Comments on: eating your greens. Fresh v frozen vegetables

By: Ting

Ting — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 06:30:28 +0000

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save money by buying meat in bulk | frugalandthriving.com.au — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 14:02:15 +0000

[...] For example, in our instance we paid $10.88 in total divided by 870g (yield) = 0.01250 x 1000 = $12.50 per kilo. $12.50 – $8.99 = $3.51. I also did this yield comparison with vegetables. [...]

By: Melissa

Melissa — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 06:33:26 +0000

I had a look at the recipe – looks tasty and easy. Thanks for sharing it! I am wondering about pasta and potato together though. Like potato pizza. I was watching Jamie on TV ‘revolutionising’ the US and he said he didn’t get rice and bread. Am going to try the pasta anyway – I may be pleasantly surprised!

By: Nicole

Nicole — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 04:19:17 +0000

Jamie Oliver has a great recipe that uses the broccoli stem in his Food Revolution book. My husband and I really enjoy it! Someone has a post with the recipe at http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2010/01/broccoli-and-pesto-tagliatelle-pasta-recipe.html

We don’t have a speed peeler so I just do the best I can with my terrible knife skills, but I’ve found I like the texture of the potato slices having more “substance” to them anyway. We also use whole wheat linguine instead of tagliatelle since it’s more easily available, a bit healthier, and goes on great sales every few months.

Love your website by the way!

-Nicole in the US

By: Melissa

Melissa — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 21:20:47 +0000

Thanks for the broccoli ideas. I’m thinking about how we can compost in our little yard (without a bokashi bin expense). Also thinking about using broccoli stems in the baby food. DH cooks more with the stems than I do which is good.

I remember Dad trying to grow broccoli and cauli when I was a kid without success, so I always assumed they were hard to grow. I’m not even sure they grow up here at all? Have to check my vege books, but it may be too hot?

By: Maureen

Maureen — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 03:44:05 +0000

I always buy my Brocoli and cauliflower frozen, unless I see it heavily discounted, this is from a frugal point of view rather than a health one. I tried to grow them both myself last year to cut the costs back even further, but they refused to grow. So it,s back to the freezer for me.

By: Delphine

Delphine — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 21:30:07 +0000

Jamie Oliver agrees that most people waste a lot of brocoli. He says steam the stems when you cook the rest of your veg. You can discard the very bottom. My DH loves the steamed and I have to admit it tastes okay, so maybe that would lessen your wastage sums. The other thing is compost, my veggie scraps go into the compost bin and therefore are not wasted. And finally, I have grown my own. They grow rather easily during winter here in Adelaide, and I plant them in my cottage garden next to flowers and shrubs. But I have bought frozen but prefer fresh. But I don’t mind frozen cauli. I guess it’s al about taste too. Keep up the good work.
Del