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Canned food is a universal product, a lifesaver. Firstly, they do not take up much space, secondly, they are stored for years, and thirdly, there are a great many recipes with canned vegetables, fruits, fish or meat. Another plus is that these recipes are usually very quick. In general, keeping canned food in the closet or kitchen cabinet is very worthwhile. We have compiled the top 10 that you should definitely buy on your next trip to the supermarket.
beans
An irreplaceable thing if you are going to cook borscht or make pies with bean filling. Canned beans do not need to be cooked for a long time, unlike dry beans (although they can be dealt with quickly, but not so much). Moreover, borscht and pies are not all recipes where beans can be added. It can be used to cook vegetarian meatballs, spicy Moroccan tajin goulash, simple and beautiful salads, even Georgian phali. Beans also contain a lot of vegetable protein – all the benefits for the body.
Corn and green peas
This is a ready-made basis for anything – even rice with vegetables, even a couple of dozen salads. Peas also contain protein, while corn contains valuable calcium and has the ability to lower bad cholesterol. Salads with these products automatically become much more satisfying, and besides, you can make an amazingly tasty and quick soup from peas that warms the soul – just what you need for a chilly autumn evening.
Fruit compote or fruit in syrup
It is a ready-made base for many desserts. You can make colorful jelly with the smell of summer, soak biscuits for cake or pastries, add to muffins, or just catch sweet fruit slices if you want a moderately harmful sweetness.
Sayra
One of the most inexpensive products, the simplest canned fish. It is better to choose saury in its own juice – it is more versatile. Suitable for soup, which is cooked in just 15 minutes, and as a base for a pâté appetizer. And you can also make hot sandwiches with it, stuffing for pies, add to hearty salads, which are quite capable of becoming an independent dish.
Tomato paste or tomatoes
An indispensable item for many recipes – from pasta in tomato sauce to pizza. If you love Italian food, this product is a must-have in your pantry. Moreover, it does not have to be pasta, canned tomatoes in their own juice are also a great thing. Moreover, this is hardly the only product that is healthier when cooked than fresh: after heat treatment in tomatoes, the amount of lycopene, a powerful antioxidant, increases significantly.
Olives
Someone will say that this is the lordship, but we will say that this is the best way to diversify traditional recipes. Olives are good in salads (you can find some interesting recipes HERE), and in pizza, and with stewed vegetables, and by themselves. Experts say that if you eat olives every day – not in handfuls, but in a little bit, then you can provide your body with valuable vitamins A, B, E, D, K, which help to strengthen bone tissue, muscles and intestinal walls. They also support the youthfulness of the skin, help to strengthen the immune system and even cleanse the liver.
Condensed milk
Not condensed milk, but condensed milk! Technologists say that these are fundamentally different things, they cannot be confused if you want to avoid disappointment. The fact is that condensed milk is made strictly in accordance with GOST, it contains only whole milk and sugar syrup, from which almost all the moisture is evaporated. Condensed milk is a product that can contain milk powder, milk fat substitutes, and various additives for taste, color and smell. Real condensed milk is a godsend for a home pastry chef, an excellent base for creams and creamy desserts.
Eggplant or squash caviar
They don’t have to be there by themselves. With them, a variety of variations are possible: you can cook pasta with caviar, you can bake chicken in a sauce of squash caviar with sour cream, cook pancakes based on caviar, even add it to salads. And in eggplant caviar, you can add canned chickpeas, toasted sesame seeds, finely chopped herbs, onions and garlic, season with olive oil – you get an unusual and very tasty dietary dish.
Tuna or pink salmon
Proponents of healthy eating tuna will probably mentally applaud. Canned fish is an excellent source of protein and calcium, because the same pink salmon is rolled into jars along with bones, which soften during the cooking process. Tuna is good in classic salads with tomatoes and herbs, and pink salmon is good not only for salad, but also for sandwiches, and even for cutlets and meatballs.
Stew
Queen of Soviet cuisine. Without it, it is impossible to imagine a single trip, not a single trip to the country. And at home, just in case, you should have a jar: navy-style pasta, soup or borscht will turn out with the taste of childhood. But the same rule applies here as in the case of condensed milk. We do not advise you to buy stewed meat, anything can be in the bank. But braised pork or beef is what you need. By the way, the rating of delicious stew can be found HERE.