Speed, efficiency and comfort are often the keywords in home life. With busy lives, it can sometimes be quite challenging to find and cook meals that are healthy, cost-effective, and quick to prepare. Frozen vegetables can help a cook with a busy lifestyle.
Grocery prices are rising and people are looking for ways to cut their costs. Vegetables should be a daily part of meals, but that’s an extra cost to add to the shopping cart. Frozen vegetables are cheaper and keep longer. A bag of frozen corn can be used for several meals. For the same amount of corn, that’s a lot of corn on the cob and a lot more money. Bags of mixed vegetables are also a great way to lighten the wallet. Instead of buying four separate vegetables – corn, peas, beans and carrots – they can be purchased in a cheaper package while still offering variety.
Frozen vegetables are more easily and cheaply available year-round than their fresh counterparts. Fresh produce may be limited and/or more expensive. Some vegetables are hard to come by in some areas or depending on the season. Frozen vegetables can make these hard-to-find fresh vegetables available when they otherwise wouldn’t be. This also adds more variety to your diet making eating healthier a tastier undertaking. Frozen vegetables will remain constant in both quality and price. This is great if you live somewhere that is hard to navigate in the winter with icy roads and/or long-distance driving. Stock up on frozen veggies and they’ll last longer and be one less thing to buy regularly.
Not only will you save some money, but you can also save time. Buy a bag of frozen carrots and the preparation will only involve steaming, microwaving or boiling them for a short period of time. It becomes quick and easy to add vegetables to food and may encourage people to take a simple extra step to add them instead of skipping vegetables for convenience. This will also give you a larger and better balanced meal.
People want to eat healthier and lose weight, but often don’t have time to prepare fresh, healthy foods, so they turn to prepared foods, which are often highly processed and not as healthy. Frozen vegetables are healthy and convenient, a rare combination. And it’s a combination that can boost your daily vegetable intake. Many people do not eat the recommended number of servings of vegetables. The ease and convenience of frozen vegetables makes eating healthier all the more tempting.
There tends to be an attitude that fresh vegetables in the store aisle are better, but frozen vegetables are healthy, can offer more variety, and are convenient for those with busy schedules. So don’t skip the veggies – opt for a bag of frozen veggies to replenish lost nutrients and feed yourself and your family well.
