Birds eye steamfresh frozen veggies?
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We eat those quite a bit at my house! We usually have the broccoli and green beans. (They do have a good brown rice one, too!) If you visit there website, you can print off coupons.0
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One day out of curiosity I looked up the nutritional info for fresh broccoli vs frozen broccoli. Aside from the frozen broccoli listing 0 iron, there was hardly a difference (I have low iron so it's something I wouldn't care about otherwise). I eat fresh when possible but sometimes that isn't convenient so I have lots of frozen on hand. They are perfectly fine and it's better to eat them then not eat any at all.0
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Vegetables, when frozen, are blanched and then quickly frozen at their freshness prime. They're often more nutritious than fresh vegetables that you buy in a store that have been early picked and ripened during shipping (with the exception of local farm veggies).0
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Vegetables, when frozen, are blanched and then quickly frozen at their freshness prime. They're often more nutritious than fresh vegetables that you buy in a store that have been early picked and ripened during shipping (with the exception of local farm veggies).
^This. Also, budget wise it fits better than fresh because I don't have to worry about the food going bad. Sometimes plans don't always work out (food wise) and I dislike wasting food like that. Plus, I have a hard time digesting many fresh vegetables.0 -
One day out of curiosity I looked up the nutritional info for fresh broccoli vs frozen broccoli. Aside from the frozen broccoli listing 0 iron, there was hardly a difference (I have low iron so it's something I wouldn't care about otherwise). I eat fresh when possible but sometimes that isn't convenient so I have lots of frozen on hand. They are perfectly fine and it's better to eat them then not eat any at all.
Where did you look it up? Frozen actually has more iron content....also, more fiber, more calcium, more zinc...
http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods/show/2920?fg=&man=&lfacet=&format=&count=&max=25&offset=&sort=&qlookup=Broccoli,+raw
vs.
http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods/show/2922?fg=&man=&lfacet=&format=&count=&max=25&offset=&sort=&qlookup=broccoli,+frozen0 -
Lately I've been eating lots of the Steamfresh brussels sprouts, my new fav. Fresh veggies do not always have more nutrients than their frozen counterparts, depending on how you cook them. I saw a study a few weeks ago that if you steam or boil the heck out of a veggie (broccoli for instance) until it gets soft, it starts to lose a lot of its original nutrients to whatever water is in the pot. I had to do a double-take on that one...because I do like my fresh broccoli to be on the softer side of cooked! :ohwell:0
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Im not a big veggie eater lol but is the birds eye frozen veggies good for you? I hear people say when its frozen it loses all nutritional value sooo.. I dont want to eat it if it isnt healthy ya know?
Frozen = processed = unclean
Birds eye steam fresh veg can be cooked in the microwave and are no more unhealthy or unclean as vegetables that are overcooked from fresh?
Vegetables are vitamin soluble so if you cook them from fresh from the ground then you can lose all the nutrients if you overcook them in water.
If you are going to cook veggies then stir fry or eat raw. If not go with steam packs.0 -
Vegetables, when frozen, are blanched and then quickly frozen at their freshness prime. They're often more nutritious than fresh vegetables that you buy in a store that have been early picked and ripened during shipping (with the exception of local farm veggies).
^This. Also, budget wise it fits better than fresh because I don't have to worry about the food going bad. Sometimes plans don't always work out (food wise) and I dislike wasting food like that. Plus, I have a hard time digesting many fresh vegetables.
^All of this.0 -
Love those, easy to make on a busy night.0
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Vegetables, when frozen, are blanched and then quickly frozen at their freshness prime. They're often more nutritious than fresh vegetables that you buy in a store that have been early picked and ripened during shipping (with the exception of local farm veggies).
^This. Also, budget wise it fits better than fresh because I don't have to worry about the food going bad. Sometimes plans don't always work out (food wise) and I dislike wasting food like that. Plus, I have a hard time digesting many fresh vegetables.
^All of this.
Because it's worth quoting again0 -
One day out of curiosity I looked up the nutritional info for fresh broccoli vs frozen broccoli. Aside from the frozen broccoli listing 0 iron, there was hardly a difference (I have low iron so it's something I wouldn't care about otherwise). I eat fresh when possible but sometimes that isn't convenient so I have lots of frozen on hand. They are perfectly fine and it's better to eat them then not eat any at all.
Where did you look it up? Frozen actually has more iron content....also, more fiber, more calcium, more zinc...
http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods/show/2920?fg=&man=&lfacet=&format=&count=&max=25&offset=&sort=&qlookup=Broccoli,+raw
vs.
http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods/show/2922?fg=&man=&lfacet=&format=&count=&max=25&offset=&sort=&qlookup=broccoli,+frozen
Looked it up on the actual package? My point was, in case you missed it, frozen veggies are good enough for me.
Eta: spelling0 -
Eat this ALL. THE. TIME. So easy.0
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I LOVE them! The Southwestern Corn is delicious.
It doesn't have sauce. It's a mix of peppers in with it that makes it "Southwestern".0 -
there is absolutely NOTHING wrong with frozen veggies. they are easier on the budget compared to fresh a lot of the time, have all the nutrients.
i do not buy any of the packaged ones that are in sauce or butter. they are REALLY overwhelming and salty.0 -
All of my veg comes from the frozen section, save my asparagus. If frozen veg is wrong I don't want to be right.0
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frozen peas rock lol, also frozen spinach is quite handy. Don't do a lot of other frozen veg as I enjoy cooking from scratch and tend to try and make time for that0
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Im not a big veggie eater lol but is the birds eye frozen veggies good for you? I hear people say when its frozen it loses all nutritional value sooo.. I dont want to eat it if it isnt healthy ya know?
Frozen = processed = unclean
really? REALLY?0 -
Im not a big veggie eater lol but is the birds eye frozen veggies good for you? I hear people say when its frozen it loses all nutritional value sooo.. I dont want to eat it if it isnt healthy ya know?
Frozen = processed = unclean
really? REALLY?
That's what I thought! Lol!
Frozen veggies are great, especially if you're on a budget.0 -
The vast majority of the fish, chicken and vegetables that I consume are previously frozen. It makes no difference. I really don't even understand why anyone would be concerned about this.0
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If Birds Eye vegetables were unhealthy, I would be dead already.0
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