Here are three recipes from our soy cookbook CD to get you off and running. "The Great Bean Caper" is filled with a variety of tested and tasty soy recipes for your convenience from salads and appetizers, to entrees and desserts. For now, we offer these three tempting teasers to whet your appetite for the rest....

That’s A Spicy Cookie!

1-cup brown sugar
¼ cup soy oil
1 jar (2.5 oz) prune baby food
1 egg
½ cup applesauce
1 T vanilla
1 cup cooked soybeans, rinsed, drained & mashed
2 cups flour (may use whole wheat)
2 tsp baking powder
1 T cinnamon
½ tsp nutmeg
¼ tsp cloves
¼ tsp ginger
1-cup oats
1-cup raisins

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Combine brown sugar, oil, prune baby food, egg, applesauce and vanilla in large mixing bowl. Beat well with electric mixer, add soybeans and beat again.

In medium mixing bowl, sift the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and ginger. Stir into the soybean mixture. Stir oats and raisins into the dough.

Drop by rounded teaspoon onto nonstick baking sheet. Bake for 10 minutes or until firm and lightly golden. Do not over bake.

Yield: 5 dozen cookies serving size: 2 cookies

Per serving: 122 calories, 3g total fat (0.4 g sat fat), 3 g pro, 22 g carb, 1.0 g fiber, 32 mg sodium, 0 mg cholesterol.
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“Seedy Slaw”

1 bag (16 oz) chopped cabbage slaw mix
4 green onions, chopped
¾ cup sunflower seeds
½ cup soybeans (canned-black)
1-package Ramen noodles (oriental flavor)

Dressing
1/3-cup sugar
1/3-cup soy oil
1/3-cup cider vinegar

Layer slaw mix, onions, sunflower seeds and soybeans in casserole or salad bowl. Heat dressing ingredients in saucepan until sugar is dissolved; add dry Ramon noodle dressing. Immediately before serving, break up Ramen noodles; sprinkle over salad. Add dressing and toss.

Makes 8 servings. Per serving: 238 calories; 15.6 grams fat; 55.4% calories from fat; 0 cholesterol; 126 milligrams sodium.
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“C.C. Cornbread” (as in “creamy”; “country”)

1-cup cornmeal
¾ cup flour (may be whole wheat)
¼ cup soy flour
1 T baking powder
1 egg
1-cup soymilk
1 cup creamed corn
2 T soy oil

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In mixing bowl, combine cornmeal, flour, soy flour and baking powder. In another bowl whisk together egg, soymilk, creamed corn and 1 T soy oil. Add mixture to dry ingredients, stirring to blend. Pour 1 T soy oil into pan and heat until bubbly, pour batter into hot 9” pie plate and bake for about 25 minutes or until done.

Yield: 8 servings Serving size: 1 wedge

Per serving: 170 calories, 3 g total fat (0.4 g sat fat), 6 g pro, 31 g carb, 3.2 g fiber, 222 mg sodium, 0 mg cholesterol.
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Give these three soy recipes a try. Better yet, give our soy cookbook CD a try. You’ll be amazed, gratified-and chances are, much healthier!