NEW YORK - Long thought to be the backup option, the Plan B, or the rainy-day staple, frozen foods are taking their place center plate and having a major moment brought on by the global coronavirus pandemic."We shouldn't underestimate the convenience factor," Ed Levine, the founder of Serious Eats, told FOX 5 NY.
Frozen foods have proven to be no-fuss items that are quick to get on the table. They're affordable options that last a long time.
And they can be healthy alternatives, especially when other options don't exist. That might be why at the beginning of the pandemic, some frozen foods were so tough to get."All the things we took for granted that would be always available, all of a sudden you'd get either sold out if you tried to buy.