Canned legumes are the ideal food to always keep at home for healthy and quick preparations and for when we don't have time to shop
Have at home canned foods it's always a great idea, both to always have the ingredients available quick to cook both to be able to consume foods that not available in all months of the year.
Among the most common ingredients that can be found in the box there are certainly i legumes: chickpeas, peas, beans, lentils, fava beans can easily be found in shops and supermarkets and they preserve almost all the nutritional values than fresh ones.
The difference between canned and fresh legumes
Ready-made legumes, as mentioned, almost completely preserve the nutritional values of fresh prepared foods. The big difference from the others is that they are already cooked and that contain salt as this ingredient is added to aid conservation in the government liquid. For this reason it is good practice rinse the products well before consuming them.
In addition to water and salt, some products may contain sugar and monosodium glutamate to correct the flavor.
What is the best container for storing legumes?
The best material for canned legumes is definitely the glass: less subject to deterioration, it also allows you to check the content. For all canned legumes, of course, the rule of checking that package that houses them is intact, there are no traces of rust, deformations, dents and breakages. Finally, it is ideal that the packaging date it is not older than 24 months before consumption.
The recipes to make with canned legumes
All the canned ingredients they can be used for common recipes, with the foresight to pass them under water to eliminate most of the storage liquid (rich in sodium) and use less salt during preparation.
Peas, for example, can be used to make the pasta, some tasty soups, some soups, the savory pies, omelettes is flans.
Canned beans are excellent for seasoning pasta, even with the mussels for the Neapolitan recipe, with the eggs, in a soup, with the Tripe and also with a delicate fish like fisherwoman.
Lentils can be used to make tasty burger, for a soup, one cream, to prepare the pancakes and even for a sweet.
Canned beans are perfect for preparing hummus, in a guacamole with prawns, in a first course, a risotto or one omelette.
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