"Don't be mean with the beans, Mum" (but do cut down on the sugar)

You're probably sick of me banging on about beans by now. "Yes, we know beans come in tins", I hear you cry. "What about all the other weird stuff?!" Well, quite - there are many far more interesting tinned things to try. Usually I would try leave it a bit before doing yet another beany post, but on this occasion, I'm making an exception.

After my visit to the Heinz Beanz Pop-up the other week, I was contacted by the company who do all the publicity and social media stuff for Heinz in the UK- would I be interested in trying out some of their new "No Added Sugar" Beanz for the blog? Well, yes I would, I said. How exciting - I had never been sent a product to do a proper review of before. I gave them my work address to post them to, but wasn't expecting that they would send them pretty much straight away by courier. I returned from my lunch one day the week before last to find a Heinz-blue box on my desk that had just been delivered to the main reception. "What's in the box?" my colleagues enquired of me. "Oh, y'know, just some stuff I ordered" I [rep]lied. I've never told anyone at work about this blog, so to explain why I was being sent tins of beans by courier would be far too long/weird a conversation to be having. So I kept the box well out of sight until home time, to avoid any further questions. But inside were two tins of the new No Added Sugar Beanz, nestled into some scrunched up gold tissue paper.

Alternative uses for tins no.6

Went to see a physiotherapist this afternoon, who recommended some exercises to release tension in my IT (iliotibial) band:

"A foam roller is good if you have one of those," he said. "But otherwise you can do a lot by just rolling a tin of beans up and down the outside of the leg".

As it happens I had been thinking of getting a foam roller. But the latter sounds a little more "me".

Big fish (tin), little fish (tin), cardboard pot (of beans)

It was my birthday this Friday just gone. I had the day off work, so I treated myself to a brunch out in a posh department store.

Or, in other words, I went to the Heinz Pop-Up in Selfridges Food Hall that I mentioned in a recent post. I had a cardboard pot of beanz, opting for a topping of ham hock (scrambled egg and bacon were also available) and plenty of cheese. And very tasty it was too.

There on display was one of the 50 collectable tins signed by Maurice Drake, who created the Benaz Meanz Heinz slogan back in 1967. The other 49 will not be on sale until later in the month.

Crumble or fool for dessert?

Seen on the Campbell's Soup blog this morning:

The First in Campbell’s delicious NEW Desserts range!

Do you often find yourself needing to whip up a delicious dessert for those unexpected family members? Perhaps you just fancy a delicious dessert ready and waiting for you after you’ve slaved over the hob making dinner for 2 hours. Either way, Campbell’s Cream of Crumble takes away all the effort of baking – simply grab your tin opener and serve up a slice of delicious, golden crumble. Tasty.