Fresh vegetables vs Frozen

[Tyler]

I believe I saw on the Food network (I believe it was Good Eats by Alton Brown; love that show) a little factoid that frozen vegetables have the same amount of nutrients as that of fresh. Is this true?

I definitely prefer to buy frozen vegetables as when I purchase fresh ones I tend not to eat them fast enough and they go bad. With frozen ones, you can just use them as needed. Obviously I prefer the taste of fresh to frozen, but you can't argue with convenience. (When I'm cooking a nice recipe I'll use fresh, but for quick meals I just use frozen).

Thanks!

[missingarrow]

Everything that I've seen says that fresh tend to be more nutritious but it depends on the quality of the frozen vegetables and when they were harvested.

It also depends on how you cook them, steaming is better than boiling. Also, people tend to over cook frozen vegetables, the longer you cook the less nutrients stay in the vegetable.

Personally I keep a supply of frozen vegetables on hand, but if I know I'm making something specific I'll try to get fresh ingredients.

[Tyler]

Oh sure yeah, if I have something in mind like a recipe or something, I'll almost always go for fresh ingredients/herbs. But just when I'm preparing a little quick meal on my own like some chicken and rolls, I'll grab some frozen veggies to steam or boil (I usually steam veggies when I eat them with rice as I can just place them over my rice on my rice cooker which as a steam attachment).

[PigsnieLite]

Id like to know which veggies can be fried please.

[Liketobake]

I think 98% of vegtables can be fried.

Do not fry
brussel sprouts
turnups
beats

There are probably more, my mind is being lazy right now.

[PigsnieLite]

I want veggies that can hold their breading so that when they are fried, they will be covered wid golden yellow crispy stuff like KFC.



Brussel Sprouts are an Abomination God sent Mankind to make childrun suffer. :(

[Liketobake]

Hehe forsure.

[pilgrim30]

Hello PigsnieLite!

Some vegetables that can be fried:

Zucchini – sliced thin and breaded. Fry quickly. Very tasty.

Squash blossoms. Same as zucchini.

Eggplant. Ditto. Although eggplant is not one of my favorites.

Sweet potatoes or yams. Scrub well, and slice thin. Do not bread. Just like cottage frying regular potatoes. Very good.

Left over mashed potatoes. Mix up with a couple of raw eggs, lots of onion and lots of seasonings of your choice. Drop by a very large cooking spoonful into shallow hot fat or shortening. Turn like you would pancakes. You can smush them down after turning if you like.

OR you can go to google.com and look for German Potato Patties with instructions better than mine.

This may be old news to you as you fry everything, but I like to fry onion, celery and carrots together in a little olive oil or maybe butter and season well. I like Ms Dash seasonings on just about everything, as I seldom use salt in my cooking or if I use it, it is very little. I always add extra garlic to my dishes too.

I have stir-fried lots of veggies. One time I even dumped leftover green salad into my stir-fry. Complete with iceberg lettuce and leaf lettuce. Turned out very well.

Have you ever fried turnips like cottage fried potatoes?? If so, please let me know how they turned out. Thanks

Pilgrim30

[pilgrim30]

Hello Tyler!

Fresh frozen veggies are generally considered more nutritious than fresh veggies – unless you have a green grocer and you know your veggies are farm fresh that very morning.

When veggies are harvested, the larger farms sometimes have the processing machinery right out in the field if at all possible – or at least I have seen them that way in the Pacific Northwest. And the veggies are generally always frozen as quickly as possible even if trucked to the warehouse for processing.

If your veggies are super-market variety, you have no way of knowing how long it has taken them to even get to the market, much less how long they have been in the display case. Where processing warehouses are always very closely located where the crops are harvested.

Frankly, I prefer the taste of the frozen to the fresh unless I know my selection is very fresh.

As to the cooking, I have what they call “waterless” cookware with very tight fitting lids. Frozen corn, for instance, takes only about a teaspoon of water to cook; therefore draining off the water before serving does not lose nutrients.

Broccoli or most any veggie turns out very well cooked the same way.

But steaming veggies is good too.

Depending upon the veggie, I often bring it to a boil and set it off the burner to finish cooking.

But when in a pinch, I’ll use the microwave - also with very little water for cooking. Yet I really prefer stovetop cooking.

pilgrim30

[PigsnieLite]

How can you fry carrots unless its covered wid super thick batter? C'est impossible. CARROTS! Ive yet to see a convincing fried carrot. I think Ill try frying smushed potatoes. I could well die of a heart attack. Hee. :D

[Liketobake]

How can you fry carrots unless its covered wid super thick batter? C'est impossible. CARROTS! Ive yet to see a convincing fried carrot. I think Ill try frying smushed potatoes. I could well die of a heart attack. Hee. :D
If carrot is in grated form it is very easy to fry.

:)

[Adin]

fresh...fresh...fresh...veggies' for me (as much as possible...) but maybe for storage purposes it can be chilled not frozen... just to preserve the sweetness and extends the freshness of the veggies'...

[supercooker28]

FRESH FRESH FRESH.

Mainly i care about organic.

does anyone have an opinion of canned vs. frozen << this might be a closer battle

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[Barksdale]

FRESH FRESH FRESH.

Mainly i care about organic.

does anyone have an opinion of canned vs. frozen << this might be a closer battle

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Frozen vegetables are just as good as fresh and sometimes better, as they are generally flash frozen right after being picked.

Frozen vegetables are much better for you than canned. The canning process degrades the vegetables and saps them of nutrients.