I find that most frozen veggies, when thawed, are about the same consistency as ones that were blanched. (except broccoli- defrosted frozen broccoli is pretty squishy!)

I use defrosted frozen Brussels sprouts for roasting with good results...actually you don't even have to defrost them- right in the oven frozen seems to work just fine! I used to spread them on the pan around the edges of frozen pizza so I could get my veggies even when I was eating prepackaged junk food! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Tonguea.gif" alt="" />

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