OS Vegetables, whats best fresh or frozen?

jcr16

um for me i use a combo.

i prefer frozen sweetcorn and pea's. yet i can't stand frozen brocoli and cauliflower it always seems to go sloppy. again corn on cob has to be fresh, frozen to me has an odd taste.

again carrots have to be fresh i have tried frozen and they never seem to go soft enough for how i like them. but the taste also seems to get lost. sprouts also must be fresh. but sweetcorn and peas frozen are the best. i buy iceland own of these two as i have tried loads, but icelands taste the best imo

i don't generally go on cost when it comes to fruit and veg . i go on taste.

wannasavemoney

I'm with JCR on this one. Frozen peas & sweetcorn, the rest fresh. I love getting peppers, purple sprouting broccoli, carrots, onion, mushrooms sometimes a few spring greens or suchlike and then making a veg stir fry with some chinese sauces. Add a stir fry meat dish and some boiled rice and enjoy. Thats one of my favourite and quickest meals. Although a little more expensive, olive oil can't be beaten for stuff like this. Also, with stir frying the veg stays nice and crunchy - cant stand soggy veg YUK.

do_it_today!

hi :hello:
frozen is good for ease, my freezer is full of it! adding to stews, cassoroles, curries and stuff - If your using it as a side dish it tastes better if you cook it in a steamer - but tbh I dont think you can beat fresh, I end up wasting it as I buy more than i need -this year I have started a veg patch so will have more fresh stuff from the garden -

Zed42

Sweetcorn has to be frozen or tinned (ok, so I'm an addict I love my green giant!) and peas frozen ... other than that, 'fraid it has to be fresh and organic, failing that fresh and english .... best still fresh, organic and english ... then welsh (cos we're closest) then scots / then irish ...

lil_me

Same as others here, frozen peas and corn usually but fresh the rest. Main reason being lack of freezer space, plus prefering it.

Fivenations

Frozen = peas, sweetcorn, spinach ( in the winter) pea, bean, broad bean mix, chopped onion for times hands play up and mixed veg when in a rush. Having said that, I tend to buy al these from Waitrose as the quality is so good. Asda own brand doesn't do it for me.

Rest has to be fresh.

TKP_3

Frozen peas and sweetcorn - always.
Sometimes mixed veg and baby carrots. The rest are all fresh

anniebooklover

I keep a couple of bags of frozen mixed veg in the freezer as they are great to add to curries, etc, without needing to do lots of extra preparation. Its a good way of getting DS to eat veg that he wouldn't normally touch.

As a side dish, I always use fresh.

Like do it today, I have planted some of my own veg this year so I can pick it as I need it without any unnecessary waste.

Penny-Pincher!!

I only buy seasonal fresh veg. This normally means throughout the year we have fresh carrots, cabbage and another seasonal veg (cauli/brocolli etc)

Frozen i buy peas, sweetcorn, mixed veg for stews and have just started buying diced swede for carrot/swede mash and putting in stews/cassaroles....1kg bag for 69p...bargain and tastes delish!

We eat alot of veg weekly, but I probably spend no more than £3-£4 inc salad. Markets are excellent value.

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lynzpower

I agree I use frozen peas/ sweetcorn/ corn cobbettes.

In terms of healthyness, frozen is likely to be better for you than fresh, as the freezing process removes v few nutrients, the freezing process locks the nutrients in.

"Fresh" however, really does depend how fresh we are talking about. All food loses nutrients the minute it stops growing. So take a sweetcorn cob. If its picked from your garden or allotment and straight to table this is the best you will get. Pick one from Guatemala, spray it with chemicals to ensure it doesnt look "off" in the packets , then takes at least 2 weeks in refrigerated transit to get to the supermarket shelves plus have at least a weeks date on it on the shelf, then however long we have it at home before cooking- Im not sure how many nutrients are really left in it after 4 weeks being picked.

I prefer fresh because of the textures- but I dont kid myself that they are more nutritionally viable than frozen.

This year in my garden im endeavouring LOL to do spinach, mange tout ( both looking good) peppers, sweeetcorn, squash, rocket, lettuce, courgette and climbing beans, sprouting broc, parsnips, garlic, leeks & spring onions and cherry toms. All of these items we like, most of them in supermarkets. markets and so forth shipped from the far reaches of our globe. I also have mint/chives/thyme/ marjoram on the go in a soon-to-be -built rockery.