A year or so ago, my boyfriend told me how he avoids eating too much soy because it contains some sort of pseudo-estrogen that can be harmful to men. More off-putting, he said that raw soybeans can prevent your intestines from absorbing nutrients in food, and that in extreme cases, people have even died from it. I always wondered just how much of that was true — and what better excuse to figure it out than as research for a vegetarian blog? Read the rest of this entry »
Archive for the ‘ingredients’ Category
Recipe: Easy Ginger-Broth Soup
In eating in, ingredients, recipes, vegan on February 16, 2010 at 12:03 pm
Ginger is a great ingredient because it has such a strong flavor that spreads and blends really well, and it’s perfect to use for a simple broth if you don’t have much to work with. We don’t have any bouillon cubes or anything at the moment, so we’ve made soup broth for soba and udon a few times using not much more than water, soy sauce, and fresh ginger. The first few times we made it we also added garlic, so we sauteed that and the ginger in oil at the bottom of the pot before filling it with water, but this time we didn’t and just used the water we’d used to cook our noodles — the ultimate broth for lazy people! Read the rest of this entry »
Healthy Vegetarianism
In ingredients, other on February 13, 2010 at 8:25 pm
I’m as guilty as the next person of not being as conscious of nutrition as I should be. But I try. So to help the rest of you — and remind myself — here’s a bit of information on where you can get the nutrients most important for vegetarians while you’re in Japan. Read the rest of this entry »
Necessity is the Mother of Invention
In eating in, ingredients, vegan on January 29, 2010 at 8:24 pmFirst of all, I’m quickly discovering that it’s not Japan that’s short on grocery stores — it’s just my neighborhood. On a recent visit to the slow-paced Yanaka area of Tokyo, I passed two full-size supermarkets just on the way back to the subway station! And up near Ueno Station, there are blocks and blocks of stalls in the Ameyayokocho market area selling everything from fruit to fresh seaweed to giant octopus tentacles. But here in Kanda, I have the abacus-wielding fruit-and-vegetable vendor down the block and the rather sad excuse for a grocery store that is my local Kaede. Both of them together almost provide us with what we need to cook at home long term.
Tuesday night dinner
