From the Freezer or the Can ?
By redkathy
@redkathy (3374)
United States
October 23, 2008 9:27pm CST
According to an article written on the Webmd weight loss column fresh vegetables are as healthy, if not healthier than fresh vegetables. WOW can this be true? Here's a clip -
"Nutritionally speaking, frozen veggies are similar to -- and sometimes better than -- fresh ones. This makes sense, considering that these veggies are usually flash-frozen (which suspends their "aging" and nutrient losses) immediately after being harvested. Frozen veggies were often picked in the peak of their season, too.
I ran a nutritional comparison on both fresh and frozen broccoli florets (uncooked), and the frozen broccoli contained a bit more vitamin A, vitamin B2, vitamin C, and folic acid. A recent government study found no change in amounts of folic acid found in veggies after 12 months of freezing. So don't let nutrition stop you from buying frozen!"
The entire article can be found here http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/frozen-vegetables-are-hot
I have always thought that frozen vegetables taste way better than canned vegetables. Thanks to this article, I believe they are as healthy as fresh ones. Maybe that's why I prefer frozen vegetables over canned. How about you? Do you prefer them frozen or canned?
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21 responses
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
24 Oct 08
i like frozan veggies except for english peas. i'd rather have them canned.
@redkathy (3374)
• United States
25 Oct 08
Kinda like green peas only oblong and harder. Kind of like a cross between black eyed peas and green peas. I use them to make a Spanish style rice. I learned to make this from a Puerto Rican lady, "Arroz con Gondules" = Rice and pigeon peas. It's really good.
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@lilaclady (28206)
• Australia
24 Oct 08
I heard just last week omeone talking about how frozen vegetable are better than what we may think is fresh,...straight from your garen is best of all but when you have to buy forzed is best as they are frozen straight from being picked...
@eaforeman6 (8979)
• United States
24 Oct 08
I am glad to hear that. I always buy frozen veggies and fruits alot of the time. The taste is so much better, and I buy the ones with reasonable prices. The frozen spinach is always reasonable and its one of our favorites. We got used to frozen and the cans dont taste so good now.
@Opal26 (17679)
• United States
24 Oct 08
Hi kathy, Yes, I love frozen veggies! I have always loved
them! I don't go to the grocery store too often so I
like to have frozen veggies in the freezer. It is alot
easier that way. I think they taste just as good if they
are frozen then if they are fresh. When they are cooked
I don't think you can taste the difference. I am not
big on canned veggies. The only thing I eat canned is
corn and once in awhile I will use the canned round
potatoes that I will throw in a pot roast or a stew.
Other than that I will use frozen. Oh, but I do like
fresh carrotts when I am cooking for some reason. Although,
I do buy them frozen too! I just won't eat carrotts in a
can!
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@Hatley (163772)
• Garden Grove, California
24 Oct 08
hi me either, carrots in a can have the oddest flavor, really'way off from what they should taste like.lol.
@redkathy (3374)
• United States
24 Oct 08
I use some canned things to cook with too. Mostly tomatoes, beans like kidneys or cannelloni or sometimes potatoes. My husband was used to eating canned until he met me, then it was always frozen. He really dislikes canned now and eats most veges.
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@justin0101 (102)
• United States
24 Oct 08
you say that fresh vegetables are better than fresh vegetables?
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@Hatley (163772)
• Garden Grove, California
24 Oct 08
give her a break as she went on to say fro zen so just insert
frozen in that sentence and you will make sense, she just missed putting in the right word. happens to all of us at times.
@JoyfulOne (6231)
• United States
24 Oct 08
Growing up in a farming family, we always used to can food. I gave that up when my kids were little because I had read that more nutrition is lost in the canning process than with those frozen. (That was much discussed topic even way back in the '70's.) I have a huge chest freezer and freeze the veggies and fruits, etc. I haven't purchased canned veggies in probably 30+ years, I like the taste, texture, and the color of the flash frozen better. What I don't grow in my garden to freeze, I buy the frozen varieties of them.
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@ebsharer (5515)
• United States
31 Oct 08
I had used canned veggies for as long as I can remember. About 4 months ago I started cooking for two instead of three and one can seemed to be too much so I started buying frozen veggies. It has worked out great not only do I only cook what I need but it seems to be cheaper too. The can veggies at my local grocery store are 47 cents a can (generic) I have been buying the dollar bag of veggies and get a little more then three times the amount.
I keep a tupperware in my freezer for all the left over veggies and come winter time I have a variety of veggies for soups.
@Debs_place (10520)
• United States
25 Oct 08
Definitely frozen -- canned are nasty and high in sodium. I prefer frozen but will take fresh over frozen any day of the week.
@ahgong (10064)
• Singapore
28 Oct 08
Hmm... I usually get my vegetables fresh from the market.
I have rarely relied on frozen vegetable in my cooking.
Even canned vege are rarely seen in my kitchen.
Never like the mushy texture of them vegetables in a can.
If I want them mushy, I cook them a little longer. Taste much better than the can ones too!
But the article you provided is a good read.
You mentioned that you ran a nutritional comparison. Where did you get the information for your comparison from?
@cassandralynn (1084)
• United States
24 Oct 08
I love frozen veggies. I like the new steam veggies you can easily microwave for 5 minutes . I like both, fresh and frozen but the life of frozen veggies appeal to me more because sooo many times I have to quickly eat the fresh veggies so they don't go bad and with the frozen veggies I can heat and serve anytime. This news about frozen veggies being just as healthy or maybe healthier then fresh veggies is good news, but I have always suspected that frozen veggies were good for you because a lot of them are crunchy and taste fresh after heating them up, similar to heating up fresh veggies. Now can veggies don't even taste the same as fresh or frozen and I try avoid can veggies as much as possible.
@dawnald (85137)
• Shingle Springs, California
25 Oct 08
Fresh, frozen, canned in that order. The exception being green beans. For some reason I like canned green beans!
@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
24 Oct 08
I pretty much always use frozen veggies because they're rather cheap, and taste far better than canned veggies. The only canned veggies I use are spinach and yams because I'm not sure how to prepare them fresh, lol. Carrots and celery I will use fresh. Corn, peas, green beans, and broccoli I buy from a whole sale club in 5 lb bags frozen. Then I steam them in the microwave.
@mimico (3617)
• Philippines
24 Oct 08
Frozen is definitely better than canned because canned good have a lot of preservatives and sodium which is bad for us. Sodium can cause water retention which is bad news for dieters like myself. Frozen food isn't just as fresh as the fresh kind, but I don't see why it isn't hard to believe that it's as healthy. I don't like all frozen vegetables though, I only like the corn and peas. The frozen carots I don't like at all. :(
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
24 Oct 08
I've never really bother with canned foods in general and especially not vegetables...they are usually way overcooked and then get cooked up even more so a lot of the nutritious value is eliminated, also most canned veggies are loaded with salt. As far as fresh, hardly ever buy them either as fresh produce can sit for days and days in the warehouses after being picked, then shipped, then sit on the produce shelf for long periods of time until bought...so I always opt for frozen which in a way is fresher.
@Hatley (163772)
• Garden Grove, California
24 Oct 08
hi redkathy I also read that and as I have been using a
lot of frozen veggies I felt good about myself, and I never
use canned veggies as they usually dont taste all that'
great specially canned potatoes. they have an odd off
flavor I just do not like. I like them either frozen or fresh from the produced aisle. here in southern ca we do get a lot'of local farm produce from a big farm called Irvine farms, and they are really go good. I do like and use frozen veggies a lot.
@moonlitmagikchild (22181)
• United States
24 Oct 08
thats cool!! i never have time to buy fresh so im very happy to hear this!! i still buy canned because its cheaper but at least now i know that when i get more money i can just buy frozen instead of fresh and it rotting in my fridge from forgetting it.. which is why i never buy them
@savypat (20216)
• United States
24 Oct 08
I think frozen vegetables are the best, then fresh and last the canned. The only canned vegies taht are better are tomatoes. With frozen vegies, I will not get chopped, you can't tell how much is the listed chopped vegie and how much is weed or insect. Ilike to determine my own meat thank you.
