Meeting your family's nutritional needs may seem difficult considering today's busy lifestyle. But it doesn't have to1.Even a new emphasis 2more fruits and vegetables doesn't 3 mean more preparation time if you 4 the convenience of canned foods.
When you open a5 of fruit or vegetable at home you have at hand fresh-packed nutritional produce, with no man-made ingredients, no preservatives(防腐剂).And all the work has been 6 for you: the slicing(切片),the peeling,7 the cooking. Canned fruits and vegetables leave you the 8 to be creative. And with the variety of fruits and vegetables available these days, you can serve different combinations, create new dishes, and 9 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 10 as fresh or frozen. Because canned vegetables are 11 within hours of being packed, they generally retain(保留) 70 to 90 percent of their 12 .
Fruit and vegetable canning is as13 as when your grandmother “put up” tomatoes and other things from the garden. Fresh produce is taken from the field at just the right time, 14 to the cannery, checked, washed, sealed, and sterilized(消毒).All this generally 15 in less than 24 hours to 16 the best quality and nutritional value without the need for any preservatives.
Use the liquids that vegetables are17 in as a substitute for 18 in recipes to get that last drop of good nutrition.
Most major brands of canned fruits and vegetables include nutritional19 and ingredient statements on their 20. This is especially important to those on calories-conscious or restricted diets.
