Awhile back our friends came over for dinner. They offered to bring a side dish to contribute to the meal. When they came over my friend had a big bowl of what looked like big green beans. She said they were called Edamame (ed-a-mom-may). Quickly she added that you don't eat the shells, you pod them and eat the beans inside. They were so good, they have since become a favorite food at our house. Cadey and Ian LOVE these. Ian thinks they are fun and enjoys popping them from the shell. He won't eat them if we do it for him!! Funny.
I get mine in bulk in the frozen section at Costco. They come in little individual steam bags. You steam for a few minutes then sprinkle with salt (I use sea salt). You can also steam them with salted water. I go for ease though and just pop the little bag in my microwave and voila a healthy side dish!
The other day one of my moms gave me a Flexitarian (post to come) cook book that many of the recipes call for and use edamame. I found it funny how just until recently I had never even heard of it and now it was popping up all over the place. The reason why it is so prevalent in this particular cook book is because Edamame is a soy bean and packed full of protien super power! This is great for those of us that don't eat a lot of meat!
A general look at edamame can be found at this sight.
Nutritional information can be found here if you are interested.
I love them too. They are delicious with soy sauce - you can get the light salt version for healthier dining. Yum Yum.
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