Frozen vegetable mixtures: cooking features, the best recipes and reviews

Ready-made vegetable mixes, which are sold today not only in solid supermarkets, but also in simple grocery stores, can greatly facilitate the life of any hostess. They help to save time spent on cooking.

In this article we will look at some of the most popular mixes, let's talk about preparing side dishes, soups, salads and many other dishes for which frozen vegetables are used. And a few suggested ideas, easy to implement at home, will help you fill up the home cookbook recipes procurement.

Lecho

This dish was presented to the world by sunny Bulgaria. In it the colors and ripe autumn fragrances were mixed. Today, there are many recipes for cooking lecho, but the use of frozen billets is the simplest and most reliable. In addition, thanks to ready-made mixes, even northern-latitudes can eat this dish.

In any mix, "Lecho" is dominated by two ingredients - the Bulgarian pepper and tomatoes. Optionally can contain onions, garlic, carrots, and sometimes even zucchini.

Preparation of the vegetable mix will take very little time. Simply warm up the fat in the wok or kazanke, unload the frozen vegetables and braise under the lid for about 20 minutes, remembering to stir occasionally.

Hawaiian blend

Today rice with vegetables in Hawaiian is very popular in many countries as a side dish. But this dish emerged from considerations of banal economy: the poor people simply mixed and extinguished what was given to it by the fertile land and the generous southern sun. In the pack you will find not only semi-finished rice, but also corn, peas and paprika.

Rice with vegetable mix can be cooked in a normal pan or frying pan. Add a small amount of water and put the dish on medium heat. In a quarter of an hour you will feel a magical fragrance.

Without additives, this dish is perfect for lean menus. And if you put out meat together with vegetables and rice, you will get a wonderful treat for the festive table (you can not always serve mashed potatoes).

Good vegetables are in Hawaiian and with shrimps, fried or boiled.

Vegetables in Mexican

I wonder why this mix got such a name? After all, there is nothing Mexican, no excessive sharpness, so beloved by the inhabitants of this country, no special Latin American ingredients like cacti ...

Perhaps the only Mexican that is present in this mixture is the red bean. The mixes from different manufacturers may differ slightly, but this product is mandatory. In addition to it, you will find in a packet of string beans, peppers, corn, eggplants, green peas and onions, and sometimes also carrots with celery.

Vegetable mix Mexican is suitable not only for the preparation of useful and tasty side dishes, chimichangs and burritos, but also for salads. Add to the toasted vegetables chopped eggs, croutons from white bread and boiled fillets. Season with mayonnaise or a mixture of mustard and lemon juice.

The mixture "Village"

The origin of the name of this mix is also, most likely, commercial, not historical. It is used by different manufacturers, but any combination can be hidden under the packaging. Surely every technologist has his own ideas about the village. However, one component is unchanged-it is potatoes.

In a pack with him, carrots and onions, string beans, corn, peas, peppers, zucchini, squash, eggplants can adjoin. The composition is always indicated on the pack, you can choose the most suitable combination.

Be careful, because in some Western kitchens before cooking potatoes are not accepted to clean. If it embarrasses you, maybe the Village Mix is not your option?

Many are frightened by the fact that the potato has been frozen. However, this mix has many fans, whose reviews unanimously confirm that the mixture is an excellent option for a quick and interesting garnish with a rich taste.

Like other frozen vegetable mixes, this is easy enough to put out in a frying pan. To taste even more rustic, add fresh greens and young garlic before serving. The mixture is also suitable for preparing rich soups.

Spring vegetables

"Spring" is an even more extensible concept than the "village". All the spring vegetable mixes on the market unite only the predominance of green color.

In the pack you will find broccoli and cauliflower, asparagus beans and green peas, green pepper and kohlrabi, celery root, parsnip, young onion and greens. This mixture is better suited not for preparing an independent dish, but for adding to stew, vegetable casseroles, pizza, lasagna. You can puff it out until it is ready and blend a small amount of the blender to get a flavorful sauce. A spring mix is also suitable for making hot salads.

Stew

There are many recipes for ragout, therefore it is not surprising that the composition of mixtures varies. As a rule, in the package there are onions, carrots and zucchini. Some manufacturers add fragrant roots and beans.

Ready-made vegetable mixes will help you quickly prepare a rich dish. Cook the potatoes until half cooked, fry the beef cut into small pieces on high heat. Mix in a saucepan, add the frozen mixture and cook until ready.

Ratatouille

A dish with an unusual name, which is served today in restaurants of French cuisine around the world, was once also invented by peasants. They put out zucchini, tomatoes, peppers and onions in one bowl. Later, eggplants were added to the list of ingredients. Vegetable mixes "Ratatouille" from different manufacturers are similar in composition, only proportions can vary.

Based on the mix, you can easily prepare a side dish for meat or fish. Ratatouille is served in the form of an independent dish. And if you add a little broth while extinguishing, get a fragrant thick soup.

Gyuvech

The history of this dish also began in Bulgaria. In the historical homeland, the word "gyuvech" refers not only to the dish itself, but also to the dishes in which it is prepared - a clay pot with a lid. And it is desirable to cook it in such pots, in the oven.

Spread the mixture into containers, pour half with vegetable or meat broth. Cover and cook for about 30 minutes.

The main taste of the dish is given by okra, which resembles eggplant and white asparagus at the same time. In addition to it, you will find in the package pepper, tomatoes, eggplants and onions.

But the mixture from the package is not all that is necessary for the original recipe. While the vegetables are stewed, stir a couple of eggs in a bowl, add about the same amount (by volume) of milk. 5 minutes before cooking, add to the pots.

Vegetables in Chinese

This mixture attracts fans of the magic cuisine of Asia. In the pack you will find mash sprouts and young bamboo shoots, black fungus, small corn cobs, pepper, carrots and cabbage. Optionally, roots (celery), leeks, green beans can be added.

Chinese vegetable blends are the perfect base for oriental dishes. Fry the mixture in oil (the sesame is best), add a couple of spoons of soy sauce instead of salt, and sprinkle with sesame seeds before serving. Together with vegetables, you can fry seafood, chicken, pork or duck. If you like spicy, add chilli to the dish. And to emphasize the Chinese origin, during frying pour a teaspoon of honey into the frying pan. The combination of spicy, salty and sweet is one of the main features of the national cuisine of the Celestial Empire.

Paprikash

How do you usually cook goulash? For certain use together with meat still carrots, onions and tomatoes (paste). And in some national cuisines in Eastern Europe, beef, poultry and pork are stewed with Bulgarian pepper. The combination is simply superb! Paprikash is a vegetable blend created for such dishes .

The recipes for cooking this dish are simple. Fry pieces of meat, add bright frozen vegetables, put out.

The mix also includes beans, zucchini, tomatoes, but the bulk is sweet pepper.

Roast for soup and soups

Some frozen vegetable mixes are universal. They are suitable for any dish, whether it's roast, soup, or meat sauce. An example of such a mix is a mixture of onions, carrots and greens. Just add it to the dish in the middle of the cooking.

By the same principle, a mixture is prepared for the red borsch. It consists of beets, carrots, onions, peppers and tomatoes. Cooked on such a roast borscht at any time of the year will be fragrant with the ripe aromas of September.

You can make a mix for a green borscht. It will need sorrel, spinach, dill, parsley. You can add a little leeks. Young nettles and May beet tops are used less often, but thanks to them borsch is even more fragrant and more useful.

How to freeze vegetables yourself

As you can see, many classic mixes can easily be made at home. This is an excellent option for harvesting for future use. Before preparing the vegetable mixture, rinse and clean the ingredients, cut or grate, fold into dry bags or lunch boxes. It is also possible to use disposable dishes.

These blanks are stored in the freezer, and before cooking do not need defrosting and any preparation.