This is a quick and heathy meal to make. You can usually find the burgers in the cooler section in your local health food store, near the tofu products. I find the burgers to be a little fat so I like to slice them in half, this also gives you more burgers for your money! Fry the tempeh in coconut or olive oil until crispy. If you like, melt some organic cheese on top. I toasted some sprout bread added stoneground mustard, organic ketchup, avocado, tomatoes, cucumbers, sprouts and a pickle! Choose you own adventure... One of the health benefits of tempeh is that it is a high-fiber food. Being the product of soybeans, tempeh, contains high soluble and insoluble fiber. Soluble fiber can reduce serum cholesterol, so you can consume tempeh or tofu daily without the fear of building up cholesterol in your body like when you take meat protein. The isoflavones contained in tempeh helps strengthen the bones. Tempeh also contains all essential amino acids.

One thing that differ tempeh from other soy products is its process of production, which is by fermenting soybeans with a kind of fungi, of the family Mucoraceae, genus of Rhizopus, and species of Rhizopus Oligosporus. On tempeh, the spores of these fungi are seen as a fluffy white cover and are binding the soybeans together that make it compact. Several studies of Rhizopus have revealed some beneficial values of the fungi:

-Contains a natural antibiotics agent that prevents intestinal infections. -Produces enzymes that soften the soybeans, making tempeh more digestible than other plant-base high-protein foods. -Fermentation with this fungus increased the total soluble solids, soluble nitrogen, vitamins, free fatty acids as well free amino acid. -Produces enzyme that heighten the absorption of minerals like zinc, iron and calcium. -Contains antioxidant.

Aside from the above health benefits, the production of tempeh also provides environmental benefits compared to the production of meat-based protein sources. Tempeh, as a soybean product, does not require as much water and land as do the production of meat-based proteins. It does not either contribute waste with such pollution and contamination to the land, water, and atmosphere like with beef production.