Fun ideas for using canned food
February 8, 2022
By Jaime Sherman, MS, LDN, Community Nutrition Educator – SNAP Ed
Continuing our series for National Canned Food Month, we discuss fun ways to use these popular foods in new and interesting ways:
- Beets – excellent source of folate, good source of fiber and potassium. Can be red or golden.
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- Plain – cold or hot
- Blend them into a soup, sauce, or smoothie
- Blended smooth into hummus
- Put on a green salad
- Pears – contain fiber and vitamin C.
- Add to a fruit salad
- Eat plain
- Atop a green salad with yogurt, walnuts and dried fruit
- Add to a quesadilla – click here for a pear quesadilla recipe!
- Add to a turkey sandwich
- Freeze with yogurt and juice for a popsicle
- Bake in a fruit crisp
- Beans – many different kinds. Good sources of potassium, protein and fiber.
- Blend into hummus – chickpeas and black beans especially
- Blend black beans until smooth and bake into brownies; blend white beans into “blondies”
- Make soup with black bean, chickpeas, lentils, kidney beans or more
- Use in tacos, enchiladas, nachos or other similar dishes
- Eat plain
- Put on a green salad
- Use black beans and corn in a burger
- Bake chickpeas until crispy with spices like: pumpkin pie spice and maple syrup, salt and pepper, or taco seasoning
- Add red beans to rice or a variety of beans to pasta
- Try our Cowboy Caviar recipe – click here!
- Tuna, chicken or salmon – low in fat and calories, good source of protein. Salmon and tuna are rich in omega 3 fatty acid.
- Combine chicken into a salad with celery, mayo (Instead of mayo, try hummus or avocado), grapes, and nuts
- Combine salmon with celery, green onions and nut butter for a dip
- Buffalo (spicy) chicken dip
- Eat plain atop a green salad
- Combine tuna with diced apples or citrus fruit into a salad
- Use in tacos
Show us your canned food creations! Use #cannedfoodmonthFBD on social media so we can see your recipes!
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