Control Your Tempeh
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empeh - pronounced tempay - is based on cooked,fermented soya beans bound with a mould and is a staplefood in Indonesia. Like all foods based on soya, it is abrilliant source of protein, containing all the eight essentialamino acids (building blocks of protein). The fermentationprocess means it is much easier for the body to digestand with its high fibre, low fat, vitamin-rich nutritionalprofile its a bit of a wonder food but contrary to someclaims, it is not a source of vitamin B12.You’ll find it in residence in the chilled and frozencabinets of wholefood shops and it comes as a block or cut into small strips, plain or marinated with soyasauce. So what does it taste like? It has a rather nuttyflavour and smell with a dense chewy texture. Tempehgoes well in stir-fries and stews. The marinated variety isgreat when sliced, grilled and slapped between slices of whitebread with tomato ketchup (well the white bread is a source of calcium and of course tomato sauce is full of lycopene, as we haveall discovered!). Give tempeh a go with this little tempter.
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Super-stuffed Tempeh sandwich
The tasty little snack below was made with ready-marinated tempehstrips - browned under a grill - with sliced tomatoes, salad leaves anda dollop of tomato ketchup. Sandwiched between a couple of slicesof multigrain bread this makes a quick, nutritious and tasty sarnie.Pass it over!