Frozen Food Favorites
There’s nothing better than fresh fruits and veggies, but sometimes I have to rely on frozen food to get me by. Not only is it super convenient, it also tends to be cheaper, and it keeps for a lot longer. The issue is usually navigating through the freezer section, to find things that aren’t loaded up with artificial ingredients and preservatives.
So I made a quick little list of some of my frozen food staples.
Frozen Foods I Love
Frozen Fruit
- Berries last longer and they’re much cheaper, especially when they are out of season! I also like to freeze my bananas when they start getting too ripe. (Peel them first!)
Ezekiel bread (or any sprouted grain bread)
- It keeps longer in the freezer, and a few minutes in the toaster brings it right back to life!
Vitatops (and VitaCakes)
- They’re kind of expensive, but they’re pretty tasty! You could also just make these apple pie oatmeal muffins and freeze them.
Frozen dinners (without the weird stuff)
- Amy’s makes some of my favorites, but I also like Kashi and Lightlife.
Frozen dinners can come in handy if I need to pack my lunch, or I don’t have time to cook something. I like that the sprouted grain bread keeps in the freezer (really, any kind of bread would) so it doesn’t go stale before I can finish the loaf. And I actually prefer frozen berries for yogurt and smoothies! Vitatops make a great dessert when you just need something sweet.
Things I Don’t Love
- Steamed broccoli– I just don’t think this tastes great. It’s not bad in a stir fry, but fresh is so much tastier
- Frozen meals with 10,000 ingredients– Take a look at what’s in there… and watch out for strange preservatives and chemicals
- Soy crumbles– I really wanted to like these, but I used them in this vegetarian chili and I just hated the texture
Oh gosh. I seriously love those vita tops. They are so good and such a yummy snack for a low amount of calories when you want something sweet. I like frozen dumplings. The legit kind from asian markets. Those are the cats meow lol. I also enjoy some amy’s frozen meals – mainly the vegetarian pasta one with asparagus and broccoli.
I’ve never tried frozen dumplings! I’ll have to give them a shot!
Van’s Gluten-Free Frozen Waffles are a big hit with my clients! Have you ever tried them? They’re pretty good.
Omg I think we are one in the same person – I always peel almost too ripe bananas and put them in the freezer for smoothies!!!! I have to admit I love frozen broccoli – just bc it’s super easy and doesn’t go bag. my all time favorite frozen veggie is peeled edamame – made it for dinner tonight!
Ah yay! Thanks for those awesome reviews 🙂 I’ve been wanting “sprout” bread too. And I didn’t know Kashi made pasta… I love their cereal.
The Kashi dinners are a little pricy but I think they’re pretty good!
I COMPLETELY agree with you about frozen broccoli. I’ll put it in my stir-fry but…by itself…not very good 🙁
Also, I ended up buying some Ezekiel bread last week and really like it 🙂 Thanks for reviewing on your blog. It’s a new favorite of mine too!
Awesome I’m so glad you like it!
Frozen fruits are a MUST for me, with blueberries and mangoes being my absolute favorite. Then there’s Amy’s pizza, Nature’s Path waffles, Ezekiel English muffins, and frozen veggies… but NEVER spinach. Oh! And… does ice cream count as a frozen food? 😉
Oh man I LOVE Frozen waffles!!! Haha I need to go get some.
LOOOVE Ezekiel 😀 Especially their cinnamon raisin English muffins haha I go through those like crazy 🙂 I have actually never tried a vita muffin, but they always look tasty!
The Cinnamon Raisin bread topped with Dark Chocolate Dreams peanut butter is like the most amazing thing ever!
I agree with the frozen meals! Totally gross when it’s a long list of things. I do like the vegan Boca burgers though. They aren’t too bad tasting. I agree half with the broccoli…I like when other people steam it using fresh lol, not me. I do hate the frozen kind though…yuck!
I loove love love Vita Tops too.
And lately I have been loving Edy’s Frozen Yogurt – the caramel candied pecan kind!
I love ezekiel bread. As for frozen food in general, Trader Joe’s frozen mashed sweet potatoes are my favorite. I’ve never tried vitatops though!