What are some of the veggies you prefer as frozen over fresh. I do believe that frozen don’t have the same taste as fresh but there are some veggies that I always buy frozen. For example, chopped spinach, green beans, and green peas.
Are there any other vegetables that are better or at par with fresh?
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Buy fresh tomatoes and freeze them…Take 'em out, put 'em in hot water and the skin’ll peel of like tight jeans on hot, humid day…
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You can tell the difference among the frozen, fresh and canned veggies. Though I don't consider it much to let go of the convenience factor frozen & canned veggies provide.
The price difference is shrinking these days because of the pure veggies (i.e. organic) being marketed at the local grocery stores. I recently realized that buying the bell (green) pepper fresh is only a nickel cheaper than the already cut frozen ones.
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I once tried making fresh palak. Spent an extra half hour and the end result was chewing on some chopped mud stones. I swear I thoughroly washed it but not enough I guess.
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Speaking of canned veggies, I find Crushed Tomatoe cans way better than the paste. Crushed ones are almost like fresh. Paste has this sour taste to it.
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Ya we buy frozen chopped spinach, chopped mustard, green beens, lama beens, geen peas, corn, & mix vegetables. Once we bought frozen okra but it didn't taste good at all. Fresh sqush, turnip, cauliflower, cabbage, okra, egg plant tastes a lot better then frozen.
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Well instead of paste use puree, it is really good.
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i use frozen spinach ....whenever there's less time/willingness to go through the hassle of cutting n cleaning ....but i must admit ....it doesn't taste half as good as the fresh one!
i find those 'farmer's mix' frozen veggies quite convenient ...
its a mix of broccoli, carrots n sweet corn.....
all i have to do is ....steam 'em n then toss in a bit of olive oil, salt n pepper ....
my kids love it!
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Frozen Okra isn't bad but yes, egg plants are better fresh. And funguy, the minute my Mom leaves for Pakistan I am issuing an executive order banning fresh Spinach & it's kinds from my house.
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I prefer frozen okra over fresh. No cleaning cutting and if you thaw the frozen okra for 25 minutes and then fry it first before putting it in a masala the outcome is better. And if you put yogurt in the masala over the okra the slimy texture subsides.
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^yeah that is true but what i meant was for cooking in masala. The filling recipe for okra definitely requires fresh.