Frozen Peas

Oh, this is fabulous: these were my oldest son’s favourite’s too! I’m going to have to share this because he’s now a teen and I’m just not writing about the million small tricks a mother does that makes you feel like you’ve voyaged out on a space mission, like this does! Frozen peas were, hands down, the best way — ever — to keep the kids eating a steady diet of vegetables. (And, I can report in — from the future — all 3 of my kids have broad pallets now.) Perfect share… so happy that I’ve ventured back to you lovely blog!

The children I used to babysit loved to nibble on frozen corn for dinner and for snacks! They thought it was a treat every time.

I give my daughter frozen raspberries when she asks for dessert. She gets so excited!

My sisters and I ate frozen peas constantly as kids! Now, when I’m making dinner, I cook peas for my husband and serve myself frozen ones, straight from the bag. Trader Joe’s fresh frozen petite peas are my favorite!

We used to eat frozen peas as kids all the time! Also my mom would let us eat raw green beans, which are just so much better crunchy and cold!

I was the same as a kid!! I used to “sneak” handfuls of frozen peas from the freezer! For some reason I figured my parents wouldn’t let me eat them if they weren’t cooked (which I hated), so I thought I was being sneaky. They were probably watching from the doorway wondering why I was trying to be so stealth…

Yep, my kids too. Frozen peas for the big win l.
Also, edemame (in the pods). I dont offer it all the time (because soy, etc) but when i do they could eat heaps of it! Who knew? ;)

This made me laugh–my mom always kept frozen peas on hand when I was a kid because they can also double as a moldable ice pack for bruised knees or bumped heads!

My CAT actually loves peas… frozen or not. He’ll gobble one up if I drop it on the floor, and he’ll chow down on a dish of peas.

I will have to try frozen peas on our kids! Usually I just mix them up into risotto or other rice dishes. I tend to change up the vegetables we serve often and make them in various ways so the kids will experience different tastes and textures. We are Chinese, so I do a lot of Asian preparations (among others) and our rule is that everyone has to try something at least ONCE before saying they don’t like it. Usually after trying it, they actually like it!

Our favorite preparations are haricot verts sauteed with fish sauce and garlic (Vietnamese/Thai inspired), and roasted broccoli with olive oil and sea salt. Whenever I make these two vegetable dishes there is nothing leftover! My husband and two girls (5 and 3) love them! I also resonate with something Chef Richard Blais said – “sauce is the liaison for flavor” … if we put something in a nice sauce, it will taste so much better! So let’s make our veggies flavorful and lovely so our kids will learn to enjoy them and be excited about them. Steamed broccoli is so boring!

Dinner a Love Story does a great frozen pea pasta sauce..
Just add oil, lemon juice, fresh mint and a pinch of salt to the peas in the blender and whizz it all up!
Mix it through the pasta and my kids eat it all up!
You can even add in some cooked broccoli to the mix too and disguise even more green goodness!

My kid gets frozen peas EVERY night with dinner, I do frozen blueberries too. He also randomly LOVES canned carrots, and to my surprise and delight, FETA CHEESE!

I gave my son frozen peas as an infant the first time because he was too hungry to wait for cooked ones. He thought it was so funny and now that’s how he prefers them. The other cool thing is that he influenced his older cousins and they like them that way now too!

My sister did this with all four of her kids! Although, her kids thought frozen peas were candy so she would act like it was a special treat. This got them sneaking peas when she wasn’t looking. So funny seeing kids “sneak” vegetables.

They make a great snack for teething babies too! When I get them out for the baby, my older two beg for them . . . Not going to say no to handing over vegetables. ;)

What a great idea. I usually cheat the vegetables in, like a little beetroot on strawberry juice (I make them with fresh fruits and vegetables at home); a bit spinach in the apple juice. We do struggle with soups, so I always declare a “soup race” at the table. Doesn’t do wonders for table manners, but at least I make sure all the vegetables they need get in their bodies.
I usually get peas and carrots on the rice, so they eat them. And I also mix cauliflower in the mashed potatoes, so they have no idea they’re eating it. As for broccoli… well, I can’t blame them. I used to hate them, too.

My son loves them!

That’s funny. Just yesterday, my two year old eating frozen corn out of the bag while helping make dinner. He declined my offers to warm it up and kept on chowing down. I’ll have to offer peas next time too!

I have never eaten frozen peas but if the kids love them, they must be pretty good! Thanks for sharing!

Prudence
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my daughter (2yrs) loves these too.. also both my kids (2 &8yr) love edemame beans in their shells. I think they enjoy the task of getting them out! You can buy them frozen and just blanche them in hot water.

Try warming them up with some coconut oil. My kids love it.

Mine, too! In fact it was THE. ONLY. way I could get my oldest to even entertain putting something green into his mouth. Now it’s the only way he’ll eat peas. In Denmark, where he went to nursery school, they served a lot of raw veg (he still won’t eat a cooked carrot) and that’s the way he prefers them. You can also try squeezing a little fresh lime or lemon juice on some of the more challenging veg – like broccoli. Works like a charm for mine!

Have you tried making pea mash? Bit more of a grown up treat but add a little garlic and some mint and olive oil, mash up, serve on toast (sour dough preferred ;) ) with a poached egg on top. Scrumptious.

Umm… I still eat frozen peas, have since when I was a child. Nothing better in summer!

My mom gave me frozen peas as a baby and I still love them!

Mushy peas!

my daughter refuses to eat regular peas but loves freeze dried peas. And edamame. Target carries both. I think maybe it’s a texture thing.

http://m.target.com/p/simply-balanced-freeze-dried-veggie-salted-edamame-3-25-oz/-/A-16376398.

Frozen edamame works too!

Ha ha, yes! My kids eat two green veggies mainly– plain, steamed broccoli and frozen peas! It’s a mainstay and makes me feel less guilty about their sad veggie intake.

My husband still wants his peas frozen and most of his veggies raw, because when they were kids and nagging their mum for food near dinner time, she would give them uncooked veggies like it was a special treat that they were getting before dinner. Now he just likes them that way. This works with my boys too. They’ll eat a whole raw carrot while I’m cutting veggies but otherwise wouldn’t eat them off their plates. Kids!

My kids eat bowls and bowls of frozen peas. And frozen berries and mango. I find it totally strange but I’m keeping my mouth shut.

Cook not cool! Ah autocorrect.

My boys LOVE frozen peas! It started out as a suggestion I read somewhere on the internet, to pack frozen peas as a snack when heading out…the idea being by the time the kids are ready to snack, the peas will be thawed. Then one day they weren’t. Now the kids will only eat them frozen!

Have you seen the freeze-dried peas? I know they sell them at vitacost.com – they are strangely addictive!

I don’t recall eating frozen peas growing up, but I looked frozen corn! (Or any corn, really. I was a fanatic). Growing up, my dad had a poem he used to get us to eat peas that went: “I eat my peas with honey, I’ve done it all my life. It makes the peas taste funny but it keeps them on my knife!” Worked on us like a charm. Somehow peas seemed less gross when we were trying to eat them stuck to a knife!