Toast your garbanzo beans in the oven with olive oil, salt and creole spice, and you'd change your tone about gabanzo beans.

Just because someone gave something that they wouldn't want to eat...I am still glad that they did contribute something. So few people give donations for food pantries in the first place, and to suggest "Healthy" only selections could drive some of those few away.

I used to give homemade bags of "ricearoni" that cost me less than 12 cents to put together. Rice, dehydrated vegetables, spice...all the receipient had to do was follow the instructions that were in the bag. Our Church always had a large supply of these on hand.

Myself, I wouldn't eat Rice-a-Roni, but I gave it to the pantry willingly. So what is one person's "doesn't have a nice ring" to it food, may be someone else's dinner.

Give to the Food Pantries...Your donation may be the only thing between a child and hunger.

Now it's not enough that we give food, now it has to be healthy food? Most people in this Obama economy are doing good to feed themselves healthy foods much less giving it to others.

A lot of people needing food would probably be better served if given McDonald's coupons for food, since a lot of people don't cook anymore.

I either give healthy foods, or usually I just give a check so that they can buy what they need...However, I wouldn't consider telling others what they should donate.

So few people donate on a regular basis, and someone who gives that can of garbanzo beans is still better than the person who gives NOTHING.

There are two things I try to give one is cereal and the other is powdered milk. I wish I could give more powdered milk, but it is not cheap. It is expensive. It can be used in so many ways. Cereal or for cooking dishes that calls for 1/3 or 1/2 a cup of milk. It goes a long ways.

I keep a box of powdered milk here for emergencies. If I should run out of milk and need it for cooking.

I used to have an agreement with one of the grocery stores (that is now closed). When they were going to have Del Monte or Green Giant canned vegetables on sell they would order 4 cases for me to purchase. When they placed their order for the upcoming sale they always ordered for me. They never failed to order. They would let me purchase at the price they paid. They knew I was donating it and that helped me to be able to increase the amount I could purchase to donate.