Buy frozen produce.
Frozen foods can save time and money. Frozen produce is picked when ripe and quickly frozen (usually within 24 hours of being harvested), which, in many cases, preserves the nutrients in the foods. In fact, in many cases, more food nutrients are lost during cooking than in the freezing process.
When pinching pennies, it’s easy to catch BOGO (Buy One, Get One free) sales on frozen broccoli, corn, carrots, green beans and vegetable blends and stock your freezer for those last-minute meals when you have nothing fresh on hand. Just make sure you use them within six months to prevent freezer burn.
