Eating Well With A Tiny Fridge

Eat great meals—even weeks between grocery trips—with real-life strategies for making the most of your small refrigerator

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Master How to Eat Well With a Small Fridge

Imagine having everything you need to prepare satisfying, delicious meals—even when your refrigerator is no bigger than a bar fridge and it’s been weeks since your last grocery stop. With Eating Well With A Tiny Fridge, you’ll master how to eat well with a small fridge, safely store food outside of it, and enjoy the freedom of cruising or traveling without worrying about running out of fresh ingredients.

This course empowers you to tackle the challenges of limited refrigeration confidently. Whether you’re cruising to remote destinations, embarking on extended trips, or streamlining life aboard, you’ll learn how to:

✔ Store fresh ingredients safely and effectively, even outside the fridge
✔ Reduce food waste and extend your provisions’ shelf life
✔ Stay organized and plan meals for extended adventures

What You’ll Learn • Transform Your Fridge and Your Cooking

Maximize Your Refrigerator Space: Use your tiny fridge effectively with real solutions that make every inch count.
Store Food Without Refrigeration: Learn how to safely keep produce, dairy, and more fresh outside the fridge.
Plan for Longer Trips: Go up to three weeks without a grocery stop while still enjoying real, satisfying meals.
Tame the Grocery Struggle: Spend more time exploring and less time shopping.
Avoid Food Waste: Stop losing food to spoilage or improper storage.

What’s Included • Practical Tools for Better Meals

Step-by-Step Online Course: Learn how to reorganize your fridge, make the most of limited space, and store commonly refrigerated foods outside the fridge. Over 80 photos guide you through every step.
Companion Ebook – Storing Food Without Refrigeration: A 229-page resource packed with practical advice and detailed instructions for storing food without refrigeration. This updated 3rd edition (September 2024) includes:
- How to safely store fresh meat, seafood, produce, dairy, and more
- Over 60 main dish ideas and 40+ recipes for everyday meals
- Tips for buying and using non-refrigerated ingredients
- A handy chart of produce, from shortest to longest-lasting
- Techniques for making sour cream, yogurt, ricotta cheese, and more
- Guidance on shopping, meal planning, and provisioning for longer trips
- A four-day sample meal plan and additional meal ideas

BONUS

Provisioning Spreadsheet: Includes detailed instructions on calculating the amounts of food and ingredients you’ll need for any trip.

Why It’s Different

This course isn’t just a collection of tips—it’s a proven system, developed and refined over 17 years of cruising and living aboard with a tiny fridge. Carolyn Shearlock, your instructor, combines real-world experience with practical, time-tested strategies to help you use your fridge differently and enjoy better meals wherever your travels take you.

How It Works • On-Demand and Always Accessible

Immediate Access: Get started right away with a login link provided on your purchase confirmation screen. Prefer to start later? Login details are also emailed to you.
Lifetime Access: Revisit the course whenever you need it, including all future updates.
On Your Schedule: Complete the course at your own pace—no set times or deadlines.
Clear and Concise: Primarily text with helpful photos and diagrams to make every step clear.

About the Instructor • Carolyn Shearlock

Carolyn Shearlock has 17 years of experience cruising and preparing meals with a small refrigerator. Over those years, she developed and refined techniques to make the most of limited fridge space and store food safely outside of refrigeration.

As a seasoned cruiser, Carolyn has sailed over 14,000 miles in the Sea of Cortez, Pacific Mexico, Central America, Florida, and the Bahamas. She’s the author of The Boat Galley Cookbook and Storing Food Without Refrigeration and an instructor at Cruisers University at the Annapolis Boat Shows.

Carolyn’s course is designed to help you spend more time enjoying your travels and less time worrying about your fridge or your meals.

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As liveaboard cruisers, we understand the challenges and questions that come with boat life. That’s why we create practical products and courses designed to tackle the same issues we’ve faced ourselves—making your life on the water easier, safer, and more enjoyable.

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Raved About By Rhon N. . . .

"Carolyn's ideas and new techniques about storing food without refrigeration and making the most of a tiny refrigerator on the boat is a treasure house of knowledge."

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Meet The Boat Galley Team

At The Boat Galley, we’re all cruisers. We know the joys—and the challenges—of boat life. The steep learning curve, costly mistakes, and hours spent searching for answers can be overwhelming. We’ve been there. That’s why we’ve created practical tools, trusted resources, and real-world guides to help you skip the frustrations and focus on enjoying your cruising life.

Carolyn Shearlock

Founder of The Boat Galley
17 years liveaboard cruiser
US, Mexico, Bahamas, Central America, Virgin Islands, Turkey
Cruisers University instructor

Larry Webber

Cruising Guide creator
6 years living aboard and cruising
US East Coast from Florida Keys to Maine and Bahamas
Ex-Air Force; singlehander

Nica Waters

Provisioning guru; podcaster
On & off living aboard since 1992
Atlantic crossing; US, Caribbean, and Bahamas
Years of cruising with kids

John Herlig

VHF pro and frugal cruiser
Cruiser and delivery captain
US East Coast, Bahamas, Haiti, and Caribbean
Cruisers University instructor

Pamela Douglas: Creator of the Cruising With Your Dog course, 7 years cruising the US East Coast and ICW with her dog, Honey.

Pamela Douglas (& Honey)

Creator of Cruising With Your Dog
7 years cruising with Honey
US East Coast and ICW
Part of the Go Pet Friendly team
15+ years writing about dogs

Julie Tijerina

Graphics designer
8 years living aboard
US East Coast to SE Caribbean
Design and layout for all printed products

Katherine González

Social media coordinator
Pacific Ocean: Seattle, WA to New Zealand, incl. French Polynesia
Complete newbie to sailing prior to her 11,000 nm voyage

Kimberly Ward

Boatshow booth "mom"
Sabbatical and part-year cruiser
US, Bahamas, Caribbean
Family cruising New England to southern Caribbean

Curious about our story and what drives us? Learn more about us here.

Tiny Fridge

I haven't taken the time to read the whole article, but have edited and printed the provision sheet. It's very helpful. Thank you for making this available.

Very informative read

I especially liked the storage ideas for items that don’t need refrigeration. Frees up lots of space

This module is just the ticket for offering up an excellent overview of the subject. Great insight and some surprising items as well. Thanks for a great product.

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