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Post by jasimons on Mar 12, 2019 1:01:02 GMT
This round runs from February 21 - April 3rd. It’s not too late. If you ‘d like to join us, respond on today’s thread with your board name/first name and your goal for this round. The hostess will add you to the challengers list the following day. Everyone is welcome to join us.
Challengers:
bmazzo/Beverly - NEVER give up
cathygeha/Cathy - moderation
cherryt38/Cherry - Mindful eating, attention to the sigh
jalibmu/Jan - focus on good health guidelines
jasimons/Judy - 5 minutes a day to write gratitude, plan and reflect
pamthomas46/Pam - continue to collect blue dot days
Hostess Schedule:
February 21 - 27 Pam
February 28 - March 6 Cathy
March 7 - 13 Judy
March 14 - 20 Jan
March 21 - 27 Cherry
March 28 - April 3 Beverly
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Post by jasimons on Mar 12, 2019 1:08:33 GMT
I really enjoyed reading everyone's thoughts of places to travel in Monday's thread. I'm not all that fond of travel, but, I do think it might be kind of fun to travel in an RV. Seeing towns and sights along the way to a destination would be as interesting as the planned destination. A link/topic from the WW site again. This is an article about the benefits of frozen vegetables. www.weightwatchers.com/us/article/dont-fear-frozen-vegetablesThe article states that frozen can be as good as fresh, as they are picked and frozen, not shipped and held for days/weeks. They can help with weight loss goals as they are prepared and ready to go. Also, easy to keep on hand. Hints - pick plain vegetables (no sauces), find your favorites, and recognize what they do best (not good for roasting, but great for steaming or as ingredients). Do you keep frozen vegetables on hand? What are some favorites and how to you use them? |
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Post by jasimons on Mar 12, 2019 1:16:35 GMT
I do keep frozen vegetables on hand - for the reasons in the article.
If a week doesn't go as planned, I'm not left with spoiled fresh vegetables. (but, I do also buy fresh veggies too!)
Probably kind of an odd use, I will cook up a bag of microwave steamable vegetables to eat as a snack/mini meal when I get home from work.
I just bought a new cookbook "Cook's Illustrated Vegetables Illustrated". They claim that frozen peas are even better than fresh peas (unless you grow them yourself) because they lose taste so quickly.
I keep on hand - broccoli florets, corn, peas. (I actually prefer canned green beans to frozen, I look for low salt variety for those). I'm going to try frozen mushrooms in some recipes soon. I noticed there is a mixture of frozen mushrooms available, which makes more sense than buying multiple kinds, and probably having waste/leftovers.
On the other hand, for fresh snacking - snap peas and carrots are on the list most weeks. And I got some mini cucumbers this week too.
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Post by cathygeha on Mar 12, 2019 7:14:54 GMT
Do you keep frozen vegetables on hand? I used to BUT the freezer is so full of other things and smaller than our last one and we don't have a BIG second freezer so...right now we have frozen grapes, bananas and mulberries but the rest of it is bread, nuts, seeds and grains. For some reason worms and weevils abound here so putting them in the freezer is wiser than leaving them out.
What are some favorites and how to you use them? I used to keep peas, corn, broccoli and sometimes fruit. Used peas in creamed tuna and corn in chili and fruits in smoothies
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Post by bmazzo on Mar 12, 2019 13:37:07 GMT
As I have said many times, I love most all vegetables. Fresh is my favorite, but frozen is a close second. Usually, mostly have the frozen in the winter months, when the fresh stuff tends to often taste like cardboard. I can hardly wait for fresh tomatoes, cucumbers & squash from the garden.
Frozen peas do have a special taste, much better than canned.
I have discovered frozen asparagus. It is ready to be cooked & the package is the perfect size for the 2 of us. I love the broccoli, mixed vegetables, corn & cauliflower. I usually just steam them. Frozen brussel sprouts are good for roasting
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Post by cherryt38 on Mar 12, 2019 13:55:19 GMT
I keep on hand frozen broccoli, peas, corn, green beans, and some mixed veggies such as broccoli/cauliflower/carrots or mixed peas and carrots. I'm not a fan of frozen carrots by themselves but mixed with other veggies they are ok.
For fresh veggies I buy sugar snap peas, peppers, carrots, cabbage, lettuces, and cukes. I've tried fresh green beans, but they don't keep well so often I end up throwing some in the compost. Frozen green beans work better. I garden so I often freeze my own green beans, corn, broccoli, and a few other veggies, including tomatoes for cooking.
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Post by jan on Mar 12, 2019 16:11:12 GMT
Good morning everyone. I thought I had posted yesterday, but didn't see it, so perhaps it is floating around cyber space. Quick answer to road tripping- for the last 2 summers a friend and I have done a 5-7 day road trip and packed snacks and also makings for easy picnics. Almost like bento boxes- hard boiled eggs, nuts, cheese, fruit and a meat protein. For snacking, we had grapes and chex-mix type stuff. Also, lots of bottled water.
Okay, now to today- I like frozen veggies better than canned. I grew up eating canned peas but haven't had a can of peas since discovering frozen peas. I was part of a teaching class through our food pantry and one of the topics covered was frozen vs fresh vs canned. Frozen came out equal to fresh as like Judy said, they are frozen immediately.
I bought a WW cookbook on fruits/veggies a few years ago. I need to uncover it and start using some of the ideas in it again. It has veggies and fruits from A to Z.
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Post by Holly Gail on Mar 12, 2019 16:13:24 GMT
I have frozen corn and frozen broccoli currently in the freezer. I can use corn all year long, so having it in the freezer makes adding it to whatever I want (even using it straight as a side dish) easy. I often keep broccoli in the freezer as DH will eat it more than any other green vegetable (other than salad greens, which seem all year long to be freshly available in the local markets; is it really because we live in San Diego, CA?). I don't like canned vegetables and never keep them in the house (other than canned tomatoes, which I use to make tomato sauce... I LOVE [100% whole wheat] pasta).bmazzo , Bev, I've never seen frozen asparagus! I love asparagus (DH hates, I mean, hates asparagus). I buy it only when it's on sale (in season) and only enough for me... And I am under the impression that no frozen veg is good for roasting; what do you do with frozen Brussels sprouts to prepare them for roasting? (Both DH and I love roasted Brussels sprouts!)
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Post by pamthomas46 on Mar 12, 2019 20:38:25 GMT
I keep broccoli and corn in the freezer as well. It helps me get in my veggies. Fruit is always purchased fresh and usually eaten out of hand. This doesn’t work with veggies for me. I have to work on getting them in, whether fresh or frozen.
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Post by bmazzo on Mar 12, 2019 23:20:13 GMT
Holly, I don't do anything special to the brussel sprouts, I just dump the frozen ones on to a baking sheet, put a little salt, pepper & a sprinkle of olive oil. I often roast them right along side any other veggies that I am roasting. They come out delicious. I have also roasted the frozen asparagus. That way, you could just pour out enough for yourself & keep the rest in the freezer for later.
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