Canned Foods: Convenience and Nutrition Meeting your family's nutritional needs may seem d

Canned Foods: Convenience and Nutrition

Meeting your family's nutritional needs may seem difficult considering today's busy lifestyles. But it doesn't have to(51). Even a new emphasis(52)more fruits and vegetables doesn't necessarily mean more preparation time if you take(53) of the convenience of canned foods.

When you open a(54)of fruit or vegetable at home you have at hand fresh-packed nutritional produce, with no man-made ingredients, no preservatives. And all the work has been done for you: the slicing, the peeling, even the cooking. Canned fruits and vegetables leave you the(55) to be creative. And with the variety of fruits and vegetables available these days, you can serve different combinations, create new dishes, and(56) new tastes to old recipes. Canned foods are good as well. A United States Department of Agriculture and National Food Association co-sponsored study shows canned vegetables to be just as(57) as fresh or frozen. Because canned vegetables are processed within hours of(58)packed, they generally retain 70 to 90(59)of their nutrients.

Fruit and vegetable canning is as simple(60)when your grandmother "put up" tomatoes and other things from the garden. Fresh produce is taken from the field at just the right time, delivered to the cannery, checked, washed, sealed, and sterilized. All this generally happens in less(61) 24 hours to(62) the best quality and nutritional value without the need for any preservatives.

Use the liquids that vegetables are canned(63)as a substitute(64) water in recipes to get that last drop of good nutrition.

Most major brands of canned fruits and vegetables include nutritional content and ingredient statements on their(65). This is especially important to those on calories-conscious or restricted diets.

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