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miso soup with your 5 a day is a complete meal

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magrate · 12/02/2015 20:23

Dh is complaining that I did miso soup for dinner. It contains a bunch of spring onions, garlic, ginger, two big sweet potatoes, chilli, 2 cups of peas, a bunch of coriander, seaweed, 100g of ground up seasme and a big spoon full of fresh live miso. That's a complete meal right?

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SASASI · 13/02/2015 07:14

My DH would cry if he was reached soup for dinner although we are both tubby & should eat it for dinner

bloodygorgeous · 13/02/2015 07:49

I know from experience this would feel wonderfully filling...for an hour. Then I'd be hungry.

Peas and sweet potatoes are NOT filling!

I'd have this as a light lunch or if I was dieting.

If not I'd add noodles, meat, fish or another protein - and lots of it.

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magrate · 13/02/2015 09:00

Well I was wonderfully full until breakfast. That Japanese volcanic islanders diet gets most of their carbs from sweet potatoes and a tiny wmount of grains and have one of the longest life expectancys. I hate going to bed with my stomach working overtime.

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Kachan · 13/02/2015 09:11

I do something similar - except it's more of a ramen so add a few noodles and some fish, or meat or tofu. Have never put sweet potato in or peas.

ChristyMooreRocks · 13/02/2015 09:23

Well I was wonderfully full until breakfast. That Japanese volcanic islanders diet gets most of their carbs from sweet potatoes and a tiny wmount of grains and have one of the longest life expectancys. I hate going to bed with my stomach working overtime.

Well that's just super. You are still being unreasonable though.

CalamitouslyWrong · 13/02/2015 09:27

I don't get the, 'I don't see the problem. I've cooked and served a incredibly light meal suitable for someone doing intermittent fasting. When everyone If anyone is hunary afterwards, they can just fill up on bread and butter' argument. When I cook for people I want them to feel satisfied, not have to raid the cupboards for something to fill their stomach. It's all a bit, 'be grateful for your thimbleful of thin gruel'.

CalamitouslyWrong · 13/02/2015 09:30

This must be what life is like when you're married to Gwenneth Paltrow.

MaidOfStars · 13/02/2015 09:45

I think it sounds fab and filling. My husband would love it too. We often eat soup for dinner. Or sandwiches. Or a jacket potato.

icelollycraving · 13/02/2015 09:47

calamitously Grin

Bue · 13/02/2015 10:28

Bollocks that miso soup cannot be a main meal. It certainly is at Wagamama (not the side serving, but the miso ramen). However you put in veg only, which does seem way too light. DH wouldn't have been happy either. I would have added noodles and probably some tofu too.

Amethyst24 · 13/02/2015 10:52

I think it sounds really nice actually, I'd leave out the sweet potatoes and add chicken or prawns though.

Please tell what exactly you do with the sesame, OP?

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magrate · 13/02/2015 11:15

The seasme I grind up (coffee grinder) and then stir in at the end. Gives it a lovely taste, and IMO makes it a complete meal.

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APocketfulOfSpondulix · 13/02/2015 11:33

Dh (a bit) made us miso soup last night as a main. It was lush, and very filling. It had mushrooms, ginger, noodles, cashews, egg and fried tofu. Very much a main meal.

APocketfulOfSpondulix · 13/02/2015 11:39

A boy, not a bit!

Amethyst24 · 13/02/2015 11:48

Thanks, will deffo try it. Smile

Pipbin · 13/02/2015 12:01

Its not a thin soup, it filled a 2l pan I could fill a 2l pan with dish water. Volume doesn't equal thickness. I agree with others, I would have put noodles in it. The Japanese wouldn't see that as a full meal, but then I guess what do they know about being healthy, not being over weight, living a long time ............. Oh, wait...........

Pipbin · 13/02/2015 12:07

Oh and you know that the thing about the volcanic islanders of Japan having such a long life expectancy is a myth right?
It was during the war that many people lied about their age so they could sign up. As few of them had birth certificates their age couldn't be proved. Many of them made it it a good age but it wasn't their real age.
The Japanese in general do have excellent health and a long life span though.
The is only one specialist shop selling outsized ladies clothes in the whole of Tokyo. By outsized I mean over 14.

Still, eat what you want, I care not but I will say you are coming over rather smug with 'I was wonderfully full'. Which sounds to me like 'I can survive on wind and tap water unlike you fat fucks'.

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magrate · 13/02/2015 12:08

Love how so many people are giving the view on this on behalf of "the Japanese" Grin

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magrate · 13/02/2015 12:08

I'm smug for feeling full after dinner? Confused

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Pipbin · 13/02/2015 12:09

Well miso isn't eaten there as a main meal Magrate. Your point?

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magrate · 13/02/2015 12:12

Not to generalise a whole nation. I will ask my friend anyway as I don't believe you as I've had it as a main in Japanese places in Europe.

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Pipbin · 13/02/2015 12:13

Well when I went to Japan it wasn't offered as a main.

grocklebox · 13/02/2015 12:17

MAybe they know more about japanese food than you? Although pretty much anyone who has ever eaten a japanese meal knows that miso is a side dish.

PlantCurtain · 13/02/2015 12:19

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ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 13/02/2015 12:19

We had miso soup for dinner last night too - and were thoroughly stuffed for the rest of the evening.

Mine did have half a block of tofu, and some noodles in too though. But I think your version would be a complete meal because of the masses of sesame seed in it.

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