Green Giant's "Just for One" Vegetable Servings Make it Easier to Eat Healthier

Green Giants is making it easier to eat healthier with their new "Just for One" vegetable servings. In the grocer's freezer section I found frozen packages in a variety of vegetables that were packaged for individual servings. I purchased the Niblets Corn & Butter Sauce and the Broccoli & Cheese sauce varieties. They came packaged 4 to a box in 4.25 oz trays.

When cooking a meal, it can be difficult to please everyone with what side dish to be served. My daughter is picky with most vegetables, but I know she will eat broccoli and string beans. Occasionally she will eat corn, but she rarely eats potatoes, both of those I enjoy very much but don't always want to bother cooking just for one person. These Green Giant 'Just for One' side dishes make it convenient to serve several vegetables at one meal.

The microwave trays that the vegetables come in also make these a convenient snack. In fact my daughter ate most of the Broccoli & Cheese Sauce vegetable trays just as a between meal snack. Teenagers are quick to grab snacks they can throw in the microwave and have ready quickly, and the little microwave trays means there's no cleanup!

I also like that these little vegetable dishes make for a healthier low fat, low calorie, and almost cholesterol-free snack. The Broccoli & Cheese Sauce contains only 60 calories per serving. The corn is a little higher at 120 calories per serving. Both are microwave ready in only 2 minutes! You just peel back the film over the tray slightly to vent steam and cook on high for 2 to 2-1/2 minutes until thoroughly heated. Microwave longer if doing more than one tray. You can cook 2 or 3 different vegetables for each member of the family in just a few minutes. And, by mixing and matching the trays everyone gets their favorites!

I found the Green Giant Broccoli & Cheese Sauce to be a little on the salty side. This is not surprising since it is rather high in sodium at 470mg. I didn't enjoy this variety as much as the corn, but I did eat it and probably would again, maybe mixing it together with something else in my meal the next time. The broccoli itself cooked well and did not get mushy. I liked it better not thoroughly mixed in with sauce, so learned to just leave it sitting on top rather than stirring together when done.

Nutritional Information on Green Giant Just for One Broccoli & Cheese Sauce
1 serving of the Green Giant Broccoli & Cheese Sauce contains 60 calories, 3g Total Fat, 1g Saturated Fat and 0Trans Fat, and 0mg cholesterol. Sodium is 470mg, 7g carbohydrates, 2g protein, 2g sugar, and 2g dietary fiber. For dietary exchanges: 1 vegetable, ½, Fat carbohydrate choices is 1/2.

I liked the buttery taste of Green Giant's Just for One Niblets Corn & Butter Sauce. The corn remained crisp when cooked, and the sauce was not as salty as the Broccoli & Cheese Sauce, it really did have a buttery taste that went well with the slightly sweet corn.

Nutritional Information on Green Giant Just for One Niblets Corn & Butter Sauce
1 serving of the Green Giant Niblets Corn & Butter Sauce contains 120 calories, 2g Total Fat, and 0 Trans Fat. Cholesterol is 5mg, and Sodium is 330mg, 24g carbohydrates, 3g protein, 6g sugar, and 2g dietary fiber. For dietary exchanges: 1-1/2 starch, carbohydrate choices is 1-1/2.

Green Giant 'Just for One' vegetable dishes help you to live 'Your Best Life.'
Green Giant Just for One vegetables are an approved product of Bob Greene's The Best Life program. If you haven't heard of Bob Greene, he is the author of several health books that have been on the New York Times and Amazon.com best sellers lists. One of these books, 'Make the Connection: Ten Steps To A Better Body - And A Better Life,' he co-authored with Opray Winfrey. This book tells how he met Oprah and how he's been helping her in her battle with weight. Both his books and his website teach how to live a healthier life. His website offers an online program with interaction with Bob Greene himself in changing your eating and exercise habits.