Sold on soy

I'm sitting here eating a snack...a soy bean snack. Crazy, huh? A few weeks ago while we were visiting some of our neighbors, they went out into their gorgeous garden and pick some fresh soy beans and brought them in, steamed them and served them to us. I was skeptical. Now I'm sold. They were delicious!
When I was in AZ a few weeks ago, I noticed soy beans on the menu in the Asian restaurant we went to. I ordered them as an appetizer. I was sitting by little Ellie my granddaughter who is almost 2. She ate them up, one right after the other and asked for more.
So, I bought a box at Costco when I got home. They are found in the frozen food area by the frozen veggies. It cost $6 something for a huge box with 12 bags inside. That works out to be about 60 cents a bag or so. They are loaded with nutrition and you will find the box that says Edamame in the frozen food section. Edamame is a soybean that can be eaten fresh or frozen and is best known as a snack with a nutritional punch. Soy beans are picked before drying out and boiled (or microwaved) in water for a few minutes. The pods are soft and the bean can be removed by pulling through the teeth and lips. This is an ideal nutritious snack, far superior to junk food. Try them, you may like them. The cooked beans are frozen in their pods and can be heated up in 3 minutes. Just toss the heated beans with a little butter, some fresh ground salt and pepper and enjoy! The Chinese have been using soy beans for about 5000 years. How come I didn't know about this nutritious, high protein, low calorie snack food? Did you?

Calories	125.0
Protein	12.1
Carbohydrates	13.1
Fat	3.6
Ash	1.7
Calcium	9.3
Phosphorus	180.0
Iron	2.7
Sodium	5.0
Vitamin A	130.0
Vitamin U1	0.31
Vitamin C	40.0

Happy 21st Elder Andy

Here is an excerpt from one of Andy's recent emails.

Its easy to just run around and talk
to everyone and tell them memorized
quotes and scriptures and whatnot,
but I can truly testify that there
is power in thinking about the gospel
and all its principles, about thinking
about Christ and His Atonement and how
we can apply it in our lives, about
thinking about God and the love He
has for us and the plan He created
in our behalf, about thinking about
the Restoration, its purposes, if it
happened or not, and if it did what
that means to us as individuals and
to the world as a whole. When I
truly think about the gospel and
ponder its importance to me, I feel
the spirit so much stronger, and
feel the spirit testify of my
words so much more fully. I know
we live in a run and gun, fast
paced world and that we forget
to think or to “ponder” sometimes,
but if we do the spirit can and
will speak to us, our testimonies
will be strengthened and hidden
things will be made know to us.
I know that to be true as I have
done it in my own life. I know
this church is true, God does
live and love us, as does
His son Jesus Christ. They
created a plan for us to be
happy to live peacefully and
to receive eternal life in
the world to come. They love
us so they created this world
so we could learn. They try
us and test us to see if we
will follow them, and when
we press forward our
testimonies are strengthened
and our eyes are opened to
the eternal scheme of things.
They restored their true
church on this earth through
the prophet Joseph Smith who
received their authority which
enabled him and his predecessors
to build temples where we can
make everlasting covenants with
God, and receive the blessings
of the Atonement of Jesus Christ
that allow us to live beautifully
now and which will allow us to
receive eternal life in the end."
I love you all, and pray for you all.
Elder Andy

Happy 21st Birthday dear son.  Even though
you won't read this post, we still send 
our love and best wishes for a
happy day.  We all love you and
we're proud of the important
work you are doing. You've grown from a fun loving,
happy little boy to a fun loving, happy mature grown up man.
Your body has grown to match up to your huge spirit.
It's been a fun ride and we're all so happy to be a part of it.
Keep up the good work son. Keep going strong!  We look forward 
to celebrating with you next year.  Happy Birthday Elder Andy!

Enterprise Mentors International (EMI) Part 3

Announcing the annual Enterprise Mentors International Gala coming up on October 9, 2009 in SLC at the Marriott Hotel. This year the entertainers will be The 5 Browns! I'm so sorry to miss this event this year. So, so sorry. We will be out of town. I still want to contribute to EMI, so I'm willing to buy one ticket to it and give it to someone who would like to go. If you bought another ticket and used my ticket for your spouse, you could enjoy an amazing evening together. I PROMISE that you will enjoy this evening. You will be contributing to a very worthwhile cause AND you will enjoy some amazing talent. If I don't get any takers, I'll just make a contribution this year, but I'd love to help one of you readers attend.
Check out my post from last year here and here for more information on EMI and what they do, or look at their web site here.
Also, to find out more about the 5 Browns, check out their web site here. Check out the videos on their web site to see them performing. Wow! They're Utahans, brothers and sisters, Julliard trained pianists and LDS. They are amazing young adults. 50 fingers playing five grand pianos...Amazing! Rick and I had a chance to see them last year when they received an award at SCERA for their contributions to the Arts in our state at our annual awards gala. They're sweet, humble, talented people and a credit to our state.
First come, first served on my ticket offer! Let me know.

New York Times photo piece

I got this link off my friend Sally's blog and thought you might enjoy it.


The New York Times has a fantastic photo documentary series called One in 8 Million that I love. Today's story focuses on an LDS Sister Missionary from Shanghai serving in Chinatown.
Check out the 80 + comments at the end of the slide show. They are very interesting.


http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/nyregion/1-in-8-million/index.html#/naisi_zhao

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