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Default Cream Soups?

You can also often find it in Asian markets.

I live near Korea Town in LA and they have it.

Jennifer


Uncle Enrico wrote:

> One other thing:
> The biggest challenge facing anyone trying this recipe is to find a store
> selling soy flour.
> I live in a large city and so far, I've only found soy flour at my local
> Whole Foods Market. I've tried Trader Joes and Bristol Farms without
> success.
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> You can order soy flour online from: www.arrowheadmills.com
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> The next challenge is to find the low carb soy milk.
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> The soy industry needs to get its act together and spread the word among
> diabetics about how to use these products to make good food that keeps blood
> sugars in the safe zone.
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> "Uncle Enrico" > wrote in message
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>>I've always loved canned cream soups (New England clam chowder, Cream of
>>broccoli, cream of chicken) but when I got diabetes, these soups had too
>>many carbs for me.
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>>Recently I've been making cream soups using low carb soy milk as the base
>>and soy flour as the thickener. Instead of potato, I'm using zucchini.
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>>I can't say how pleased I am with the flavor, the ease of preparation and
>>most importantly, the blood glucose profile post meal. The soy flour mixes
>>so well with the soy milk that fat is not needed to facilitate the blend.
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>>If you have trouble finding a low carb unsweetened soy milk, try Trader
>>Joes, or your local neighborhood Asian market. I've been buying "Mogami"
>>unsweetened soymilk at a local Asian market in So. Cal. for 98 cents a
>>quart. It has 3 grams of carb with 1 gram of dietary fiber. Trader Joe's
>>carries the Westsoy brand, but you'll have to look carefully for the low
>>carb version.
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