Oh potatoes, carrots and parsnips. Pumpkin, butter nut squash.

Cider is apples 🍎 😋 that's 2 #health queen 💅

I'm adding 2 more onto my total. Also gin is made from botanicals... +1

Apples and a chocolate orange
I had some manky bananas but they're muffin-ised now

Oh I have cress on the window and chives too 😅

Nope.

am going on holiday tomorrow though.

oh, I tell a lie - pineapple in the cupboard.

That's the spirit 🥁

We’ve also potatoes growing in the garden. And strawberries.

Fridge : Baby sweetcorn, spinach, mushrooms, onions, spring onions, rocket, romaine lettuce, mange tout, baby cucumber, carrots, red cabbage, red peppers, pardon peppers, white cabbage, tomatoes, apples, bananas, kiwi fruits, blueberries, prunes, garlic, ginger, grape juice, orange juice, cranberry juice, lemon.

Frozen : Peas, Brussels sprouts ( our 3rd Christmas coming up for this bag),

Tinned : Mandarins, sweetcorn, mushy peas, baked beans, butter beans, mixed beans, chopped tomatoes.

Jar: Artichokes, mushrooms, roasted peppers, sun dried tomatoes

Rice, couscous, oats, chickpeas, grain mustard, dried seaweed, dried shiitake mushrooms, dates, dried apricots, sultanas, sunflower seeds.

I did my big shop yesterday.

I have 5 apples, half a pepper, two spring onions, a stub of cucumber, and a cooked beetroot.

I did have mushy peas with my fish and chips earlier though.

Fruit: grapes, apples, bananas, pears, satsuma (5)
Veg: aubergine, peppers, courgette, mushrooms 4
Roots: carrots, sweet potatoes, onion 3
Salad cucumber, lettuce, tomatoes and baby Tom's, celery and probably a bag of salad 6
Tins of lentils, chickpeas, butter beans, tomatoes, 4
Frozen peas, sweetcorn, mixed veg 3
Plus things like garlic, ginger, a few herbs, raisins, lentils....

Probably 30

For me
Fruit- pomegranate, mangoes, raspberries, blueberries, apples, Oranges, pears, apple, red grapes and green grapes, Sharon fruit, permission fruit

Salad- cucumber, tomatoes- normally 3 types, snacking peppers, Bell peppers and chili peppers, spinach, watercress, rocket, beetroot, radish, avocado,

Veg- carrots, parsnips, leeks, potatoes, cauliflower, broccoli, asparagus, peas, sweetcorn

Cupboard- peanut butter, pistachio butter, almond butter, walnuts, almonds, peanuts, dried cranberries, sultanas, currants, raisins, sesame seeds, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds

Then loads of herbs- I do keep frozen chopped garlic, parsley, thyme, coriander in my freezer as well as lots of herbs and spices
Also have some juices and smoothies in the fridge!!

Lots more than I thought actually!!

Yea I thought it was originally 30 different plants, so things like nuts and rice count. 30 different fruit and veg is more challenging, though I cmso have a lot of random tins of stuff.

Usually every week I’d say several servings of-

Fruit salad with
apples
kiwi
orange
satsuma
mixed frozen berries- strawberries, blackcurrants blackberries redcurrants
Usually grapes as well but not today

Salad of romaine, peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, sweetcorn, celery, carrot

mixed salad leaves
beetroot
tinned tomatoes and tomato purée

chia seeds
flax seeds

chickpeas
garlic
ginger
cumin
pinto beans Or kidney beans
potatoes
onions
chilli
paprika

maybe at least twice a month- aubergine, water chestnuts, baked beans, mushrooms, Cauliflower, broccoli, green beans, lentils, green or red. Nuts. Coconut milk. Parsnips cabbage

I have mint, parsley, chives, bay in the garden but they are only just harvestable.

So I’m probably getting 30 different plants a week without actually making a special effort. Is that the point?

oooo cashew butter.....makes an amazing sauce for chicken, just add sweet chilli sauce and ponzu to taste and stir in plain water over heat. It will go clumpy and horrible but you just persever and it magically goes to a creamy sauce.

That is why I avoid cucumber, mixed leaf and fresh berries. DH is fierce about using up whatever is near date when he makes meals, so we get through it. Estimated use by:
Mixed salads - 2 days, but just delivered today and will have with lunch tomorrow and Monday.
Coleslaw, iceberg lettuce, rocket, romaine - 3-7 days. Will all be easily used across the week with dinners. We will prioritse rocket tonight and with lunches as it's the weakest one.
Cherry tomatoes, spring onions, mixed peppers, courgettes, leeks - usually expect to last 5--7 days. If we aren't getting through them then I chop and freeze them for stir fries, but they don't last long as they go in most dinners. Baby leeks are most likely to wind up wirh some frozen.
Red onion, potatoes, artichokes - last weeks. An onion went bad once last year, maybe it started out bad.
Olives, kimchi, garlic, ginger - in jars, will last weeks. The fresh olives will be lucky to make it through the weekend.

I've never bought ponzu, nor even yuzu, I must try it!!
Any proportion guidance?

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

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

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......

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.

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.

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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