I've been getting and been eating the pkgd frozen veggies the last couple of weeks or so,(corn, mixed, carrots, brocolli, and cauliflower) but someone told me recently that they have a lot of chemicals in them and are not good for you at all. First of all is this true? Does it diminish the nutritional value of the veggies? and what kind of damage can they do to you? I'm verrrry slowly making the transition to vegetarian but very quick hot foods are important to me, hence the frozen steamed veggies.

I've been getting and been eating the pkgd frozen veggies the last couple of weeks or so,(corn, mixed, carrots, brocolli, and cauliflower) but someone told me recently that they have a lot of chemicals in them and are not good for you at all. First of all is this true? Does it diminish the nutritional value of the veggies? and what kind of damage can they do to you? I'm verrrry slowly making the transition to vegetarian but very quick hot foods are important to me, hence the frozen steamed veggies.

People will say anything to get you to stop being vegetarian. It's bizarre.

Frozen vegetables are just regular vegetables cut up and put into a bag and frozen. In many cases, they are more nutritious than canned or fresh veggies, because they are picked at the peak of ripeness and frozen immediately, locking in all those goodies. Fresh stuff can be picked, sit on a truck for days, then sit in the store a few more days.

A study implied that microwaving frozen veggies zaps nutrients from them, but that's a totally different story. Try steaming them if you're concerned about that.

i totally agree.:up:
sheeesh, some people talk rubbish.:rolleyes:
frozen veggies are fiiiiinnnnnneeeee. i like em. :)

Frozen veggies (the plain kind, with no sauce, no added ingredients) are absolutely just fine... I definitely think there are 'food snobs' here and elsewhere who try and poo-pooh the value of frozen veggies, but they can be a good part of a vegetarian's diet (along with other good stuff too)!

Read the ingredients. It will list exactly what is in them.

As mentioned, they are nutritionally just as good as fresh most of the time, sometimes better, as they haven't been sitting on a truck or produce bin for several days.

Fresh vegetables are usually flash frozen within several hours of picking (saves the farmers and the processing plants money with less spoilage and waste) so nutritionally they're a good deal.

You don't hear a lot about people usiing them here, it seems, and that puzzled me at first, but I figure do what works best for you, and gets the healthy foods into you in the easiest manner possible...

I LOVE frozen veggies! They complete the triangle of perfection (fast - healthy - (relatively)cheap!) And they're tasty too! Few foods can boast that!!! I don't think anyone here in the great white north could survive winter without them! (I find you can only eat so much fresh cruciferous veg before going bonkers)

i use frozen veggies a lot! there's nothing wrong with them at all...like was already said, read your labels, but i just checked my freezer and the bag of frozen broccoli said ingredients: broccoli, the frozen peas said ingredients: peas...i think someone who told you this was misinformed...

I do use frozen veggies, especially in the winter. They're great for people who live alone since you can use as much or as little of the bag as you need, and it won't be spoling like regular produce!

<<< loves my frozen veggies, and isn't afraid to say so. :bobo:

AFAIK, frozen veggies are fine, fine, FINE to use. I use them alllll the time (handy little time savers, they are ;) ). Singular veggies, veg blends, it doesn't matter - if the ingredients list ONLY what's inside then chances are, I'll buy it and use it. :yes:

In US, Bird's Eye (I think that's the brand) came out with their Steamers line just recently - frozen veggies you pop in the nuke and in a few short seconds, you come out with perfectly steamed veggies.... or so the adverts say. I haven't bought any of them yet nor have I read a lot about them, so I don't know if they would contain the "harmful chemicals" your person was so on about.

Nor do I know if this is what you were talking about in your OP (the Steamers line vs. regular ol' frozen veggies).

I say enjoy your veggies. They're meant to be enjoyed whether fresh or frozen. :sunny:

Trader Joe's sells bags of frozen soycutash. That's right, not succotash, but soycutash. That's what they call it, because they use edamame (green soybeans) instead of lima beans in the mix. Since I HATE lima beans and love edamame, I keep plenty of this stuff in my freezer. :lick:

I think frozen are better than can..

Why don't you just get fresh? They have better nutrition, and I steam mine, takes about 20 minutes, and tastes much better!

I do not recall seeing any veggies in my freezer with chemicals listed on them just the veggies themsleves.
Now prepackaged "meals" often do but your basic run of the mill 2 pound bag of green beans usualy has just green beans in there.

I use some frozen veggies. They're just as good as fresh, nutritionally. I happen to not like some veggies once they've been frozen (such as broccoli), but I LOVE my frozen peas!! and spinach!! and corn!!

when i try to get fresh veggies, i often let them spoil. so really, i can only handle the frozen stuff a lot of the time. i see no advantage for fresh veggies unless you buy them from a local farmer and they're super fresh.

really this shouldn't be an exclusively vegetarian concern... everyone should be eating his or her veggies!

I've been buying bags of frozen mixed mushrooms and frozen whole baby asparagus (both organic!) and they seem to be quite a bit more affordable than my local HFS's fresh ones. They don't have any chemicals added to them. I love the variety that frozen veggies can offer.

I think frozen are better than can..

Why don't you just get fresh? They have better nutrition, and I steam mine, takes about 20 minutes, and tastes much better! <<sigh>>See, this is exactly the opinion many people take. It can be confusing to newbies, and more important it's not correct all the time. :wall: Read the posts in the thread.

Fresh is better than frozen if you get it fresh from the field yourself and cook within an hour or two... otherwise the nutrients are lost quickly through exposure to air, heat and light after picking...

Frozen veggies are JUST as nutritious as fresh. Whether they taste better is purely a matter of personal opinion.

"Why not just get fresh?" :wall: Maybe easy for you, but for many, it's difficult to get good fresh produce or the variety they want, it's not nearly as convenient, and it's often more expensive...

I use frozen veggies all the time! I don't use them much in the summer, when I have organic fresh produce delivered weekly, but in the winter they are a major staple!

It's so easy to whip up a stir-fry or a pasta dish with mixed veggies. I'm not a huge fan of the old pea/carrot/corn mix, but there are lots of other options. Frozen veggies are very nutritious as well!

Chrystee is a newbie Tofu:hug: she didnt mean any harm

The only frozen veggies I have problems with is broccoli because some bags seem to have more stems then the head part. Frozen Veggies are definately a part of my lifestyle. I like them much better than canned. Canned veggies seem too salty and also mushy. Frozen and fresh are crispy. They now even have frozen dry beans (like chili beans) which are already cooked. Although they are much more expensive, they would be great timesavers.

my mom used to grow our own veggies before we moved to a sub-division so she would use fresh veggies all the time and freeze the leftover fresh veggies from our garden so i like both.