What's in my fridge? - A Meme

It's been quite a while since I did my last meme so I'm kind of excited that I've been tagged by Jenny. I now have to show you all what's in my fridge and I have to admit that I couldn't help but giggle to myself because our weekly shopping had just been delivered a couple of hours ago - lucky me!

I didn't manage to take a picture of what's in the doors because they shut every time I stopped holding them but they store mainly drinks such as 2 bottles of cranberry-raspberry soda (made with our new SodaStream), 4 pints of milk, a bottle of Pepsi and some Cherryade. In the top shelf of the door we store all sorts of sauces and various kinds of mustard - daddy to be is a passionate chef so you can imagine he's got quite a big repertoire of things to chuck into a meal.
But let me tell you about the main part of the fridge and let's work strategically from top to bottom: At the top we've got lots of dairy products such as different cheeses, cream, butter, mascarpone and also some salad sauces. I've heard somewhere that dairy is best stored on the top shelf. No idea, if that's actually true but I've stored it there ever since.

On the middle shelf there are a whole chicken for tomorrow's roast dinner, several sliced meats such as ham, turkey breast, salami and beef and some freshly diced beef for a Beef Stroganoff that we are going to cook at the beginning of the week. As we were running out of space I had to store some cat food on the same shelf as well as some lemon juice - brilliant combination, don't you think?

A bit further down, we've got a big pack of eggs, 2 packs of cranberry juice, 2 packs of orange juice, some innocent smoothies, Glorious soups (very yummy) and some beer for daddy to be and grandad to be who'll arrive later tonight with grandma and aunty to be. 

The two bottom drawers are reserved for everything healthy: cucumbers, peppers, parsnips, mushrooms, tomatoes, coriander, rosemary onions, shallots - we love fresh vegetables and herbs, so we always try to make sure we've got plenty of them at home. They just make every meal that little bit nicer, don't you think? We're also big fans of fresh fruit but as that's not stored in the fridge, you'll unfortunately won't be able to see my mahoosive collection of pineapples (I'm overdue), apples, pears and oriental pears. Maybe next time...

Right now I can't wait to find out what these lovely people have in their fridges:

Jenny from Mummy Mishaps

Carol from Dance Without Sleeping

Mirka from All Baby Advice

Carly from Mummy's Shoes

Karin from Cafe Bebe

Mummy Alarm's Big Mother's Day Gift Guide: Wine & Dine

 24 Tripple Chocolate Brownies in a Gift Box available from Sweet Things online, £14.95

Rick Stein Mother's Day Hamper available from Rick Stein online, £54.99

Fruit Cake and Cheddar Cheese Gift Pack available from Godminster Vintage, £26

Californian Barefoot Merlot available from Tesco, £4.79 per bottle or £27.99 per crate on Mother's Day offer

Strawberry Shortbread Cheesecake from the English Cheesecake Company online, £29 (serves 12)

Mother's Day Warmer of Damson Gin Liqueur and Ginger Wine available from Demijohn Online, £18

 

Chocolate Heart with Truffels available at Thorntons Chocolate nationwide or online, £5.99

Thank you, Innocent Drinks!

Look what baby bump and I received today: lots of delicious goodies from the lovely people at Innocent Drinks. I absolutely love Innocent Smoothies, so you can imagine that I jumped around the cool boxes like  it was Easter and Christmas at the same time. Daddy-to-be couldn't really understand my excitement, but I'm sure that once he's tried one or two drinks (afterall they're for me and the bump, hehe), he'll be just as hooked to Innocent Smoothies as I am. But here is a little overview of all the nice drinks that received this morning:

 Smoothies for Kids: Strawberries, Blackberries and Raspberries & Orange, Mangoes and Pineapple

Special Fruit Smoothies: Strawberries & Banana, Cranberries, Blueberries & Cherries, Blackberries, Strawberries & Boysenberries, Pomegranates, Blueberries & Acai

 Special Fruit Smoothies and Fruit Juices: Pineapple, Bananas & Coconuts, Mangoes & Passionfruits, Orange Juice with and without bits, Kiwis, Apples & Limes, Peaches & Passionfruits

Review: Shloer White Grape and Shloer Apple & White Grape

Product: Shloer White Grape and Shloer Apple & White Grape 

Price: £1.99 per bottle

Buy from: all major supermarkets

Suitable for: all the family

Score out of 5: 4 out of 5

Initial reaction: I was curious to try it, because if've never tried it before. 

Pros: no perservatives, artificial colours, flacours or sweeteners

Cons: quite sweet and a little too fizzy when you drink a lot of it

Value for money: fair price for a completely natural product

I've come across Shloer on a couple of occassions - usually when my nieces pretended it was wine while we adults enjoyed a glass of the real deal - but I have actually never tried it myself. Now that I am pregnant I am skipping the vino and just have a soft drink. The only down side is that soft drinks usually don't taste half as nice as a good glass of wine and look even worse – especially when everyone is having a fruity Cabernet Sauvignon while you are slurping on a glass of orange squash or coke. You can imagine I was more than delighted when I was asked to review Shloer for New Mummy's Tips and Mummy Alarm.

I started my test run last night and I have to admit that both bottles I tested are completely empty now. I had help from my better half, though, as we enjoyed it with a lovely dinner that Ben had cooked for us: Chicken Breast Filets filled with thyme and onions with garlic sauteed potatoes, fried asparagus and creamy mushrooms. The first bottle we opened was

the one with the White Grape flavour and although my personal Masterchef found that it wasn't really flavoursome I thought that it tasted really fruity. With a bit of imagination I could even see myself joining my nieces' “No, that's real wine” club. While I stuck mostly to the bottle with white grape flavour, Ben enjoyed the Apple & White Grape one, which I found a bit sweet and overpowering. Funny enough he really liked the strong apple flavour – quite a surprise as he he normally hates apples.

Altogether, I found Shloer a really tasty alternative to alcoholic drinks and I am sure I'll buy it more regularly now – it's refreshing, fruity, I'm curious to find out about other flavours and for my nieces it is much better than the “real deal”.