{"id":5639,"date":"2011-08-24T16:31:09","date_gmt":"2011-08-25T00:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodiddy.com\/?p=5639"},"modified":"2011-08-30T17:57:46","modified_gmt":"2011-08-31T01:57:46","slug":"birds-eye-steamfresh-chefs-favorites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/foodiddy.com\/?p=5639","title":{"rendered":"Birds Eye &#8211; Steamfresh Chef&#8217;s Favorites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the Foodbuzz Tastemaker program, I was selected to receive free trial samples of Birds Eye Chef&#8217;s Favorites. I&#8217;ve used Birds Eye Steamfresh products before. The broccoli florets, whole grain brown rice, and mixed veggies have sure come in handy in a pinch. I was excited to see that Birds Eye was launching some new products.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5641\" title=\"IMG_5559\" src=\"http:\/\/foodiddy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_5559.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"http:\/\/foodiddy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_5559.jpg 450w, http:\/\/foodiddy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_5559-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I received quite the selection of Chef&#8217;s Favorites. Lightly Sauced Creamed Spinach, Lightly Sauced Primavera Vegetable Risotto, Roasted Red Potatoes &amp; Green Beans w\/Parmesan Olive Oil Sauce, and Lightly Sauced Mushroom &amp; Green Bean Risotto.<\/p>\n<p>Since I&#8217;m pretty much preparing separate meals these days for my husband and I, these frozen packages have worked out great to add as side dishes to enhance meals I&#8217;m already cooking. When I first got the samples, I laid the packages out and asked Dan to pick which one he wanted to try first. He chose the Roasted Red Potatoes &amp; Green Beans.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodiddy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_5567.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5642\" title=\"IMG_5567\" src=\"http:\/\/foodiddy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_5567.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/foodiddy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_5567.jpg 450w, http:\/\/foodiddy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_5567-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>5 1\/2 &#8211; 7 1\/2 minutes in the microwave (Our microwave cooks hot, so I set it for 5 minutes) &#8211; 1 minute of rest time and I tore into the bag.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodiddy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_5577.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5643\" title=\"IMG_5577\" src=\"http:\/\/foodiddy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_5577.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/foodiddy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_5577.jpg 450w, http:\/\/foodiddy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_5577-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I had grilled some chicken breasts and this worked as the perfect side dish.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodiddy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_5570.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5644\" title=\"IMG_5570\" src=\"http:\/\/foodiddy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_5570.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/foodiddy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_5570.jpg 450w, http:\/\/foodiddy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_5570-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>10 minutes of photos later \ud83d\ude09 &#8211; Dinner was served.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodiddy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_5579.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5645\" title=\"IMG_5579\" src=\"http:\/\/foodiddy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_5579.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/foodiddy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_5579.jpg 450w, http:\/\/foodiddy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_5579-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I loved that the green beans held their bright green color &#8211; I hate when frozen products end up looking &#8220;not so fresh&#8221;\u00a0 &#8211; not the case here.<\/p>\n<p>The Steamfresh bags contain 2 servings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nutrition Info.<\/strong><br \/>\nCal 120\u00a0 | Fat 2.5 g\u00a0 |\u00a0 Chol. &gt;5 mg\u00a0 |\u00a0 Sodium 290 mg\u00a0 |\u00a0 Carb 20 g |\u00a0 Fiber 3 g\u00a0 |\u00a0 Protein 3 g<\/p>\n<p>We are looking forward to trying the other flavors. They are slated to hit stores in September, but I&#8217;ve already started seeing them at my local grocery store.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodbuzz.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Foodbuzz<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.birdseyefoods.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Birds Eye<\/a> Chef&#8217;s Favorites for letting me sample the new flavors\/products. Working full time, I&#8217;m always looking for quick ways to get meals on the table and I love having tasty options to make that happen.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/foodiddy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/foo1121.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1460\" title=\"foo1121\" src=\"http:\/\/foodiddy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/foo1121.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"74\" height=\"41\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the Foodbuzz Tastemaker program, I was selected to receive free trial samples of Birds Eye Chef&#8217;s Favorites. I&#8217;ve used Birds Eye Steamfresh products before. The broccoli florets, whole grain brown rice, and mixed veggies have sure come in handy in a pinch. I was excited to see that Birds Eye was launching &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"http:\/\/foodiddy.com\/?p=5639\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[82,15],"tags":[283,194,284],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/foodiddy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5639"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/foodiddy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/foodiddy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foodiddy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foodiddy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5639"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/foodiddy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5690,"href":"http:\/\/foodiddy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5639\/revisions\/5690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/foodiddy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foodiddy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foodiddy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}