A Foodie Confession

[a_boleyn]

My friends, I'm about to reveal something to you that you may not have known about me

Comments

[spikesgirl58]

Rock on! Isn't it great when you have stuff like this happen? :D

[a_boleyn]

I don't know why I resisted canned chickpeas so long.

The dried ones are best for making falafel though. You want the crunchy texture in your patties.

[spikesgirl58]

I tend to use canned beans for most of my recipes. Easier and I'm not a purist when it comes to such things.

[a_boleyn]

I stopped buying canned veggies (corn and peas) that I used to stock up on in favour of bags of frozen veggies a while back. I guess I just thought it was healthier. :)

[spikesgirl58]

I don't like all the salt they added to the canned veggies. I do keep a can of peas on hand though, in case I make Pete's Peas. They only work with canned peas.

[a_boleyn]

A can was the perfect size for 2 servings or to put in a chicken pot pie in the case of peas. I would drain the contents and quickly warm them up in the microwave. No fuss no muss. And I didn't have to go digging in the freezer for the bags which always ended up at the bottom. I no longer worry about the latter these day, I guess.

[spikesgirl58]

They are convenient, but I have to keep an eye on our sodium intake, so it's mostly fresh for us.

[a_boleyn]

Fresh doesn't really work for me ... I suck at timing and fresh vegetables OFTEN end up pitched cause they're bd by the time I get to them. It happens to strawberries too. :(

[spikesgirl58]

Well, that's no fun.