Canned creamed corn? Excellent. Try combining 50/50 with whole kernel.
Canned kidney beans? Chili without them is just meat soup.
Canned tuna? Terrific for tuna salad or just by itself.
Canned diced tomatoes? Great for any recipe.
Canned tomato sauce? Perfect.
Canned soups? Better than 95% of homemade soup.
Canned tomato paste? Only an idiot would make their own.
Canned asparagus? Didn't know they made it. Probably good.
Canned spinach? Cooked spinach sucks in any form.
Canned mushrooms? Perfect in any recipe calling for mushrooms.
Canned heat? Unbeatable for a cocktail with a kick - temporary blindness.
Canned green beans? Outstanding, if you pick and can your own. Halfrunners are the only edible green bean.
So, I am happy to have cleared up that misunderstanding with regard to canned foods.
Green Giant niblets.....cook in micro with real butter and black pepper, and I could eat the entire can.
Green Giant creamed corn....in the pantry for adding to cornbread.
Starkist tuna....has to be albacore in water.
Green Giant mushrooms...pieces and stems....buy them 12 to a case at Sam's.
Swanson Chicken Broth.....always in the pantry.
Tomatoes.....diced, whole, and stewed...and Rotel......always in the pantry.
Progresso soups....always in the pantry.
Campbell's Cream of Chicken and Cream of Mushroom...are always in the pantry.
Black olives, both pitted, sliced, and diced....always in the pantry.
Green chilies.....sliced and diced.....always in the pantry.
Eagle Brand condensed milk...the real stuff, not that fat free....always in the pantry.
Libby's Pumpkin....always in the pantry.
Carnation milk....the real stuff...in both sizes....always in the pantry.
I do buy Green Giant regular and french cut green beans on occasion, because I like them zapped in the micro with a bit of onion, butter and white vinegar.....no one else does...but I do.
Never buy asparagus, peas or spinach in a can....it's just wrong.