By Dr. Donald A. Miller

As I've written in my diet book and several articles, one way to the consumption of saturated fats, and gain the other benefits of plant foods, is to replace a portion of these four legged meat with soy foods like tofu and tempeh. These, like ground beef can be measured in small portions, packaged in plastic foil and frozen. To use, thaw late at night in the refrigerator, or let alone one to two hours at room temperature, not long enough to decay. Be cautious when using a microwaver to defrost, not to burn.



I usually try my food experiments on myself before they inflict on someone else. When cooking for one person, I've found that the lean ground beef 1 / 4 cup servings works well for me. For tempeh, I usually cut an 8 ounce in the third set, or a 12 ounce package in fourths, wrap and freeze. With 12 ounce packages of extra firm tofu, a disc can block in length in the quarters, the locality in a plastic freezer container with wax paper separators. In this way, a bread knife can be used for the separation of one or more layers without thawing the whole block. The freezer container, because freezing separates water from the tofu, which is very clear on the thawing, such as the use of the whole container worthwhile.



It is certainly possible to dice tofu and tempeh, before the freeze, but the best when packaged in pre-measured amounts.



I now describe a recent experiment lean stew with approximately equal parts of lean ground beef and tofu. To create a pasta dish, omit the potato, carrot, and use its angel pasta, about 0.7 inches or 1.8 cm circle worthwhile, that only 3 to 5 minutes cooking.



I cut a small potato in half lengthwise in half, then each half in the third, then crosswise damaged. I am also a handful of diced baby carrots. All this was in a covered glass shell, and microwaved for a minute at a time on high. The results are fork tender, not mushy, for a total of 7 minutes in my oven. The chef can do something before the vegetables this time, or during the following.


My
"non stick skillet needs a little help, that I fitted with a thin coating of cooking spray. A low heat, I broke up and brown the meat, then stirring in the tofu, mashed fork. I had a refrigerated jar of diced garlic, would otherwise have used dried, about two teaspoons. For the taste, I added about a tablespoon of green mixed herbs (this time, "Italian Seasoning), and a sprinkling of fresh black pepper. I NEVER USE GARLIC salt.



Next I mixed in the carrots and potatoes, and from the fire.



I had the good fortune that a number of vine ripe tomatoes, which I had cut into layers, then cut into cubes. I probably used about one fourth to one third cup. I stirred in the tomato and two tablespoons of reduced salt Japanese soy sauce. Note that I only warming of the tomato. Less soy sauce also works.



If using pasta instead of potato, carrot, I am generous with tomato, using all size of a fist fruit.



I hesitate to use canned tomatoes, because of the heavy deployment of sodium chloride and calcium chloride so often in prepared food. I no longer use tomato sauce, making my opinion an extreme cruelty to vegetables.



That's it.



If you prefer, add a small amount of water, or enough to stew in a soup.



The only fat came from the ground lean beef, and the remaining soy oil in the tofu. This amount of fat, and the food in bulk, enough to satisfy my hunger until the next day.

Soybean oil is not the relatively safe saturated fat.



To complete omission of meat, but still chewing on food, tempeh use tofu instead, about 2 to 6 ounces, to taste. The temperature must be small cubes.



I think cooking as an experimental art. That means I'm ready to get ideas from books and cooking dinner examples, but I am not bashful about changing proportions, playing with herbs and spices, or a combination of ideas from different sources. All recipes were good results of such experiments. The traditional recipes can have more fat and salt than in a healthy society mechanized, but usually are easy to update.



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About the Author



Dr. Donald A. Miller is the author of "Easy Health Diet" http://easyhealthdiet.com/diet.htm, Easy Exercise all ages "http://easyhealthdiet.com/eeaa.htm, and several free articles on the area of http://easyhealthdiet.com/articles/ health.

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