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Although I love good food and I love to eat, I really don't like to spend a lot of time in the kitchen. As such, I am a big fan of convenient food. Note that I said convenient food and not convenience food. As Nava Atlas (p. 4) points out in her book Vegetarian Express:
Like Nava, I too like to save time by using products such as canned beans, frozen veggies (especially peas, carrots, spinach, asian stirfry mixes, young beans), and pre-packaged salads.
In recent years, I have also started to use pre-chopped/minced garlic. Now I know that some real foodies turn their nose up at jarred garlic, but I have always found it to be a decent substitute for the real thing (and it has the added benefit of not stinking up your fingers from all of the chopping). And while I stand by this belief, I am here to report that I have discovered that not all jarred garlic is alike and that some brands are definitely better than others.
Last week, I bought organic chopped garlic for the first time - Green Organic Chopped Garlic to be exact (shown in the pictures above) - and it was so much better than all of the non-organic brands that I have tried. When compared to the non-organic brands, this brand was much closer to fresh garlic, as it had larger, more fragrant pieces of garlic and much less juice. All in all, if you are a fan of convenient food (like me) and/or if you like to avoid pesticides, I highly recommend that you check out this product (or if you can't find this brand, try another organic brand).
Convenient foods aren't the same as convenience foods, which are already prepared and need only be heated up (like frozen pizza, frozen egg rolls, ready-made veggie burgers, or the like)...our most frequently used convenient foods are products such as canned beans, quick-cooking grains, and certain frozen or good-quality canned items...ready-to-use fresh vegetables...
Like Nava, I too like to save time by using products such as canned beans, frozen veggies (especially peas, carrots, spinach, asian stirfry mixes, young beans), and pre-packaged salads.
In recent years, I have also started to use pre-chopped/minced garlic. Now I know that some real foodies turn their nose up at jarred garlic, but I have always found it to be a decent substitute for the real thing (and it has the added benefit of not stinking up your fingers from all of the chopping). And while I stand by this belief, I am here to report that I have discovered that not all jarred garlic is alike and that some brands are definitely better than others.
Last week, I bought organic chopped garlic for the first time - Green Organic Chopped Garlic to be exact (shown in the pictures above) - and it was so much better than all of the non-organic brands that I have tried. When compared to the non-organic brands, this brand was much closer to fresh garlic, as it had larger, more fragrant pieces of garlic and much less juice. All in all, if you are a fan of convenient food (like me) and/or if you like to avoid pesticides, I highly recommend that you check out this product (or if you can't find this brand, try another organic brand).
