day 77: ‘futatta
I’m still in the process of reintroducing foods into my diet after my 3 week cleansing diet. Today I reintroduced soy products to see if I have any sensitivity to them.
I’ve been hearing a lot of negative things about soy products lately. It’s interesting to note that non-fermented soy contains anti-nutrients that can block the digestion of protein, block the absorption of minerals, and interfere with thyroid function. Check out this great post by nutritionist Joy McCarthy that rounds up several articles about the health effects of soy products. But, I’m not too worried because I don’t eat or drink a whole lot of soy anyway.
So, in my attempt incorporate soy into my diet today I decided to do something about the lonely block of silken tofu sitting in the back of my fridge. I came up with this delicious vegan version of a fritatta. I’ll call it a ‘futatta. It came out a bit watery, but it tasted quite a bit like fritatta.
‘Futatta
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1/2 red pepper, sliced
- 1/2 tomato, chopped
- 10 kalamata olives, sliced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 pkg silken tofu
- 1 tsp dijon mustard
- 3 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tbsp dried chives
- 1 tbsp dried oregano
- salt and pepper to taste
Directions
Preheat the oven to 400deg.
In a pan heat the olive oil. Add the garlic and the red pepper and cook on medium high heat until tender. Add the tomatoes and olives and warm them.
Oil a glass pie dish and add the sautee mixture to the dish.
In a blender blend all other ingredients until smooth and creamy. Pour on top of the veggies in the pie dish and spread out with a knife or spatula.
Bake for 30 minutes or until golden brown on top and set.
In other exciting news: today is my puppy’s first birthday. Happy Birthday Bagigis!!
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Yeah I heard some bad things about too much soy so I haven’t had any for 2 months now. Nice puppy!
Hi puppy!
Frittata looks great!
This likely doesn’t apply so much to you, as you eat mainly whole foods, but soy and corn appear in a ton of processed and packaged food (mainly because of the whole GMO crop thing.) They’re often not identified on labels. This means that even people who swear they’ll never drink soy milk or try tofu actually ingest soy on a daily basis. There seems to be a big to-do about soy milk, tofu, etc. but I’m sure a lot of people consume way more soy from other sources. I mean, even simulated bacon bits are soy-based.
Happy Birthday Bagigis!! Oh my gosh, you are just the most squeezable adorable puppy!
Your ‘futatta is very clever, Samantha Angela – I never would have thought of replacing the eggs with tofu. The olives in it must have been so delicious!
Love the puppy photos!!!
I’m a bit weary about soy as well. I try to keep it to soy sauce and the very occasional tofu. I feel like so many soy products are so processed, and have weird estrogen levels. Good luck re-introducing it!
what a great recipe! happy bday to your pups. such great pics!
Your puppy IS SO CUTE!
I am so confused about soy- cooked/uncooked- what is tofu? and fermented? I don’t get it all
Katherine
yeah soy is iffy. Sad since its starting to get so much hype as a health food! Add the anti-nutrients of non-fermented soy to the GMO monopolization of soy beans from Monsanto and the soy industry should almost be shut down!
what a great concoction!