Easy Edamame Rice Recipe

Saturday, December 06, 2008 | Labels:


Edamame are green soy beans which are rich in proteins, vitamins, and fibers. Boiled edamame in pods is known as a healthy snack. Shelled edamame beans can be added in various dishes, such as stir-fry, soup, and so on. Adding edamame makes a dish more colorful and nutritious.
*Make 4 servings

Japanese Rice Recipes
Ingredients:
2 cups Japanese rice
2 1/4 cups water
3 inches kombu
2 Tbsp sake
1 Tbsp soy sauce
1 tsp salt
1 cup boiled and shelled edamame, or frozen shelled edamame

Preparation:
Put the rice in a bowl and wash it with cold water. Repeat washing until the water becomes clear. Drain the rice in a colander and set aside. Place the rice in rice cooker and add water. Further, add konbu, sake, soy sauce, and salt in the rice. Let the rice soak in the water at least 30 min. Start the cooker. Meanwhile, shell boiled edamame, or thaw frozen shelled edamame. When rice is cooked, add shelled edamame over rice and mix lightly.

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Easy Beets for Life Salad

Saturday, December 06, 2008 | Labels:

Authored By: Jennifer Smira
Liquid Aminos and ginger give this crunchy salad a unique kick.
Diet Types: Dairy Free, Low Calorie, Low Fat, Vegan, Vegetarian, Wheat Free

Ingredients:
4 beets
1 Granny Smith apple
1 tablespoon Liquid Aminos
1 quarter sized piece mashed Ginger Root
Lemon juice optional

Serves: 4

Cooking Time: Under 15 minutes

Instructions:
Wash beets and scrub them under luke-warm water. Slice the beets into 1/4" slices, then cut into fourths. Do the same with the apple. Peel Ginger Root and mash, add Liquid Aminos and ginger to apple and beet mixture. For a little more zip, add some fresh lemon juice.

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Easy Edamame Potato Salad Recipe

Friday, December 05, 2008 | Labels:


Boiled edamame beans are good to add in salads. This is a Japanese-style potato salad with edamame.

Japanese Salad
Ingredients:
2 slices bacon, cut into thin strips
1 lb potatoes, boiled and peeled
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp rice vinegar
1 small cucumber, thinly sliced
1/4 lb. edamame, boiled and shelled
1/2 cup mayonnaise

Preparation:
Fry bacon in a skillet and drain on a paper towel. Mash potatoes in a large bowl. Season the potato with salt and vinegar. Add edamame, bacon, cucumber in the bowl. Add mayonnaise and mix well.
*Makes 4 servings

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Easy Bean & Shrimp Risotto

Friday, December 05, 2008 | Labels:

Authored By: The Bean Education and Awareness Network
Diet Type: Low Fat

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups chopped onion
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 tablespoon olive oil
4 oz mushrooms, sliced
1 1/2 cups Arborio rice, uncooked
3 (14 oz) cans fat-free, reduced-sodium chicken broth
1 pound peeled, deveined shrimp
1 cup snap peas
1 (15oz) can Kidney beans or
1 1/2 cups cooked dry-packaged kidney beans, rinsed, & drained
1 medium tomato, chopped
1/2 cup shredded Parmesan cheese
salt and pepper to taste

Serves: 6

Cooking Time: Under 30 minutes

Instructions:
Saute onion, garlic, and mushrooms in oil in a large saucepan until tender, 5-8 minutes. Stir in rice and cook 2-3 minutes.

Heat broth to boiling in medium sucepan; reduce heat to low. Add 1 cup broth to rice mixture nad cook, stirring constantly, until broth is absorbed, 1-2 minutes. Slowly add 2 cups broth and simmer, stirring until broth is absorbed, 8-10 minutes.

Add shrimp, snap peas, and remaining broth to saucepan. Cook, stirring frequently, until rice is just tender and liquid absorbed, 5-10 minutes. Add beans and tomatoes; cook 2-3 minutes longer. Stir in cheese; season to taste with salt and pepper.

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Easy Edamame Soup Recipe

Thursday, December 04, 2008 | Labels:


It's creamy soup made from edamame (green soy beans). This soup can be served cold or hot.

Ingredients:
3/4 lb edamame
1/2 small onion
2 1/2 cup chicken soup stock
1/2 Tbsp vegetable oil
1 2/3 cup milk
1 1/2 Tbsp butter

P reparation:
Boil edamame beans. Shell edamame and set aside. Slice onion thinly. Heat oil in a deep pan and saute onion slices. Add chicken soup stock and edamame in the pan and simmer for 30 minutes on low heat. Mix the soup in a blender. Put the soup back in a deep pan and add milk. Simmer for 5 minutes on low heat. Add butter, salt, and pepper to season.
*makes 4 servings

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Easy Basic Quinoa

Thursday, December 04, 2008 | Labels:

Authored By: Ellen Sue Spicer of Hands on Nutrition
Try substituting this nutritious, versatile, wheat free grain for cooked rice or bulgar wheat.
Diet Types: Dairy Free, Low Fat, Vegan, Vegetarian, Low Sodium, Sugar Free, Wheat Free

Ingredients:
1 cup uncooked Quinoa
2 cups water

Serves: 6

Cooking Time: Under 30 minutes

Instructions:
Thoroughly rinse 1 cup of Quinoa in a fine strainer. Bring 2 cups water to boil in a saucepan and add the rinsed Quinoa. Cover, lower the heat, and gently simmer for about 15 minutes until tender and transparent. One cup raw yields about 4 cups cooked.

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Easy Anko (tsubu-an) Recipe

Wednesday, December 03, 2008 | Labels:


Anko is a sweet azuki bean paste which is often used to make various Japanese sweets. This is a type of anko called tsubu-an. Tsubu-an contains skins of azuki beans.

Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hours, 15 minutes
Ingredients:
1/2 lb. azuki beans (1 1/3 cup)
2 cup sugar
1 tsp. salt

Preparation:
Put lots of water in deep pot. Soak azuki beans in the water overnight. Heat the beans on high heat and bring to a boil. Turn down the heat to medium and simmer beans for about 10 minutes. Drain the beans. Put the azuki beans in the pot again and add about four cups of water. Heat the azuki and bring to a boil. Turn down the heat to low and simmer the azuki beans for about one hour, or until softened. Drain the liquid from the pot. Add sugar and salt in the beans. Stir and simmer beans until thickened. Stop the heat and cool the anko.

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Easy Barbeque Black Bean Dip

Wednesday, December 03, 2008 | Labels:

Authored By: Polly Pitchford, Full Spectrum Health™
Serve with celery sticks and corn chips.
Diet Types: Low Calorie, Vegetarian, Low Fat

Ingredients:
1 small onion, chopped
1/2 teaspoon canola oil
2 cups cooked black beans
4 tablespoons tomato paste
1/4 cup Cider Vinegar
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 tablespoon vegetarian Worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon mustard
1/4 teaspoon salt

Serves: 6

Cooking Time: Under 15 minutes

Instructions:
Heat the oil in a small skillet over medium heat. Add onions and saute until they begin to brown, about 6 minutes. Combine all of the ingredients in a food processor and process until you have a smooth dip.

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Easy Kakiage Recipe

Monday, December 01, 2008 | Labels:


Kakiage is mixed tempura. A few ingredients are mixed together in tempura batter and deep-fried. You can use various vegetables, mushrooms, and seafood for kakiage.

Ingredients:
1 onion, thinly sliced (about 2 cups)
1/2 large carrot, cut into thin stips (1/2 cup)
1/4 lb. scallops
1 egg
1 cup ice water
1 cup all purpose flour
*Vegetable oil for frying
Preparation:
Thinly slice onion. Cut carrot into thin strips. Tear scallops into small strips. Beat an egg in a large bowl. Add ice water in the bowl. Add sifted flour in the bowl and mix lightly. Heat oil to 340 degrees F in a deep pan. Add onion slices, carrot strips, and scallps in the tempura batter, and mix well. Take a scoop of the mixture with a large spoon and slip into the oil. Deep-fry kakiage until brown. Serve with tempura dipping sauce.

Makes 4 servings

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Easy East Meets West Stir-Fry

Monday, December 01, 2008 | Labels:

Authored By: California Dried Plum Board
Add some oriental flare to your menu this week.
Diet Types: Low Fat, Wheat Free

Ingredients:
No stick cooking spray
1 tablespoon finely chopped ginger
1 large clove garlic, finely chopped
4 ounces pork loin, cut into thin strips (or chicken, beef, or tofu)
1 1/2 cups sliced onions
1 medium carrot, very thinly sliced
1 cup thinly sliced celery
1 cup pitted dried plums, halved
1/4 cup cold water
2 tablespoons reduced sodium soy sauce
2 teaspoons cornstarch
4 cups hot cooked rice
2 medium red or green bell peppers, cut into 1 inch pieces

Serves: 4

Cooking Time: 30 minutes - one hour

Instructions:
Spray large nonstick skillet or wok with cooking spray. Heat over high heat until hot. Add ginger and garlic; stir-fry 1 minute. Add pork( or other meat or tofu); stir fry 2 minutes. Add onions and carrots; stir fry 2 minutes. Add peppers and celery; stir-fry 2 to 4 minutes or just until vegetables are crisp/tender. Add dried plums; toss to heat through. Reduce heat to medium. In small bowl combine water, soy sauce and cornstarch; mix thoroughly. Add soy sauce mixture to skillet; cook and stir about 2 minutes until heated through. To serve, divide rice among four plates. Top with stir fry, dividing equally.

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Easy Pork Spring Roll Recipe

Sunday, November 30, 2008 | Labels:


Spring rolls are called harumaki in Japanese.
Ingredients:
1/4 pound ground pork
1 cup bean sprouts
1/2 cup boiled strips of bamboo shoots
4-5 dried shiitake mushrooms
1 oz. harusame (bean starch noodles) or cellophane noodle
1 tsp grated ginger
2 tbsps vegetable oil
1 tbsp cornstarch
2/3 cup chicken soup
1 1/2 tbsps soy sauce
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp sesame oil
2 tbsps sake rice wine
mixture of 1 tbsp water and 1 tbsp cornstarch
10 egg roll wrappers
mixture of 1 tsp flour and 1 tbsp water
vegetable oil of frying

Preparation:
Soak dried shiitake mushrooms in water for 30 min. to soften. Sprinkle cornstarch over pork meat and stir the meat. Boil starch nooldes (harusame) in a pan for a min. and drain. Cut the noodles into 3-inch length. Cut shiitake into thin strips. Heat oil in a frying pan and add ginger and saute. Add pork meat in the pan and saute well. Further, add shiitake and bean sprout and saute. Add chicken soup, sugar, soy sauce, sesame oil, and sake in the pan. Add starch noodles in the pan and simmer. When it boils, add mixture of water and cornstarch and stir well. Place the filling into a bowl and cool. Put 1-2 tbsps of filling on an egg roll wrapper. Fold one side over the filling to cover. Further, fold both sides of the wrapper over and roll to the edge. Seal the edge with the mixture of flour and water. Heat oil in a deep pan and fry spring rolls in 360 F until it's brown.

Makes 4 servings

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Easy Dried Plum Waldorf Salad

Sunday, November 30, 2008 | Labels:

Authored By: California Dried Plum Board
You can easily convert this into a tasty vegetarian dish by substituting tofu chunks for the turkey.
Diet Type: Dairy Free

Ingredients:
3/4 cup reduced fat mayonnaise
3 tablespoons freshly squeezed orange juice
3 cups chopped red apples
1 1/2 cups cubed smoked turkey
1 cup chopped dried plums
3/4 cup chopped celery
1/2 cup coarsely chopped walnuts, toasted
Red or green lettuce leaves (optional)

Serves: 6

Cooking Time: Under 15 minutes

Instructions:
In medium bowl combine mayonnaise and orange juice; add apples, turkey, dried plums, celery and walnuts, tossing to coat. Chill in refrigerator; serve on lettuce, if desired. Tip: To toast walnuts, arrange in even layer on baking sheet. Bake in 350 degree oven 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly browned.

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