Thursday, September 19, 2013

Alternative healthy protein

Everybody knows that too much meat is not good for your good health,
so it's important to find other sources of protein in your diet.
Substitute meat with fish,legumes, eggs and soy.
A tasty soy product is tempeh.
Tempeh is made from cooked and slightly fermented soybeans formed
into a patty, similar to a very firm veggie burger.
One serving of tempeh (100 grams) provides around 200 calories,
18.2 grams of protein (that's even more protein per gram than tofu!),
and 10% of the RDA of both calcium and iron.
Tempeh is a naturally cholesterol-free food, as are all vegan foods.

I want to share with you a delicious recipe(created by chef Melanie Ferreira)
from my Academy of Healing and Nutrition manual:

TEMPEH SCALOPPINI WITH MUSHROOMS

Ingredients for 4 people:
1 (8 ounces) package of tempeh
(you can find it in the fridge of Health Shops or at Trader Joe)
1/4 cup of soy sauce or shoyu
4 cups of water or enough water to cover tempeh
3 slices of ginger
1 clove of garlic
1 short piece (2") of kombu

unbleached white flour for dredging
6TBS extra virgin olive oil
1/2 cup white wine or rice wine
1 package od shiitake mushroom and 5/6 cremini mushrooms
1tsp chopped basil
1tsp chopped oregano
1TBS lemon juice
1TBS chopped parsely to garnish

Add shoyu, water, ginger, garlic and kombu into a pan with the piece of tempeh.
Cook tempeh for 20 minutes, drain water, reserving 1 cup of liquid, and cool tempeh.
Cut tempeh on a diagonal in 1" slices. Dredge each slice in flour, shaking off excess flour.
In a medium frying pan heat oil and fry tempeh till golden on both sides.
Add wine and reserved liquid and bring to boil.
Add sliced mushrooms, reduce heat and cook untill mushrooms release juices and become tender.
Add herbs and cook untill liquid thickens.
Remove from heat and stir in lemon juice and parsely.
Serve it with basmati rice.


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