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    What do you do with frozen veggies?

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    • Posts: 136 Member
      Francl27 wrote: »
      Don't they get all mushy from all the water? How do you do it?

      No. you let them defrost fully. wrap them in paper towel, gently squeeze out access water and roast.
    • Posts: 136 Member
      stevencloser wrote: »
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      <3 using frozen broccoli for pizza, and frozen peppers and zucchini for quesadillas and omelets. Oh! and peas for green salads.
    • Posts: 14 Member
      edited February 2017
      California blend is my favorite go to frozen veggies. I cook them many ways. My favorite is toss them in olive oil and lemon pepper seasoning, put in foil packet, and place them on outdoor grill along with your meats. Very flavorful! Take the tips from everyone above. You have to experiment.
    • Posts: 162 Member
      Also, experiment with different seasonings to make them not bland.
    • Posts: 1,930 Member
      Francl27 wrote: »
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      Because I don't like them, lol!

      What kind of sauces do you use?

      I don't know, even when I season them... I don't enjoy them. It's annoying.

      Sweet n sour sauce, low calorie Italian dressing and soy sauce are my go to sauces for veggies. I'll also do scrambled eggs with frozen broccoli and shredded co-jack cheese once in a while and then I add hot sauce or salsa.
    • Posts: 13,575 Member
      Lounmoun wrote: »
      I roast frozen broccoli. I just put it in the oven frozen and cook it. It isn't mushy. Not sure about every frozen vegetable but roasted frozen broccoli didn't get mushy for me.

      This has to be a difference of opinion on the definition of "mushy". Frozen broccoli is mushy if you nothing other than thaw it.
    • Posts: 84 Member
      So this might be weird but in addition to stirfrys and soups that people mentioned I use frozen veggies in smoothies a lot. I like broccoli and carrots for this especially. Spinach and sweet potatoes also work well!
    • Posts: 1,930 Member
      glennagael wrote: »
      So this might be weird but in addition to stirfrys and soups that people mentioned I use frozen veggies in smoothies a lot. I like broccoli and carrots for this especially. Spinach and sweet potatoes also work well!

      Frozen spinach and kale work great in green smoothies :)
    • Posts: 597 Member
      I only use them in soup and and I make my own dog food so frozen peas and carrots go in that as well.
    • Posts: 1,377 Member
      I've noticed there's a lot of pre-seasoned veggie blends and stuff available, often in microwaveable bags. They're a little pricey but they are often much more tasty than the same old peas in butter.
    • Posts: 1,377 Member
      Also...there's nothing that says you have to eat cooked veggies as a full grown adult. If you prefer things fresh or in something like a nice soup, they are still veggies. Texture of vegetables can be off-putting.
    • Posts: 247 Member
      I use frozen peppers and onions all the time. I throw them right in the frying pan with some pam spray and use them with fajitas, omelets, pizza, burgers. I've also roasted frozen red peppers with potato chunks, yummy. I mix frozen peas in with pasta dishes (creamy sauces) and with rice pilaf. They come out fine, no mush.
    • Posts: 1,049 Member
      toss them in the crock pot with beef tips, and sauce- they end up tasting like the meat.
    • Posts: 4 Member
      Fried rice or stir fry, add to pasta dishes, make a cheese sauce for them, steamed spinach w/ canned garlic diced tomatoes w/ cheese on top is good, peas & cauliflower ranch salad, make soups. Just be creative and try different things out, if you don't like it then you know for later on not to try it that way again.
    • Posts: 26,368 Member
      lythia77 wrote: »
      Fried rice or stir fry, add to pasta dishes, make a cheese sauce for them, steamed spinach w/ canned garlic diced tomatoes w/ cheese on top is good, peas & cauliflower ranch salad, make soups. Just be creative and try different things out, if you don't like it then you know for later on not to try it that way again.

      Yeah but if I was creative I wouldn't be asking here, lol.

      Good ideas so far though!
    • Posts: 373 Member
      edited February 2017
      I love vegetables. Although fresh is almost always tastier, frozen can be pretty good too.

      I'd marinated some fresh chicken breast and roasted it with fresh mushrooms and (still frozen) broccoli at 400. The broccoli didn't come out mushy at all, and it absorbed some of the flavor of the marinade (lemon garlic). The mushrooms and broccoli were my fav parts of the meal actually.

      I like veggies so much though that for me even nuking some frozen cauliflower and topping it with hot sauce and good butter is tasty nom noms.
    • Posts: 373 Member
      edited February 2017
      This thread got me craving veggies bad. :D So I just microwaved some frozen broccoli, using chicken stock for the liquid instead of water (just a whim, not my usual). I topped it with some butter, Parmesan cheese, lemon juice, and garlic powder.

      Simply Organic has really good garlic powder btw.
    • Posts: 25,981 Member
      I always eat lunch after my lunchtime walk, and often find myself really looking forward to (craving?) my steamed veggies. :)
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