{"id":795,"date":"2010-07-25T21:03:18","date_gmt":"2010-07-25T21:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/?p=795"},"modified":"2010-07-25T21:03:18","modified_gmt":"2010-07-25T21:03:18","slug":"frozen-vegetables-which-to-buy-how-to-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/frozen-vegetables-which-to-buy-how-to-use\/","title":{"rendered":"Frozen Vegetables: Which to Buy, How to Use"},"content":{"rendered":"

As explained in the previous post<\/a>, you’re not doing yourself a nutritional disservice by taking advantage of the convenience of frozen vegetables, especially on nights when you’re suffering vegetable exhaustion <\/a>and the alternative might be no vegetables at all.\u00a0 Here’s a couple tips if you’d like to explore this meal making avenue:<\/p>\n

10 Top Frozen Vegetables to Stock in Your Freezer Pantry<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Green beans (especially whole, petite green beans, or haricorts verts<\/em>)<\/li>\n
  2. Green peas<\/li>\n
  3. Spinach, chopped, loose pack<\/li>\n
  4. Corn<\/li>\n
  5. Onions, chopped<\/li>\n
  6. Broccoli, petite florets<\/li>\n
  7. Cubed sweet potatoes and butternut squash<\/li>\n
  8. Edamame<\/li>\n
  9. Green and red bell pepper strips<\/li>\n
  10. Hash brown potatoes<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    It goes without saying, of course, that you’ll want to buy frozen veggies that are (surprise!) 100% vegetables, not vegetables + butter, cheese, salt, sugar, preservatives, etc.\u00a0 Add enhancements on your own so you can monitor quality.<\/p>\n

    5 Quick Vegetable Boosts with Frozen Veggies<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Frozen green beans in ready-made soups, like vegetable or chicken noodle; chop before adding\n

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      Two favorite soups for "beefing up" with frozen vegetables<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n
    2. Frozen peas in mac ‘n cheese<\/li>\n
    3. Frozen green peppers\u00a0 + frozen hash browns scrambled into an omelet<\/li>\n
    4. Frozen spinach with spaghetti; bake casserole style<\/li>\n
    5. Frozen broccoli in butternut squash or potato soup\n

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      Frozen chopped spinach is a good addition.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      See how easy it can be to live a vegetable-rich life!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Tiredness is no excuse! Get help from It’s easy to live a vegetable-rich life with the help of frozen veggies for meals when <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","masonry-post","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-50"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}