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That $12 bag of frozen veggies changed my meal prep game completely
I used to spend forever chopping up fresh broccoli and peppers for my weekly meal prep, only for half of it to go bad by Thursday. Then last month I grabbed a 3 pound bag of frozen mixed vegetables from Aldi for $12 and threw them straight into my stir fry and casseroles. They actually taste fresher than the stuff I was buying, and I'm not throwing away $8 of wilted carrots every week. Has anyone else stopped buying fresh produce for batch cooking or am I just being lazy?
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lindal1328d ago
I was one of those people who swore frozen veggies were just sad, mushy versions of real food. Then I started grabbing bags of frozen peas and green beans for my Sunday meal prep, and honestly? They hold up way better than fresh stuff that turns into slime by Wednesday. The bagged frozen broccoli I got last week actually had more crunch than the fresh heads I used to buy.
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Oh man, I gotta gently push back on one thing - that "taste fresher" part isn't quite how it works. Frozen veggies are actually picked at peak ripeness and flash-frozen, so they can taste better than fresh stuff that's been sitting in a truck for a week, but they're not fresher in the literal sense (you know, since they've been frozen for months). Anyway, you're definitely not being lazy, you're just being smart about not wasting food and money.
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olivia39827d ago
the bagged frozen broccoli had crunch" is the only reason I needed to try frozen now.
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