National Nutrition Month – March – is a good time to be mindful of building more nutritious meals. Canned beans are a perfect choice, providing a convenient and fast way to add more fiber, protein, potassium, and iron to menus.

There is a plethora of ways to add beans to your favorite meals. You can:

• Add beans to any salad, turning it into a main meal
• Stir beans into canned tomato soup
• Add beans to prepared pasta sauce and enjoy over spaghetti or rice
• Mix beans into macaroni and cheese
• Top a baked potato with beans and salsa
• Add beans to any curry recipe