{"id":153,"date":"2018-03-08T11:13:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-08T17:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/tatertalk\/?p=153"},"modified":"2018-04-24T12:00:04","modified_gmt":"2018-04-24T17:00:04","slug":"green-giant-steamers-with-a-twist-potatoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/tatertalk\/2018\/03\/08\/green-giant-steamers-with-a-twist-potatoes\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Giant Steamers with a Twist (Potatoes)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lately, I&#8217;ve been attempting to eat healthier than I have been. This has proved to be harder than I anticipated. Vegetables cannot compare to fries, chicken nuggets, and burgers. My willpower isn&#8217;t very strong, either. I&#8217;m trying, though! While I cannot kick potatoes, I can add them to something healthy and make my stomach happy while doing it.<\/p>\n<p>One night, I was perusing my fridge for something delicious when I noticed that the red potatoes in my fridge were getting toward the end of their lives. In an attempt to be healthy, I decided that I would prepare a Green Giant Steamers bag and add potatoes to it! I honestly thought I was the craftiest person in the world, even if Green Giant makes a Steamers bag very similar to this one with potatoes.<\/p>\n<p>ANYWAYS, I bring to you my made up meal:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Green Giant Steamers with a Twist (Potatoes)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTjt2oX-MrNFjR3TCc8S733AxyyZ09qz6VIpefr0Op8RfsTEClK\" alt=\"Image result for green giant veggies\" width=\"176\" height=\"176\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll need:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>One bag of Green Giant Steamers with Broccoli, Carrots, Cauliflower, and Cheese Sauce<\/li>\n<li>Approx four medium sized red potatoes (add more to the pot if you want another meal with potatoes the next day)<\/li>\n<li>An appetite<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>How to make it: (Bear with me, it&#8217;s super complex)<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Take your red potatoes, toss them in a pot of boiling water on the stove, and cook them for approximately 15 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Halfway through the cooking of your potatoes, toss the Steamers bag into the microwave and cook it based upon the instructions on the back. I believe it takes about 5 to 6 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>After the potatoes are easily forked, drain the water and dice up the potatoes.<\/li>\n<li>Open the Steamers bag, throw it in a bowl, and toss in the diced potatoes. Stir and enjoy!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Complex, right? Told you so.\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-154 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/tatertalk\/files\/2018\/04\/taters-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/tatertalk\/files\/2018\/04\/taters-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/tatertalk\/files\/2018\/04\/taters.jpg 372w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lately, I&#8217;ve been attempting to eat healthier than I have been. This has proved to be harder than I anticipated. Vegetables cannot compare to fries, chicken nuggets, and burgers. My willpower isn&#8217;t very strong, either. I&#8217;m trying, though! While I cannot kick potatoes, I can add them to something healthy and make my stomach happy&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/tatertalk\/2018\/03\/08\/green-giant-steamers-with-a-twist-potatoes\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Green Giant Steamers with a Twist (Potatoes)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7590,"featured_media":154,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","with-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/tatertalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/tatertalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/tatertalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/tatertalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7590"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/tatertalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/tatertalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":155,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/tatertalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153\/revisions\/155"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/tatertalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/tatertalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/tatertalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/tatertalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}