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Right Stuff: Bean Breakthrough
Despite the name, canned refried beans are often free of bad fat, high in fiber, and a decent source of protein and iron. The problem: sodium can reach 400 to 600 milligrams in every half cup, depending on who's doing the cooking. Not anymore. Amy's has added Vegetarian Organic Refried Beans (Traditional or Black) to its new line of Light in Sodium foods. They're not salt-free. (if you've ever tried mashed beans without salt, you'll know why.) At about 200 mg of sodium per half cup, they're salt-sensible.
With ingredients like organic beans, filtered water, organic onions, organic high oleic safflower and/or sunflower oil, organic garlic, sea salt, and spices, Amy might as well be cooking from scratch in your kitchen.
And the directions - "heat and serve" - don't begin to cover the possibilities.
Wrap with grilled vegetables and salsa in a tortilla. Serve instead of rice or potatoes as a side dish with chicken or fish. Mix with brown rice, diced onion and tomato, and a shot of Tabasco or just fill up a bowl and serve with red pepper slices.
With experts advising anyone middle-aged or older to get no more than 1,500 mg a day of sodium, "light in sodium" should be the norm, not a novelty.
Your Comments
Dear Amy,
As longtime devotee to your products, I was delighted to discover that my local grocery had added a new Amy's menu item-the "Tofu Scramble"-to those that they already carry. I'm a huge fan of the "Tofu Scramble Pocket Sandwich", so I thought I'd give the entree a try. I just finished DEVOURING it and I have to tell you that the blend of flavors is nothing short of phenomenal. It is to die for!
To anyone who tells me that tofu is awful, my standard reply is, "Try Amy's products."
As if testament to the quality of your food, at my local grocery the "other" organic and vegetarian product lines are slowly disappearing and the Amy's products are filling the void.
Keep them coming!
From Lu Ann Hinz
Your Comments
One hectic afternoon in the midst of another 12 hour day at the pharmacy; my husband stops by with an Amy's Black Bean Enchilada meal...my nutritional life has never been the same!!!
As a nurse and a pharmacist, I cannot encourage people enough to examine their "nutritional prescriptions". Pills can help, but the phytonutrition in your meals (flavonoids in tofu, high fiber in essentially all meals, vitamins and more...) are the best advice I've given!
My children love your meals. I'm thinking a broad launch at child nutrition would be a fabulous approach! Your meals are balanced, bright, texture rich and portioned properly!
Thank you for feeding us so well!
Nadra, Tim, Carter & Madeline
PS...when we put fresh cilantro, avocado and a dollop of sour cream on top of the southwestern dishes...our family goes crazy!