During the winter a lot of vegetables are just bland. Trina I read your comment in the forum games where you said : Canned Asparagus Rarely Edible. (Or something like that!) I hit on a way to make them really tasty. Preheat your oven to 325. Open the can of asparagus and drain well being careful not to break the asparagus. Lay it out on a baking sheet and then pour vegetable or olive oil over the asparagus. Toss lightly until all pieces are covered with oil. Bake for 15 minutes. Keep checking on the asparagus because this is just my basic recipe and I am not a chef! LOL
To make tomatoes taste more like the home grown I have a little secret. Bring a pot of water to a boil. Put your tomato in there for just a minute. Immediately put the tomato into a bowl with ice and water. The peeling will come off. The flavor to me is more pronounced.
Kids being picky about eating vegetables. Here are a couple of tricks. On movie night or family time slice up raw vegetables and ranch or French onion dip. Kids usually love raw vegetables and being able to dip them makes it so much fun!
Make candied carrots. Melt margarine in a non-stick skillet add raw carrots and about a quarter cup of brown sugar. Cook until carrots are tender. Once again you will have to judge this because it is another one of those recipes I kind of adopted as one of my own!
My mom has a trick she uses with canned green beans. She buys the Italian cut. She drains them and then rinses the beans thoroughly. She then heats them on the stove with a splash of olive oil. For real authentic homegrown taste you could use a piece of salt pork, streak of lean, or a slice of bacon.
