Proud mum-of-16 shares a photo of her newly-organised fridge – but people can’t get over one small detail
- Jeni Bonell has a super-sized family consisting of nine sons and seven daughters
- Caused controversy for storing peanut butter in the fridge instead of cupboard
The mother from Australia’s largest family has shared a picture of her fridge after organising it, but fans can’t get over the fact that she stores her peanut butter in the fridge instead of the cupboard.
Jeni Bonell and her husband Ray, from Queensland, have a super-sized family consisting of nine sons and seven daughters aged between nine and 33.
The 52-year-old mum shared the snap of her fridge and wrote on Facebook ‘Sorting the fridge today’.
The mother from Australia’s largest family has shared a picture of her fridge after organising it, but Aussies can’t get over the fact that she stores her peanut butter in the fridge (pictured)
She continued: ‘Fridges don’t need to be pretty (although it’s fun to look at them and it’s aesthetically pleasing for sure).
‘Remember, they just need to be clean and functional. Their purpose is to store food, not to be Insta perfect.
‘So just give it a regular wipe over, check your temperature dial, store food correctly and keep the door well-sealed.’
Jeni Bonell (pictured) and her husband Ray, from Queensland, have a super-sized family consisting of nine sons and seven daughters, aged between nine and 33
Jeni is known for sharing her handy budget tips and tricks online, and how she looks after her giant brood (family pictured)
While many were quick to compliment the busy mum’s organisation and overall message, others were baffled by the jar of peanut butter.
‘Peanut butter in the fridge? Does that rip your bread?’ one commenter posted.
‘Doesn’t your peanut butter get hard when in the refrigerator?’ another added.
Jeni responded, writing: ‘I don’t find it gets too hard for the bread but we don’t use a lot of peanut butter so it just stays in there until needed but Nutella, now there’s something that stays on the bench because it goes rock solid in the fridge’.
Previously, Jeni revealed how she organises her multiple fridges and freezers, including an entire shelf for eggs, 24 litres of ice cream and 14 pork roasts in the freezer (the Bonell family pictured)
Jeni keeps multiple eggs (pictured) at any one time, so her kids, aged between six and 31, can always make themselves a meal
Previously, Jeni revealed how she organises her multiple fridges and freezers, including an entire shelf for eggs, 24 litres of ice cream and 14 pork roasts in the freezer.
‘We’ve got a large deep freeze, we’ve got two top-mount fridge freezers, and a large “pigeon pair” inside which is a full fridge and full freezer,’ Jeni said in an old YouTube clip.
‘All of them are pretty stocked, but they were all a bit of a mess, so I needed to clean them.’
She keeps ‘backstock’ of meat meals including 14 lamb roasts (pictured), so there is always something to eat in the freezer
‘We’ve got a large deep freeze, we’ve got two top-mount fridge freezers, and a large “pigeon pair” inside which is a full fridge and full freezer,’ Jeni said (her frozen vegetables pictured)
In one of the fridge/freezers, Jeni said she keeps things like ice blocks and dessert foods, including six four-litre containers of ice cream and desserts ready to be de-frosted.
She also has countless cartons of juice for her kids, 10 large packets of eggs and ham from Christmas that still needs to be eaten.
In another of the fridge/freezers, Jeni said she keeps pre-prepped chicken and beef meals.
She manages this freezer by chopping up the meat as soon as she buys it from the supermarket and freezing the pieces in a marinade.
In another of the fridge/freezers, Jeni said she keeps pre-prepped chicken and beef meals (pictured)
‘It’s nice when the pre-prepped freezer is full,’ Jeni said, because it takes the pressure off with cooking time (some of her kids pictured at dinner)
At present, Jeni said she has two red wine and garlic chickens, two satay chickens, two smoky barbecue chickens and two honey and garlic chickens – all of which just need to be thrown in a pan and cooked to enjoy.
She also has countless containers of butter, ready if the family ever run out.
‘It’s nice when the pre-prepped freezer is full,’ Jeni said, because it takes the pressure off with cooking time.
The mum-of-16 also keep five litres of milk on hand at any one point, along with endless packets of frozen vegetables.
Jeni said she keeps things organised by using a list of everything she has in her fridges and freezers at any one time.
‘I have a list of everything that I keep in the fridges and freezers and have divided it into different sections that make it easier for me to keep track of,’ Jeni said.
‘So there is a meat section, a poultry section, fish, vegetables and desserts, as well as miscellaneous items like butter, chips, bread and pre-made meals.’
Jeni said the list does change a bit from time to time, but it’s easy enough for her to alter it on the computer and print it out.
She likes to keep ‘backstock’ food for her family so they always have plenty to eat if caught without food in the fridge, including 14 pork roasts, three lamb roasts, two corned beef and 11 packets of sausages.
What’s typically in the Bonells’ weekly shopping trolley?
- 4kg potatoes
- 2kg carrots
- 2kg royal gala apples
- 500g white cup mushrooms
- 2 x bags of grapes
- Thai-style salad kit
- Crunchy noodle coleslaw kit
- 400g of green beans
- 1.5kg homebrand spaghetti
- 700g homebrand pasta sauce
- 3 x 12 white dinner rolls
- 3 x cheese and back rolls
- 4 tins of corn kernels
- 2 tins of apricot nectar
- 500g homebrand peanut butter
- Leg of ham under 1kg
- 2 x 250g champagne leg ham
- 2 x 80g roast beef
- 10L of water
- 4 x 700g homebrand bread slices
- 24 rolls of toilet paper
- 18 hot dog rolls
- Vegemite 280g
- 6 x bottles of 3L milk
- 125g Salmon and lobster spread
- 245g homebrand cream cheese
- 250g homebrand mustard
- 120g homebrand roast meat gravy
- Nescafe instant cappuccino
- Nescafe instant latte
- 500g light tasty shredded cheese
- 250g Mil Lel parmesan cheese
- 2kg homebrand vanilla yoghurt
- 600mL thickened cream
- 3 x 12-pack Yoplait yoghurt
- 12-pack Paul chocolate mousse
- 6 x dozens of cage-free eggs
- 3 x Ritz dips
- 1kg short cut bacon
- 4 x homebrand cereal
- 2 x Uncle Tobys cereal
- 3 x bottles homebrand lemonade
- 24-pack Anzac biscuits
- 750mL homebrand canola oil
- 400g homebrand canola oil spray
- 4 x 1L Cottee’s cordial
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