Trying to add more soy to your diet? Try this simple edamame dip, served with crisped pita for a low-fat and healthy way to add some green edamame to your diet. This easy edamame dip recipe is vegetarian, vegan and made with lots of fresh parsley and tahini.
Recipe and photo courtesy of The Soy Foods Council
Ingredients:
* 6 (6-inch) pitas, split in half horizontally, cut into triangles
* 1 tablespoon olive oil
* 1 garlic clove, minced
* 1/2 tsp kosher salt
* 1 1/2 cups edamame, shelled
* 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil, divided
* 1/2 tsp salt
* 1/2 tsp ground cumin
* 2 garlic cloves, peeled
* 1/2 cup parsley leaves
* 3 tbsp tahini
* 3 tbsp water
* 3 tbsp fresh lemon juice
Preparation:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Arrange pita halves in a single layer on baking sheet. Add 1 tablespoon of olive oil, garlic and salt, and toss well. Bake for 15 minutes or until crisp; cool completely on wire rack.
Prepare edamame according to package instructions, omitting salt. Place remaining 1 tablespoon oil, salt, cumin, and garlic in a food processor; pulse 2 to 3 times or until coarsely chopped. Add edamame, parsley, tahini, water, and lemon juice; process 1 minutes or until smooth. Spoon edamame into serving bowl.
Makes 8 servings of edamame dip.
Source : http://vegetarian.about.com/od/saucesdipsspreads/r/edamamedip.htm
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You never see the shop that makes the bread toast contains cheese, meises, banana slices and sweetened condensed milk? Food is definitely magtig really, heavy and filling. You might think, people who order it must be so greedy.
Maybe he really was hungry. However, under normal conditions, meises, cheese, sweetened condensed milk, plus a banana, it is rather excessive. Such foods could actually be a healthy choice as long as you can reduce unnecessary parts. Sweetened condensed milk, for example. Without it all, you've got extra energy.
When the body is less fit, you can use food to cope. The researchers said, some foods can work like a drug that helps cure what was bothering you. Whether it's stress, headaches, nausea, or difficulty sleeping, now you can reduce the use of drugs to cope.
Fatigue
Need coffee to overcome tiredness for a while? Whoa. Try to enjoy a stack of sandwiches, said Heather K. Jones, RD, author of What's Your Diet Type?. However, note the contents of the bread. Instead of using a sweet fruit jam because it contains sugar, the better your bread spread with peanut butter or bananas. Bananas can boost energy, because this fruit contains carbohydrates, potassium, and fiber. When combined with protein from peanut butter and wheat bread, you'll instantly get an extra feeling of energy and ready to work again.
Headache
Overcome with pain hydrate your body with foods that contain lots of water and nutrients, such as watermelon, so suggestions Metsovas Stella, nutritionist in Laguna Beach, California. "High water content in watermelon fruit and fruit or other vegetables can relieve headaches. Food is also a source of important minerals like magnesium, which is the key to stop a throbbing headache, "he said. Other foods high water content such as cucumbers, melons, tomatoes, berries, and lettuce.
Stress
Experts say, this is when you forget the myth that chocolate causes obesity. According to the researchers, consume 40 grams of dark chocolate a day can reduce cortisol (stress hormone) and catecholamines (hormones that cause high blood pressure) in the body, reduces anxiety, and help you complete the job on time. One thing is for sure you remember, chocolate also contains methylxanthine, which trigger the release of dopamine in the body. This makes you easy to feel intoxicated kepayang and create more passionate relationship with a partner.
Difficulty sleeping
Like miso soup? This Japanese-style soup contains tryptophan, an amino acid that produces serotonin and melatonin, which can help you feel sleepy faster. Other foods that contain tryptophan are high among other non-fat yogurt, soup, lentils, sunflower seeds, and turkey.
Meanwhile, the wines and foods containing sugar (including fruit) should not be consumed before bedtime. "It's important to avoid fruits and sugar simplex in the evening, because of the insistence of insulin can occur while we sleep," said Metsovas.
Dizziness due to excessive alcohol consumption
You definitely do not think the antidote: baked potato! Sounds strange, but the food is perfectly nutritious, says Erin Palinski, RD, dietitian at New Jersey. "Drinking alcohol can make dehydration of the body, a process that can absorb potassium levels in your body," he said.
End the headache due to alcohol or other pain by eating foods rich in potassium, like potatoes (make sure you eat the skin too, where nutrients are most numerous). Baked potato small size alone already contains 759 mg of potassium, while a medium-size banana contains only 422 mg.
Nausea
Chew some ginger candy. Mixture of sweet and spicy ginger in processed foods are believed by the researchers were able to stop the nausea. "Ginger has been proven to soothe the stomach and act as anti-inflammatories, and help reduce nausea," said Palinski.
Source : kompas.com
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Forget for a moment a strict diet that makes you suddenly have to hunger and torture your body to yo-yo dieting or doing extreme detoxification. According to Dr. Brenda Davy, the key to successful dieting is actually only exist in water.
According to studies, drinking 2 glasses of water before meals can help you reduce your calorie intake around 75-90 calories per meal.
Dr Davy, who led the study explains, that by drinking water before meals will help fill your stomach before a meal without caloric intake. It may sound easy, but in reality not much to do this.
You may be tempted to order sweet drinks, such as sweet tea, or fruit juice, however, it is advisable to drink water before meals to help your diet. To make your drink more felt, add lemon juice, lime, or cucumber slices to add flavor to your water.
Want to try this trick?
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