Convenient Better-For-You Frozen Foods

The following article was written by Heinen’s Chief Dietitian, Melanie Jatsek RD, LD.

Tucked inside of Heinen’s Frozen Department, or the frozen sections of our Meat and Seafood Departments, are some of the most nutritious foods you can find.

If you’ve ever struggled with eating a well-balanced breakfast or figuring out what to make for dinner (haven’t we all?), then stock your freezer with some of these Fx™-approved staples to help you create healthy and tasty meals in a flash.

Frozen Foods to Break Your Fast

• Birch Benders paleo waffles or Evergreen whole wheat mini waffles (Pop in the toaster and spread with Heinen’s fresh ground almond or walnut butter.)
• Applegate Naturals chicken or turkey breakfast sausage
• Force of Nature bison and beef breakfast sausage
• Good Food Made Simple oat cups (Stir in a tablespoon of ground flax seeds for extra fiber and berries for a dose of vitamin C.)
• Heinen’s frozen fruit (Blend up a nutritious breakfast smoothie or make a batch of overnight oats for the week ahead.)
• Sambazon organic açaí superfruit packs (Add to smoothies or smoothie bowls.)
• WOW wheatgrass shots (Prepared from the sprouted leaves of the common wheat plant Triticum aestivum, wheatgrass juice packs a powerful punch in one little shot. Wheatgrass is rich in B-vitamins and chlorophyll, a plant pigment with anti-inflammatory properties. Blend one pre-portioned shot into your morning smoothie and enjoy the immune boosting, detoxifying and energizing benefits.)
• Amy’s Kitchen Tofu Scramble
• Alexia hashed browns (Serve alongside veggie-stuffed omelets.)

Frozen Lunch and Dinner Essentials

Veggies

• Heinen’s frozen veggies: spinach (make Meatless Spinach Meatballs), broccoli, green beans, butternut squash and roasted baby potatoes.
• Earthbound Farms kale
• Hanover cauliflower, snow peas or petite Brussels sprouts
• Stahlbush Island Farms colorful sweet potatoes or tricolored carrots
• Pictsweet Farms chopped onions or recipe helper vegetables
• Riced vegetables: Heinen’s riced cauliflower or riced broccoli, cauliflower and carrots (Perfect stand-ins for rice.)
• Heinen’s spiral veggies (Replace pasta with Heinen’s zucchini or butternut squash spirals—a smart way to rack up an extra serving of veggies!)

Grains

• Path of Life quinoa and kale side dish
• Grain Trust organic whole grain brown rice
• Ezekiel sprouted bread and wraps

Proteins

• No Bull Veggie Burgers
• Seapoint Farms edamame (Make a memorable side dish of Roasted Veggies with Edamame.)
• Bonafide Provisions organic grass-fed beef bone broth (Thaw and use in soups or enjoy as a nourishing hot beverage.)
• Bell & Evans chicken burgers
• Force of Nature grass-fed ground bison (Add to chili and stews in place of beef.)
• Heinen’s wild caught sockeye salmon
• Heinen’s wild caught ahi tuna (Make these Easy Tuna Sushi Rolls.)

Frozen Meals

• Heinen’s organic farro and quinoa with broccoli and feta meal (A protein-rich meatless meal.)
• Amy’s Kitchen brown rice, black-eyed peas and veggies bowl
• Cappello’s almond flour cheese pizza (A healthier way to get your pizza fix!)

Key Takeaway

I make my freezer work for me, and you should too! Let it help you take the burden out of preparing healthy meals for your family by keeping it stocked with Fx-approved staples like frozen produce, grains, meats and seafood. The combinations of what you can create are truly endless!