Recipes for Change :
Gourmet Wholefood Cooking for Health and Vitality at Menopause
by Lissa Deangelis, Molly Siple

You can manage menopause naturally, beginning with your very next meal! Learn about those foods that dampen hot flashes and lessen the many other symptoms of menopause including mood swings, fatigue, and weight gain.

Oh Boy, I Can't Believe It's Soy: Over 100 Gourmet Recipes that Help Prevent Cancer, Heart Disease and Alleviate Menopause
by Sanaa M. Abourezk

From the author, Sanaa Abourezk:
Soy-based cooking can be both healthy and delicious. Both before and after I wrote this cookbook, "Oh Boy, I Can't Believe It's Soy," when I would mention the words, "soy," or "tofu," people would make a face, or they would comment on how bland even the word was. But as a nutritionist I had been reading new research on the health benefits of soy beans and their by-products, such as tofu and soy vegetable protein (which is in the freezer section of most supermarkets). What I have learned is that a soy bean is nearly a miracle food. In its many forms, it helps prevent cancer, especially breast cancer, heart disease, osteoporosis, and it alleviates the symptoms of menopause. Because I have always believed in cooking healthy, I decided that I would develop a group of recipes that would include soy as a base, but that the recipes would be as good as those that come from various parts of the Mediterranean. Thus, I adapted the cuisines of France, Italy, Lebanon and Syria to the new soy cookbook with the result that the miracle bean--soy--no longer will give someone a reason to make a face. For example, I urge you to try the recipe for Tiramisu in my cookbook. Instead of deadly mascarpone cheese as a base ingredient, I substituted tofu and some other tasty items to create a dessert that tastes exactly like the original, but without the overwhelming fat mascarpone cheese provides. What I have tried to do in this cookbook--and I think I have succeeded--is to combine the healthy aspects of a Mediterranean diet, using olive oil, grains and vegetables, with soy products. I have added about 20 recipes which use salmon, which provides us with the health-giving Omega-3. The use of extra virgin olive oil in my cooking is an added health benefit that also makes the food extremely tasty. The recipes are not only wonderfully delicious, but they are easy to follow. No one will be intimidated by the directions I've given. The recipes are what I would call "gourmet." I love the reaction of people who will eat my cooking before they know that a dish contains tofu, or some other soy product. At first they rave, then are pleasantly shocked when I tell them that they've just eaten tofu, fixed in a different way, of course. I hope you will find good health, and of course, good taste with the recipes in "Oh Boy, I Can't Believe It's Soy."

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