In July I blogged Soy and Menopause
Only 10{a9f0d31f6175b3e4775e11a66c07db268fb74408d6095f6b46eeec420c0e9f62} of Japanese women suffer hot flashes and less than 4{a9f0d31f6175b3e4775e11a66c07db268fb74408d6095f6b46eeec420c0e9f62} suffer night sweats due to their soy-rich diets. There isn’t even a word for the condition in Japanse culture.

If you’d like to boost your soy intake now while youre young to avoid menopausal symptoms later, or are going through the menopause, and you dont like tofu, try my yummy hot chocolate recipe. Its really easy to make and happens to be completely vegan.

Yummy’s irresistible Rich Frothy Hot Chocolate Recipe made with soya milk. PIC: This is what it looks like. Irresistable!!

Equipment: coffee plunger (essential!), small pot
Ingredients: Organic unflavoured sugar free soya milk (Organic so its pesticide free. I use Alpro), and Green & Blacks Organic Hot Chocolate (extremely luxurious cocoa-rich chocolate, no milk added, contains raw cane sugar)

Instructions:
1. Mix 4 teaspoons G&B Hot Choc with a tiny bit of boiling water in your cup to blend the granules.
1. Heat up 3/4 cup soya milk in pot. (Boiling it does change the flavour, and I prefer it, so try both options to see which you like best.)
2. Add the heated soya milk to the coffee plunger. Plunge up and down a few times until the soya milk frothes. It may even double or triple up the plunger.
3. Slowly add the frothy milk to the cup while stirring it in well. Stop before you get to the top, to make space for extra frothing.
4. Plunge whats left a few more times so it stiffens more.
5. Scoop remains onto the top of the hot chock.
6. Sprinkle a pinch or two of G&B’s on the top.

Enjoy!

You’ll be amazed how incredibly delicious this drink is! I have it nearly every day. Let me know if you try this recipe and what you think of it.