Yuck. I agree...frozen baby green beans are the ones for me. Sometimes they're better than supermarket "fresh" green beans of dubious age.
I do use canned great northerns, garbanzos, kidneys, navies, black beans etc etc etc. We're a very beany family.
I do love my Trader Joe's. Inexpensive high-quality products, hard-to-find ingredients, exotic and international items...it's a fun place to shop.
But I WISH I had a Penzey's store close by.
I never shop at Whole Foods. Seems way overpriced to me. I'll take the farmers' market down the street. There's even a little stand by the side of the road a couple of miles away that sells organic produce grown by a really nice lady...heirloom tomatoes too
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