Having frozen fruit and vegetables on hand makes eating healthy easier and more cost effective. However, you might be scarred by a tasteless frozen veggie experience. The good news is frozen vegetables can taste great! To get the most out of your frozen produce it’s best to keep a few cooking tips in mind. Get ready to pull that bag of frozen peas from the back of the freezer and have them shine in a new way.
Most frozen vegetables are sold in stand-alone packages, meaning they come plain with no sauce or added seasoning. To bring out the flavor in nutrient rich foods like frozen broccoli, spinach, peas and carrots it’s best to add them to traditional hot dishes. Lasagna, curries, soup, casseroles or oven baked dips work great with frozen vegetables. This can add texture, nutrition and color to home baked dishes that need cooked vegetables.
Don’t be afraid to add extra dried or fresh herbs when cooking frozen vegetables. Olive oil, lemon juice and fresh ground pepper are the perfect accent to a vegetable side dish. When it comes to roasting vegetables most recipes call for fresh veggies but you can also use frozen. It’s best to increase your oven temperature to 450°F plus. This is because you want the water to cook out quickly so the veggies can get a crispy outside texture. The nice thing about frozen vegetables is that they are already precooked so they mix into a recipe easily adding antioxidants and all the health benefits of fresh vegetables.
