Edamame

I was thrilled to see edamame (young soybeans in the pod) at our farmer’s market on Thursday, so I’m embarrassed to admit that they’ve sat in the fridge for a week now. It doesn’t seem to have hurt them one bit, though.

I won’t bore you with a written-out recipe for edamame; I boiled them for 8 minutes, sprinkled them with salt, and am now gloriously wading through the whole bag for lunch!

The nutritional information I’ve found seems to be for shelled edamame, but when it’s served in a restaurant as an appetizer it’s always still in the pod. I measured a cup of pods, and the beans from that worked out to 1/4 cup.

So, measure out yourself a generous *two* cups of pods, and for 47 calories (1 Weight Watchers point) you get 2g of fibre, 4g of protein, and only 2g of fat. Fat in a vegetable? This one plays in the “meat and alternates” category too, plus I’m sure you’ve heard that women approaching menopause should add more soy to their eating. This is the tastiest way I’ve found.