List of Healthy Foods You Can Stock At Home

While we should always aim to consume the freshest vegetables, fruits or meat, sometimes we just need to stock up a little on the canned and frozen food in case we need them. But what kind of canned foods are healthy? I’m now sharing with you a list of stock-able healthy food on hand, so that you’ll have no trouble creating healthy meals.

• Canned chick peas and black beans. Heat them with garlic and turmeric and serve with brown rice and salsa for a fast, fibre-filled, nutrient-dense meal.
• Tomato based pasta sauce. Heat and mix the sauce with cooked onions and garlic to add more anti-oxidants to a meal.
• Frozen vegetables. Use as side dishes or to add quick colour, flavor and nutrients to soups, pilafs, stir-fries and pasta dishes.
• Frozen fruits. Snack on unsweetened blueberries by the handful. Use any kind of fruit that appeals in smoothies and on yoghurt or cereal.
• Canned soups. Stock up on fibre-filled lentil, vegetable, minestrone, split pea and black bean varieties. Research shows that eating soup before meals can reduce kiljoule intake by one-third.
• Frozen veggie burgers. They are low in fat and perfect topped with tomato sauce for its flavonoids and lycopene (and, of course, its taste!)
• Canned seafood. Use tuna, salmon, clams, sardines and oysters in salads, soups, casseroles and omelettes for a dose of omega-3s and minerals.
• 100 per cent wholemeal pita pockets. Keep them in the freezer, then thaw, toast and stuff for sandwiches. Or cut into triangles to replace high-fat crackers.
• Quinoa. Although classified as a grain, this yummy nutty-flavoured food is really the dried, protein-filled seed of a leafy plant. Use in place of rice.
• Canned low-fat chicken stock. Perfect for whipping up nourishing vegetable soups (add frozen vegetables) or as a flavouring base for pilafs.
• Bottled condiments. Use liberal amounts of salsa, capers, olives, anchovies, crushed garlic and roasted red capsicum – they’re inherently nutrient-rich.
• Dried herbal soup ingredients. Drinking a traditional herbal soup once a while can replenish ones inner strength and vitality.
• Prunes and dates. High in fibre and nutrients, eat them before meals or when you are hungry. Perfect for losing weight, avoid constipation and clearing the bowels quickly.

Most vitamins and minerals are well retained in frozen vegetables.

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