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Freshening up Your Kitchen Ingredients
Spring is coming and the heightened urge to freshen up your space may start soon. You may be used to cleaning out your closets, rooms and cabinets but what about freshening up your kitchen ingredients? The ingredients you keep available can drive the choices you make when it comes to preparing meals. Here are some key staples from The Med Way that are good to keep in your kitchen!
Ashley Beard
WRITER & PHOTOGRAPHER Ashley Beard Family and Consumer Sciences Agent, Yadkin County Ashley_beard@ncsu.edu Follow along on Facebook at Facebook: @YadkinFCS
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Dry or Canned Foods: Canned vegetables no salt added Tomato paste or sauce Dried or canned beans Whole grains brown rice, oatmeal, quinoa Whole grain pasta Whole grain crackers Nuts and seeds Nut butter minimal ingredients, no/low added sugar, no/lo salt Chicken or vegetable broth no/low salt Canned tuna or salmon Condiments & Spices: Olive oil Canola oil Vinegars (balsamic, cider, red wine, white wine, sherry) Salt & Pepper
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Dried Herbs & Spices: Garlic Onions Limes & lemons Frozen Foods: Meats chicken, lean ground beef/turkey Seafood Vegetables Fruits Refrigerator Foods: Pre-washed salad greens Fruit Vegetables Hummus Eggs Low-fat milk Plain greek yogurt
