Your doctor has told you that you need to adjust your diet. Eat healthier. Eat less. And eat those veggies! Well, sometimes following the doctor’s orders can be harder than you thought. The first week you start your new healthier diet, you can be a gung-ho grocery warrior, picking only the freshest produce for you and your family. By the second week, you’ve used all of the peppers, you don’t know what to do with the squash, and you forgot about the spinach in your vegetable drawer and it wilted. Fresh produce is amazing, and you should buy it on your weekly trips, no matter what. Sometimes, though, it can be hard to use all that fresh produce in a week (especially if you’ve got a small or single family).
Yet it’s incredibly important to incorporate vegetables into each and every meal. How to compromise real life with real veggies? Easy: frozen vegetables. Now, before you groan, frozen vegetables have come a long way. They’re flash-frozen, so all of the nutrients stay locked in. In fact, a recent government study found that frozen broccoli actually had slightly more nutritional value that fresh broccoli.
You don’t have to stick with those tried-and-true veggie mixes, either. Nowadays, vegetable producers have frozen asparagus, mushrooms, butternut squash–you name it, they’ve probably frozen it (or at least tried to). There’s absolutely no reason to be afraid of your store’s frozen vegetable department. Don’t feel guilty for not using fresh. The important thing to remember is that you’re eating vegetables. That’s a victory in itself. In the winter, your healthy produce choices are drastically limited, so be sure to rely on fresh more in the summer and frozen more in the winter. What are you waiting for? Get out there and enjoy some frozen peppers, cauliflower, asparagus, and sweet corn! Your body (and your doctor) will be pleased. Look for more about healthy diets tips in online courses available on internet.