Ideal Bite

Organic Prepared Foods

Hungry Hungry Hip(pos)

05.20.2009

Submitted by dsimmons on Tue, 05/19/2009 - 11:00pm.

Chicago

The Bite:

Game for gobbling up more veggies? Chomp on this: Chi-based Hip Hip Purees. HHP steams, blends, and freezes organic veggies so busy types (that'd be you) or finicky kids can eat 'em before they rot. (Note: Frozen's got the same nutrient and health bennies as fresh.) Just thaw or nuke, and toss a half-cup portion (aka one veggie serving) of Cool Carrots, Rockin Broccoli, Sweetie Potatoes, or Jolly Cauliflower into pretty much anything, from soups to lasagna to our cheesy-licious corn bread (see blog). No smashing necessary.

Why Care?:

Choosing organic vegetables keeps toxic pesticides off our farms and outta our bellies - and frozen varieties help prevent wasteful spoiling.

HHP's carrot puree pepped up our box of mac-'n'-cheese with a sweet and creamy kick.

Wanna Try:

Hip Hip Puree, available online and at Southport Grocery, 3552 N. Southport Ave. (773-665-0100). Vegetable puree, $7/4-pack.

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Cocktail Fact

Swanson invented the frozen meal in 1954 after it got stuck with 10 railroad cars full of of unsold Thanksgiving turkeys.

Small Changes Add Up

If 10,000 Chicago Biters eat organic veggies instead of conventionally grown ones once a week for a year, we'll keep 134 kiddie pools fulla pesticide-coated veggies off our plates.

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Diane on June 02, 2009 at 11:56 AM 1

I purchased the Cool Carrots and Rockin Broccoli package at Sunset Foods last week. I added the broccoli to my hamburgers and they were awesome! Couldn't taste the difference and the kids had no idea. Love the stuff!

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