These 'beans' are made from Jell-O
By Joan Namkoong
Advertiser Food Editor
Gelatin Easter eggs are just plain fun. When Kraft Foods introduced the molds for making them with Jell-O a few years ago, they were certainly a winner. Now Kraft has come up with Jell-O Bean molds: jelly bean-shaped molds that make 82 individual gelatin beans from two 4-serving size packages of Jell-O. The molds require 30 minutes to set. You can make a variety of flavors (and colors), then mix them up in a bowl as you would jelly beans. Look for the Jell-O Bean Mold in supermarkets or order by calling 1-800-535-5666 or going to www.JELL-O.com on the Web.
Ready-to-eat soups
Canned soups on the supermarket shelf represent a dizzying display: Not only are there so many soups from which to choose, but many brands, too.
Campbell's offers the most variety: There are regular Campbell's soups in addition to Low Sodium, Healthy Request, Chunky, Family Size, Soup to Go and Select Ready to Serve, each one in several different flavors. There is even "Simply Home," which comes in a glass jar so that you can see what's inside. Newest in the Campbell's lineup is a line called Ready to Serve Classics in all the most popular, classic flavors of favorite soups: tomato, creamy tomato, chicken noodle, bean with bacon, alphabet vegetable, chicken with rice and minestrone.
Beef soups from Progresso are new: beef and vegetable, beef and mushroom and beef and baked potato. They're available at Safeway and Foodland.
Los Angeles celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck, who also has a line of frozen pizzas, now is producing canned soups. Among the flavors are chicken and corn, country vegetable, roast chicken and vegetable, lentil and vegetable, New England clam chowder and chicken and vegetable with noodles. These were spotted at Safeway.
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