Sarah and I came across a very good buy at Grocery Outlet a few weeks ago. Our family really likes Nathan’s all-beef hot dogs and here we had found Nathan’s hot dogs for 2 8-packs 2/$3.00! But they were not the usual style we buy. They were Nathan’s Hot and Spicy hot dogs!

I stuck them in the freezer feeling a little hesitant to use them because of the hot and spicy label. Finally on Tuesday we boiled them and guess what, they were hardly spicy at all! So my qualms were unfounded.

Along with the hot dogs I made canned black beans with red bell pepper, jalapeño, coriander, and cumin. I also added onion and garlic powder and caraway seeds to the canned sauerkraut. Just these small adjustments made the canned food much tastier.