Are green giant steamers really healthy?
jbrunner2
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Are green giant steamers really healthy?
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They're vegetables in sauce. If they fit your calories and you enjoy them, what's possibly bad about them?7
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There are some with sauce, some without. The honey glazed carrots are too many calories for me, but they're so damn tasty! The brussels sprouts in butter sauce are my main veg. I also like the healthy vision and antioxidant blend varieties.
Anyway, they're fine. They're vegetables. What do you think would be unhealthy about them?2 -
I can't rely on the sauced varieties to be gluten free, so I mainly eat the plain veggies, and eat them all the time.
Why wouldn't they be healthy?
Most frozen veg are flash frozen and are often fresher than fresh produce which has been shipped from far away these days.3 -
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They're perfectly fine. I generally stay away from the sauced ones but that's just because I like to season veggies my way.0
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I eat these 2-3 times/week for quick lunches or dinner. I'm with others who want to know why they wouldn't be healthy? I'm genuinely curious where these ideas come from that because something is frozen, or in a box, or "processed" that it must be unhealthy.8
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this is like the second thread this month of someone asking if frozen veggies were unhealthy....wonder if there was some new "oh my god" news article about how they are unhealthy was posted11
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... wondering if "unhealthy" means the product or the packing (& microwaving the bag)??
I came across an article or something recently about chemicals used in food packaging. Didn't have time to read it, though.0 -
I certainly hope not. A steam in bag type veggie usually makes a twice a day appearance at meals here. Then again none of us are sick or dead yet.3
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It's scary to me that people are starting to think that veg is unhealthy.8
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... wondering if "unhealthy" means the product or the packing (& microwaving the bag)??
I came across an article or something recently about chemicals used in food packaging. Didn't have time to read it, though.
Me either. Not even with the time saved by using Green Giant steamers.1 -
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PS: I'm eating a bag of Baby Broccoli Blend right now as I read this thread.3
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GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »PS: I'm eating a bag of Baby Broccoli Blend right now as I read this thread.
For science!4 -
I love the simplicity of them! But I grabbed a big handful of bags to toss in my cart one day recently an have bought them before so I thought, no biggee, right?! Well for whatever reason I flipped a couple over to double check that veggies was the only ingredient. OOPS, it wasn't it has oil and salt in it. It wasn't a sauce one and I have no idea why it had oil in it, it was a simple mix I'd always bought of cauli, carrots and broccoli.
So now I'm more careful.. I don't know what was going on there... it seemed to be the newer bags. I love veggies just plain from the freezer then if I want to add something I can do it after they are cooked. Usually I don't and I definitely want to know if there's something added to a bag I purchase that doesn't need to be there.
Maybe that's why the increase of thread about this topic recently?1 -
I like them too! But at home I like to use my big bamboo steamer. I recommend getting one if you like steamed food--they're inexpensive, cook quickly and perfectly, and you can stack additional layers to make your whole steamed meal at once.1
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Love so many frozen veggies- good stuff0
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I eat something similar (Heinz or Bird's Eye Steamers) every day, 5 days a week, and have done for over 2 years now.
I've lost weight.
My Dr has run all sorts of tests and it would appear I'm healthier now than before I started eating them regularly.
And I'm doing more long distance cycling at a faster pace.
So far, I don't see any reason for me to stop eating them.
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Look at the ones on here ... and decide for yourself ...
http://www.fooducate.com/app#!page=search&term=Green+Giant+Steamers
The healthy food scores range from A to C- depending on what's in em.0 -
GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »
Oh no the box of death4 -
Noooo please don't tell me something is wring with microwaving stuff!2
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RuNaRoUnDaFiEld wrote: »It's scary to me that people are starting to think that veg is unhealthy.
I agree.
Perhaps we are all expected to have greenhouses so we can grow our own. I suppose if I picked a carrot (today) from my personal garden....it would be (slightly) higher in nutrition than frozen. But that's not at all practical.4 -
What's the process aside from putting them in a box?0 -
We buy the 'lightly sauced' varieties for quick sides throughout the week. I see nothing wrong with them at all. Birds Eye makes a few brands that taste even better as quick low calorie side.
One of my favorites: https://www.birdseye.com/vegetable-products/flavorful/fiesta-lime-corn
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Look at the ones on here ... and decide for yourself ...
http://www.fooducate.com/app#!page=search&term=Green+Giant+Steamers
The healthy food scores range from A to C- depending on what's in em.
Lol, I clicked on one that got a C-, and I can't figure out why. That site's scoring seems super random.1
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