Cook salmon succotash, cranberry crisp with canned good

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   >>> back now at 8:44 with "today's" kitchen easy as one two three. and this morning, a meal cooked from canned goods for the times you can't or don't want to get to the grocery store. usually when we do homemade we don't necessarily do canned goods , but in trying times.

   >> yeah.

   >> are these items you should have in your pantry?

   >> totally. canned goods , the reason why they're great and people tell you to stock up on them is because they have a long shelf life . if you keep them in a cool, dark place, not on the refrigerator or something that's going to fluctuate in temperature, they can stay for about two to five years. and they're packed at the peak, vegetables and fruits. so the nutrients and vitamins are all still there.

   >> they kind of have a bad rep because of additives and stuff. have they gotten better over the years?

   >> they totally have gotten better. the reason they can stay safe on the shelf is not necessarily for additives and preservetives, it's the way they're canned. brought up to a certain temperature and when it's canned and lowers, the suction creates such a compound situation in there, there's not going to be any kind of bacteria or anything that will happen.

   >> it's a chemical thing.

   >> got ya. let's get to the recipe.

   >> this is my salmon. really easy to do with canned foods. right here i've got bacon fat . i've gotten in some canned pearl onions.

   >> great.

   >> a little bit of garlic. you brown it a bit and then you start adding in your canned lima beans . it's all about corn and peas.

   >> okay. those are the must-have ingredients.

   >> i've got a can of peas, again packed at the peak. they maintain the nutrients, corn goes in, as well. little bit of salt and pepper , season it up.

   >> is that good?

   >> yeah. good to go. and this is great, it's also inexpensive, especially when you don't have a farmers market that has fresh vegetables and fruits. shop in your pantry.

   >> what do you add in there?

   >> a little bit of flour after this browns a little bit. you add this to the top, this will help you create a gravy.

   >> got ya.

   >> the glutens will react.

   >> you got it.

   >> and using canned salmon, is that good?

   >> yeah. it's great. listen, i love canned salmon. it's excellent in this. you can also make salads out of it. if you don't have canned salmon, canned tuna is great in this recipe, as well. you want to look for pink salmon , king salmon , no skin, no bone.

   >> and you put it in at the last minute.

   >> at the very last minute, you add it in, add the bacon back in. give it a stir. and then it's going to look like this.

   >> and we've got about 30 seconds, tell us about the other dish you made here. this is a dessert.

   >> two cans of peach. this is my peach crisp. peaches, you put them into a dish along with a little butter, flour, sugar, pumpkin pie spice and top it with a brown topping which is oatmeal, brown sugar , flour, butter, and in about 30 minutes you've got dessert, straight from the can.

   >> this is my kind of

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