nutritional yeast ideas and miso
I was inspired by earlier posts to try nutritional yeast again, and could only buy a huge container.
Last week I put it in lasagna and it was wonderful! It enhanced the flavor, but you could not actually taste it. My boyfriend is not fond of the taste, but loved the lasagna. I used cottage cheese in place of ricotta and I mixed the nutritional yeast with that. I also added 8oz frozen spinach to the meat sauce. I will eventually post the recipe to my blog. I'll notify the group when I do.
On the opposite end of the spectrum, I make miso soup from the paste as an instant breakfast soup and have tried adding it to that. I add 3 coffee scoops full. I love it! it is quick and easy and satisfying and tasty. Boyfriend choked it down. Hates it! He likes miso.
A couple of things you should know about miso. It is a living food and you should never boil it because that greatly reduces the benefits. I heat my water in the tea kettle and either pull it from the stove before it boils or let it coll a bit before I add it. Miso has many health benefits, but as a soy product it contains phytoestrogens. We are already bombarded by estrogen from plastics and food products (milk from cows given hormones, etc.) and estrogen dominance is becoming more and more common. Due to some health issues I had hormone testing and do have estrogen dominance. Mine is not too high in itself, but too high proportionately. My doctor told me to reduce the soy in my diet, but that I did not have to cut it out entirely. I did not eat a lot of soy to begin with.On the other hand, women who need more estrogen (such as during menopause) can benefit greatly from soy. For many it can actually eliminate the need for estrogen replacement and reduce or eliminate symptoms such as hot flashes and moodiness. I first learned about that from a friend who never experienced symptoms during menopause because she had always eaten a very high soy diet.
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Sandi
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