This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of The Frozen Food Foundation for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine.
To say October was an unhealthy month for me would be an understatement. From having friends and family in town every weekend, to traveling to New York and eating great food, to binge eating Halloween candy, it all just got to be a little much. I entered November feeling gross and tired.
So for the past few days I've been trying really hard to eat better. After weeks of eating too much greasy junk my body is actually craving healthy food.
My go-to as of recently has been frozen blueberries and strawberries mixed in with greek yogurt and a little bit of cereal. I could eat this snack three times a day, I sometimes do. In the winter I rarely buy fresh fruit or vegetables mostly because they're so darn expensive, but also because it kills me every time I have to throw something out because it spoiled before I got to eat it. They say freezing is nature's way of pressing pause, turns out it's also my way of pressing pause.
I also love stuffing peppers with all sorts of different frozen vegetables or quinoa.
To get even more technical, The University of California, Davis in partnership with the Frozen Food Foundation did a study and found that frozen fruits and vegis are equal to (and sometimes even better) than their fresh counterparts.
Frozen fruits and vegetables offer people like you and I convenient, affordable and easy to serve options that help simplify meal preparation! I look cooking with frozen vegetables when I need to save time and want to add some extra nutritrion to soups or pastas.
Fruits and vegetables are major contributors of essential nutrients in our diets, and consuming fruits and vegetables is associated with reduced risk of many chronic diseases.
I know it's going to be a long hard winter as usual in Chicago, so I'll take my fruit and vegis where I can get them, which happens to be the freezer at this moment. Considering more than 80% of Americans don't get enough of these two very important food groups, I'm going to do my best to make sure I don't fall into that category. A variety of factors may contribute to low consumption, including cost and convenience. A recent study revealed one easy solution: frozen.
And last but not least, my favorite go-to frozen snack is edamame.
What do you feel about frozen fruits or vegetables?
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