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19 Meals You Can Make with a Bag of Frozen Veggies

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By Erin McDowellUpdated Aug 1, 2023

The fridge we want to have is stocked with organic veggies from the local farmers' market. The fridge we actually have? Well, let’s just say we’re lucky if there’s a bag of wilted, old kale in there. Enter organic frozen veggies. Flash frozen at the peak of freshness, they’re nothing like the greyish, mushy lima beans from our childhood. Plus, they usually require zero prep. We’ve rounded up 19 recipes that make swapping in a bag of frozen vegetables a breeze.

Erin McDowell

Freelance Food Editor

Erin Jeanne McDowell is a recipe developer, food stylist and author of multiple cookbooks, including The Fearless Baker, which was named one of the Best Baking Books of 2017 by the New York Times. She studied baking and pastry at The Culinary Institute of America in New York, and in addition to developing recipes for PureWow, her work has appeared in Better Homes and Gardens, Food Network Magazine, Food52, The Kitchn and more.

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