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Green Giant Simply Steam Healthy Weight Vegetable Medley
By: | Feb 21, 2008
Green Giant Simply Steam Healthy Weight Vegetables have "sliced carrots, sugar snap peas, black beans and edamame lightly tossed with butter sauce." Toss the bag in the microwave and 4 minutes later these veggies are steamed and ready to go. The veggies steamed to perfection and the flavor was outstanding thanks to the butter sauce, which left very little residue on the veggies.
The edamame retained a nice crunch, the carrots and sugar snap peas were not too hard not too tender. The black beans were plentiful (too plentiful according to the review at HeatEatReview) and it did take a little getting used to because the texture is starchy and a bit different from the smooth texture of the other vegetables. But I have no complaints because there was not a bean, edamame, string bean or carrot in sight when I was done with this.
One serving of Green Giant Simply Steam Healthy Weight Vegetable Medley is half of the box and has 90 calories, 2.5 grams of total fat and 1 grams of saturated fat (4% and 6% of the recommended daily amount), 10% of the RDA for sodium (240 mg), 5 grams of protein and 14 grams of total carbohydrates which includes 3 grams of sugars and 21% of the RDA for fiber (5 grams). There is also 35% of the RDA for vitamin A.
That means that eating the whole box is 180 calories, approximately 10% of the RDA for fat, 20% of the RDA for sodium and a whopping 42% of the RDA for fiber. The fat and sodium are coming from the butter sauce that's used on the vegetables. I made dinner from these veggies and 1 chicken breast from Perdue Perfect Portions (love the convenience of taking out a single piece and knowing the weight and nutrition facts). My entire meal was 310 calories which is pretty darn good and the meal was very filling.
This was on sale at my local grocery store, 3 for $5.00, and as I'm glad I stocked up. I am not crazy about (cooked) vegetables in particular, but I eat them because I know they're good for me. This meal took me to another level and I would be more than willing to buy this again because of the flavor.
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I loved these, thought they were a really nicely down pre-packaged vegetable dish. The really good (and astonishing) thing was that my husband actually enjoyed them too!
I tried the healthy weight vegetables. I am in love with these! The taste is soooo good and fresh too!
I love all of the varieties in the simply steam line. My favorite, however, is the Baby Vegetable Medley (50 Cal/serving - 100 Cal/box). Mmm mmm. Perfect for work or a filling snack. BTW...I love your blog.
yeah i was surprised how fresh they tasted. Reall enjoyed
These are amazing! I am your standard fat guy... not so much into the whole vegetable diet.
But throw these down with some boil-in-the-bag rice and in 12 minutes you are having one of the tastiest dishes around!
I tried this as well as the Immunity Boost. I was pleasantly surprised although Healthy Weight was a tad too chewy for me. For someone trying to watch their weight and/or eat healthy, I think these are great (especially in the winter when 'fresh' produce isn't so fresh).
I have been having a LOVE affair with the healthy weight edamame, carrots and black bean combo. So flipping good. Keep it our secret so they dont sell out though. Shhhhhh!!!!
These are my favorite veggies ever!!! I have actually lost 10lbs this month because of how these fill me up.