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Because of my hectic life, I don't often take time to eat enough veggies.
Today I bought celery, baby carrots, broccoli, cauliflower and sugar-snap peas and some ziploc baggies. I divided everything up into five bags. I'm going to eat one each day at work. Voila. Veggies. Any other ideas on how I can get some fast veggies into my diet? Cat |
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On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 22:51:05 GMT, "Cat" wrote:
Because of my hectic life, I don't often take time to eat enough veggies. Today I bought celery, baby carrots, broccoli, cauliflower and sugar-snap peas and some ziploc baggies. I divided everything up into five bags. I'm going to eat one each day at work. Voila. Veggies. One suggestion: punch some holes in the ziploc baggies so there's a little air circulation. Otherwise your veggies will get mushy by the end of the week. Ziploc used to make baggies with tiny holes in them especially for this purpose, but I don't think they're on the market any longer. Chris |
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Thanks. You saved my veggies.
Cat "Cat" wrote in message ink.net... Because of my hectic life, I don't often take time to eat enough veggies. Today I bought celery, baby carrots, broccoli, cauliflower and sugar-snap peas and some ziploc baggies. I divided everything up into five bags. I'm going to eat one each day at work. Voila. Veggies. Any other ideas on how I can get some fast veggies into my diet? Cat |
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You and me both. Quick and dirty solution: V8 juice (comes in many
varieties - low salt, lemon, spicy, etc). 7 minute solution: buy a mix of frozen veggies. I like Acme brand Fiesta blend. I take half of the one pound mix, put it in the microwave for seven minutes - then add spice. 1/2 pound = 150 calories, 10 grams of fiber. I then add 2 tablespoons of olive oil to make one of my 400 calorie meals. "Cat" wrote in message link.net... Because of my hectic life, I don't often take time to eat enough veggies. Today I bought celery, baby carrots, broccoli, cauliflower and sugar-snap peas and some ziploc baggies. I divided everything up into five bags. I'm going to eat one each day at work. Voila. Veggies. Any other ideas on how I can get some fast veggies into my diet? Cat |
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Ignoramus30995 wrote:
take them back out of ziplocs, they will spoil. you can't store those vegs in ziploc bags. This won't help with taking them to work, but I just bought a new batch of Evert-Fresh bags. In my area (central TX), Albertsons sells them. They're green bags sold near the produce section. They neutralize the gases that make veggies go bad, so vegetables kept in them last about 5 times as long. I put half a cucumber in one, and forgot about it for a couple of weeks. When I pulled it out, it looked like it was cut yesterday. They can be washed out and reused many times before they lose their effectiveness. With these, I can stock up on asparagus when it's on sale, and not worry about having to use it right away. Around here, half the time broccoli or green beans in the stores look good, and half the time they look like they were left in the sun to wilt before going on the shelf. With the Evert-Fresh bags, I can buy more when they look good, to last me through when they look lousy. Neutralizing the gases does produce moisture, though, so I put a couple of paper towels in the bottom of the bags. The large size bag will fit over the top of a large mixing bowl of salad, to help keep it from going brown or slimy in the fridge. -- jamie ) "There's a seeker born every minute." |
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Where abouts in C. Tx?
Susan who is just north of Austin 260/219/160 --- 2weeks 6days 7:21hours of being smoke-free, 813 cigs not smoked, $150.41 saved, 2day 19:45hours of my life saved "jamie" wrote in message ... Ignoramus30995 wrote: take them back out of ziplocs, they will spoil. you can't store those vegs in ziploc bags. This won't help with taking them to work, but I just bought a new batch of Evert-Fresh bags. In my area (central TX), Albertsons sells them. They're green bags sold near the produce section. They neutralize the gases that make veggies go bad, so vegetables kept in them last about 5 times as long. I put half a cucumber in one, and forgot about it for a couple of weeks. When I pulled it out, it looked like it was cut yesterday. They can be washed out and reused many times before they lose their effectiveness. With these, I can stock up on asparagus when it's on sale, and not worry about having to use it right away. Around here, half the time broccoli or green beans in the stores look good, and half the time they look like they were left in the sun to wilt before going on the shelf. With the Evert-Fresh bags, I can buy more when they look good, to last me through when they look lousy. Neutralizing the gases does produce moisture, though, so I put a couple of paper towels in the bottom of the bags. The large size bag will fit over the top of a large mixing bowl of salad, to help keep it from going brown or slimy in the fridge. -- jamie ) "There's a seeker born every minute." |
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of Evert-Fresh bags. In my area (central TX), Albertsons sells them.
They're green bags sold near the produce section. They neutralize the gases that make veggies go bad, so vegetables kept in them last about 5 times as long. In the UK Lakeland sell these as "Stay Fresh" bags - they really work too Cellach |
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