The Best Way To Eat Canned Roasted Red Peppers, From RDs

You could roast your own red peppers, sure. But between all your new hobbies, Zoom meetings, and at-home exercises, who has the time? All jokes aside, keeping canned versions on hand will ensure your red peppers don't perish in between grocery runs.

"Canned roasted red peppers are great because you still get that vitamin C and beta-carotene content of fresh bell pepper but in a nonperishable form," Knudsen told us. 

If there was ever a time to increase our vitamin C intake, it's now. In fact, immunologist Heather Moday, M.D., told mbg, "It's a crucial free-radical scavenger that significantly protects1 against infectious disease."

Roasted red peppers are sold in many varieties: in water, in oil, seasoned, or unseasoned. Just be sure to check the sodium levels when purchasing seasoned peppers; otherwise, Knudsen advised, "Go for the option in water and season them yourself." 

Once you've picked the right version for you, there are many ways you can add them to your diet. "Roasted red peppers are a great addition to marinara sauces or folded into scrambled eggs," Knudsen said. For something a bit more indulgent, she likes adding them to quesadillas, in addition to black beans and taco seasoning. 

For a classic WFH lunch, Cannon said they give great texture and flavor to salads. "They can be quite slippery, so be careful when cutting them," she said. "They would also be great in a veggie hummus wrap," Knudsen added.