Edamame are baby soybeans which are picked when young and tender before the soybeans inside are fully mature. They are steamed or boiled and usually eaten as an appetizer or snack.
You’ll find them in Japanese and Asian restaurants where they are usually served salted and at room temperature. Typically, you eat the beans inside and discard the pods. Check your grocery or specialty foods store – they can sometimes be found in the frozen foods aisle.
In Chinese, young soybeans in the pod are known as maodoujia which …

Avocados are large green skinned fruit which are grown in warm climates all over the world including California and Florida. Avocados are technically a large seed with a thick yellow green flesh. They are an important food in many countries.
 
Most of the avocado calories come from monounsaturated fat and avocados are high in potassium, B vitamins, Vitamin E and Vitamin K. Avocados have the highest fiber content of any fruit. According to avocado.org, fresh avocados contribute nearly 20 vitamins, minerals and beneficial plant compounds that can …

Do you love fresh delicious meals but don’t think you have the time to make them? Do you want to expand your vegetarian cooking while saving money? Then Fresh Food Fastis for you. If you haven’t eaten out of this cookbook you are in for a treat.

I first saw this cookbook on the old high school music stand that my friend Tina puts by the stove when she cooks. I must have eaten half a dozen fast, easy and cheap recipes out of it before I finally picked it up. …

If you haven’t heard of the The Marlboro Cookbook that is not surprising – the cookbook was part of Marlboro Miles Catalog in 2002. Marlboro cigarettes have “miles” on each pack and you save them up and can trade them for items out of their catalog when you have saved up enough of these miles.
You can’t buy the cookbook in stores but you can find it at flea markets, in secondhand bookstores and used on Amazon.com. It is well worth the effort to find this cookbook. And it is cheap …

Already shoppers can print coupons from the Internet, subscribe to e-mail lists, and participate in online promotion programs.
But as more people buy Web-enabled cell phones, and as technology for browsing the Web on the go improves, coupons via cell phone may be the next big thing.
Department stores such as Sears and fast food chains such as Hardee’s already send coupons via cell phone, and now Kroger has become the first major grocery chain to hop on board.
Its new program, begun in December, lets shoppers virtually clip coupons for products such …