Thursday 5 November 2009

Quick Miso Soup

Serves: 1 x 2 block meal

Ingredients
2oz / 57g cooked chicken, shredded (2 blocks protein)
1 cup / approx 115g green beans (1 block carb)
2 cups / approx 135g mushrooms, thickly sliced (1 block carb)
1/2 Tsp sunflower seeds (2 blocks fat)
1 Tbsp fresh miso paste
1 Tsp fresh grated ginger
Sesame seeds to garnish

1)Bring 500ml water to the boil in a pan and add green beans. Cook for 4-5 mins or until al dente. Add mushrooms and cook for a further 1-2 mins. Then stir in shredded chicken and ginger.
2) Take the pan off the heat, and then stir in miso paste.
3) It's ready to serve! Sprinkle with sesame seeds if you like.

TIP: Do not cook miso! It can destroy the nutritional properties.
TIP: Miso is listed as one of the Top 100 Zone foods. Source: The Top 100 Zone Foods, Barry Sears.
TIP: Other good things to chuck in a miso soup are shredded spinach, beansprouts, spring onions, tofu, shredded cabbage.

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