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I get the midnight munchies a lot so tonight I broke out something healthy instead of the usual Cheeze Doodles (my fave!) or some sort of potato chip. Edamame is perfect to help curb my appetite, it’s high in fiber (makes you feel full), low calorie, and high in protein. I bought the frozen, already cooked and ready to eat kind from Trader Joe’s, also known as The Greatest Supermarket Ever (cheaper than Whole Foods and sometimes your local supermarket w tons of fresh organic and non-organic options).
The first time I ate these I was 22. And had never seen one before. My boss at the time took me out to a fancy schmancy lunch. I want to say it was at Tao, actually. So I took one. I bit into it. It was hard. I tried to swallow it. It felt like I was swallowing a piece of thorny construction paper. My boss hadn’t notice. I thought to myself, This is disgusting, who would eat this? Then I realized he was biting into it, sucking the seed out, and discarding the seedless shell into another bowl. That’s when I learned about edamame. And Thank God he didn’t see me.
