FOOD FOR THAW.Office picnics, family barbecues, team cookouts: It's that time of year again ... and it's your turn to bring the salad. Instead of your famous potato salad or coleslaw cole·slaw also cole slaw n. A salad of finely shredded raw cabbage and sometimes shredded carrots, dressed with mayonnaise or a vinaigrette. , how about whipping up a crisp, delicious, healthy combo of black beans black bean see castanospermum australe, erythrophleumchlorostachys. , sweet corn, and red and green peppers? Or what about broccoli broccoli (brŏk`əlē) [Ital.,=sprouts], variety of cabbage grown for the edible immature flower panicles. It is the same variety (Brassica oleracea botrytis) as the cauliflower and is similarly cultivated. , snap peas snap pea n. A variety of snow pea cultivated for its plump crisp edible pod. Noun 1. snap pea - variety of pea plant producing peas having crisp rounded edible pods sugar snap pea , julienned carrots, baby corn Baby corn is a cereal grain taken from specialized corn (maize) plants harvested early, while the ears are very small and immature. Baby corn ears are hand-picked as soon as corn silks emerge from the ear tips or a few days after. , water chestnuts, red peppers, and black olives? Too much trouble? Can you spell t-h-a-w? That's right. It's that simple. C&W frozen vegetable salads don't even require boiling water. Just empty the bag into a colander, run some cold water over the vegetable mix, and Voila! Instant salad. Eat it plain or (better yet) mix in a jar of your favorite salsa or fat-free, low-sodium dressing. (If you follow the dressing recipes on the packages, make sure to cut back on the salt, mayo, oil, etc.) Whether it's the Garden Pea, Early Harvest Vegetable, White Corn Pacific Harvest, or Sweet Corn and Black Beans, now you've got a healthy and tasty reason to ditch your old-standby mayo-heavy salads. You're more likely to find C&W products on the West Coast than in the East. Hear that, Green Giant? Bird's-Eye? |
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