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Japanese Yam

10/18/2014

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Japanese yam must be one of the sweetest in yam family.
It is often enjoyed as is after slowly steamed or baked. Its natural sweetness and ample fibers make it wonderful healthy snack choice especially during winter. Japanese yam looks reddish-purple from outside, and its inside is very bright yellow.
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Meat Yummy Yam Pie
If you want to steam it, just steam it using the steamer. Don't cut or peel the yam before steaming. The key is not to let it dry, so if you are using microwave, wet the paper towel to its max and wrap the unpeeled yam with it, place it on a microwavable plate, and reduce the power level to about 60 (100 being max) for 6 - 7 minutes depending on the size. Peel the skin while hot with your fingers.

Making cookies using Japanese yams is a good vegan idea for it can provide softness and sweetness at the same time it helps to bind flour.
PictureStone Soup with Japanese Yam
You can make mashed potatoes with this yam, or lightly saute the steamed slices. I like this yam baked into pies with meat sauce, or dice them into Stone Soup. It is truly a yummy yam.

You can find Japanese yams at your local Asian stores or Whole Foods Market might have them.

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Vegan Sweet Yam Shortening Cookies

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Mindful Mayo

10/15/2014

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Increased food allergy awareness made USA filled with wonderful substitute food items. And one of the best ones ever, I think, is Mindful Mayo from Earth Balance.

It tastes very much like mayo, a little milder and feel more whipped, perhaps.
You can sprinkle flour (of your choice) on salmon, add this mayo substitute, and panko, you got a very flavorful salmon panko fries. Here this mayo is acting in a place for a beaten egg, and it tastes much better than potato starch water.
It is also a wonderful item on salad. I like to puree avocados and mix with this mayo substitute, a little lemon juice, and a hint of soy sauce as my dressing. Creamy is something we all crave from time to time, and avocados and this mayo substitute can surely fulfill your desire.

Earth Balance has many more wonderful substitute products, probably most well known for their margarine, the buttery spreads. I personally don't use this because it has flax seeds and that's a no-no for us. But if you are OK with it, I would totally recommend.

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Soyless Soy Sauce

10/10/2014

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I looked up with Google USA to see Soyless Soy Sauce products available on the market.
It did not hit.
I retyped and said "Non-Soy Soy Sauce."
It could not give me the product. At least not on the first several pages.


Hurray, I know better than Google (USA)!!!!!!

Yes, there IS a product available within USA which does not use soy to make soy sauce.
It is called "Soramame Soy Sauce" meaning "Broad Bean Soy Sauce" and its ingredients are only broad beans and salt. And frankly, nobody can tell the difference between soy sauce and broad beans sauce.

Sadly, it is not even on my beloved Amazon.com.

I wish I could give you a link to this product, but there is no English website who talks about Soramame Soy Sauce. It is made by small Japanese company called Takahashi Shoten in Kagawa, Japan.
They deliver within Japan, but not to USA.

I've seen Soramame Soy Sauce in Nijiya Market and Mitsuwa Marketplace.
So if you live near by these Japanese supermarkets, please go visit them!
Remember, Soramame Soy Sauce does not occupy big part of the shelf,
so it's a good idea to call first to reserve your bottle.

But if these supermarkets are not in your area, there is one more thing you can try.
Contact your Asian food market, preferably Japanese, and ask if their importer or distributor have access to this soyless soy sauce. It tastes totally worth it to give it a shot.

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