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What does a dragon taste like? Does Dragon Fruit come from a monster cactus? Learn why you need to grow your own
Hylocereus and Selenicereus Dragon Fruit or Pitaya
Hylocereus and Selenicereus Dragon Fruit or Pitaya trees on trellis
Hylocereus and Selenicereus Dragon Fruit or Pitaya on trellis
Hylocereus and Selenicereus Dragon Fruit or Pitaya red fruit
Hylocereus and Selenicereus Dragon Fruit or Pitaya purple fruit
Hylocereus and Selenicereus Dragon Fruit or Pitaya Yellow Parlora
Hylocereus and Selenicereus Dragon Fruit or Pitaya flower
🐲 What does a dragon taste like? Does Dragon Fruit come from a monster cactus? Learn why you need to grow your own. 🌵
📚 Learn more about Dragon Fruit
🍹 Recipe: What to do with a Dragon fruit?
🛒Grow your own Tasty Dragon Fruits
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- 🔴 You may have tried a Dragon fruit from the store l, but do you know how it grows? On a cactus tree!
- 🔴 Names: varieties of Hylocereus and Selenicereus - these fruit bearing cactus plants are also called Dragon Fruit or Pitaya.
- 🔴 Commercially grown fruit sold in a grocery store may be tasteless. You need to grow your own good variety to have tasty, sweet, flavorful fruit!
- 🔴 Dragon fruit comes in many varieties. Colors of flesh differ: white, pink, dark red and even purple. The outside of the fruit can be red/pink or yellow.
- 🔴 In commercial groves, Pitayas grow like cactus trees, over a strong support - big "umbrella frames" ☂️
- 🔴 It is an easy plant, with low water needs, takes both sun and semi-shade.
- 🔴 Our favorite variety is Yellow Dragon Fruit Palora, (Selenicereus megalanthus). It is the sweetest and has the most flavor of all. We shared some recipes earlier.
- 🔴 Can be grown in container with a wooden trellis. And the flower is beautiful, too!
📚 Learn more about Dragon Fruit
🍹 Recipe: What to do with a Dragon fruit?
🛒Grow your own Tasty Dragon Fruits
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18 most popular herbs: where to use each herb?
Basil
Catnip
Rosemary
Balm
Cilantro
Sage
Tarragon
Lemon grass
Mint
Thyme
18 most popular herbs: where to use each herb? 🍲
📸 Basil, Catnip, Rosemary, Oregano, Cilantro, Sage, Terragon, Lemon grass, Mint, Thyme
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- 🌿 Arugula - Green salads, pasta sauce
- 🌿 Balm - Iced drinks, salads, poultry stuffing
- 🌿 Basil - Tomato salad, any past dish? home-made pesto, garnish
- 🌿 Catnip - Sauces and stews, for tea
- 🌿 Chervil - Soups, green salads, as a garnish
- 🌿 Chives - Cream cheese, potato salad, green salads, sauces
- 🌿 Cilantro - Stews, rice, salads, salsa
- 🌿 Dill - Fish dishes, pickles, potato salad
- 🌿 Lemon grass - Oriental stir-fry, for tea
- 🌿 Marjoram - Italian dishes, stews, soups
- 🌿 Mint - Add to potatoes, peas, cucumber, carrots, mint sauce, mint tea
- 🌿 Oregano - Italian and Greek dishes, green salad
- 🌿 Parsley - Butters, pasta dishes, as garnish
- 🌿 Rosemary - BBQ, roast lamb/chicken, fish, fried/baked potatoes
- 🌿 Sage - Stuffing, add to poultry, mix with cream cheese
- 🌿 Sorrel - Soup, serve with fish, pastries
- 🌿 Tarragon - Fish, chicken, sauces
- 🌿 Thyme - Stocks and stews, add to pasta
📸 Basil, Catnip, Rosemary, Oregano, Cilantro, Sage, Terragon, Lemon grass, Mint, Thyme
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Do you know why this plant is caged?
Yuca Root, Cassava, Tapioca - Manihot esculenta cv. Variegata
Yuca Root, Cassava, Tapioca - Manihot esculenta
Yuca Root, Cassava, Tapioca - Manihot esculenta cv. Variegata
Yuca Root, Cassava, Tapioca - Manihot esculenta cv. Variegata
🌐 Do you know why this plant is caged? Because it's so tasty!
🐇🐿 Yes indeed, we protect it from all kinds of visitors: deer, bunnies, squirrels, raccoons...
Because it's our favorite food and don't want to share! 🙄
Yuca Root, Cassava, Tapioca - variegated form Manihot esculenta cv. Variegata makes not only a great meal but a beautiful ornamental, as we mentioned earlier. Besides culinary value, it is simply a stunning little tree!
Plant several plants in your garden and you will never run out of healthy food. Try this vegetable and you will never want French fries!🍟
‼️ Don't be shy to harvest the roots - this plant is easy to regrow from cuttings, so you can have your crops year round.
📚 Learn more about Yuca Root
🍲 Cassava Fries Recipe
🛒 Order Cassava plant online
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🐇🐿 Yes indeed, we protect it from all kinds of visitors: deer, bunnies, squirrels, raccoons...
Because it's our favorite food and don't want to share! 🙄
Yuca Root, Cassava, Tapioca - variegated form Manihot esculenta cv. Variegata makes not only a great meal but a beautiful ornamental, as we mentioned earlier. Besides culinary value, it is simply a stunning little tree!
Plant several plants in your garden and you will never run out of healthy food. Try this vegetable and you will never want French fries!🍟
‼️ Don't be shy to harvest the roots - this plant is easy to regrow from cuttings, so you can have your crops year round.
📚 Learn more about Yuca Root
🍲 Cassava Fries Recipe
🛒 Order Cassava plant online
#Food_Forest #Recipes
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Tamarind
Tamarind fruit - Tamarinus indica
Tamarind fruit - Tamarinus indica
Tamarind flowers - Tamarinus indica
📖 Fun Fact: Tamarind is used as a souring agent in many cuisines around the world, adding a tangy flavor to dishes. How to use Tamarind in cooking?
🍲 Tamarind Chutney Recipe
Ingredients:
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🍲 Tamarind Chutney Recipe
Ingredients:
- · 1 cup tamarind pulp
- · 1 cup water
- · 3/4 cup brown sugar or jaggery
- · 1 tsp each of ground cumin, ginger, and coriander
- · 1/2 tsp red chili powder
- · Salt to taste
- · Simmer tamarind pulp and water.
- · Strain, return to heat, and add sugar.
- · Stir in spices and salt.
- · Simmer until thickened.
- · Cool and store in the refrigerator.
Instructions:
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Why this Akee taste of deliciousness always follows me?
Akee fruit, Ackee
Why this Akee taste of deliciousness always follows me? Definitely the favorite fruit (it's actually a vegetable).
Can't wait for the next crop this year 😼
📖 Fun Fact: Ackee is the national fruit of Jamaica and is a key ingredient in the traditional Jamaican dish, ackee and saltfish. However, it must be properly ripened and cooked due to its toxic properties when unripe.
‼️ Check out our previous post about Akee.
📚 More about Akee
🎥 YouTube Recipe: How to cook perfect Akee?
🛒 Grow your own Akee tree
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Can't wait for the next crop this year 😼
📖 Fun Fact: Ackee is the national fruit of Jamaica and is a key ingredient in the traditional Jamaican dish, ackee and saltfish. However, it must be properly ripened and cooked due to its toxic properties when unripe.
‼️ Check out our previous post about Akee.
📚 More about Akee
🎥 YouTube Recipe: How to cook perfect Akee?
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How to make exotic fries from beautiful Cassava Tree (Yuca Root, Tapioca)
Cassava Tree (Yuca Root, Tapioca) - Manihot esculenta
🍟 How to make exotic fries from beautiful Cassava Tree (Yuca Root, Tapioca).
❗️Don't confuse Yuca Root (Cassava) with Yucca Plant from the Agave family - a no-go in the culinary world - you definitely don't want to cook that up for dinner!
📚 Learn more about Yuca Root
🍲 Cassava Fries Recipe
🛒 Order Cassava plant online
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- ▪️ Cassava (Manihot esculenta), also called Yuca Root, Manihot, Tapioca - is an exotic tropical root vegetable plant. The fries are more delicious than any fries you every tried!
- ▪️ Besides culinary value, it is simply a stunning little tree! Don't be shy to harvest the roots - this plant is easy to regrow from cuttings, so you can have your crops year round.
❗️Don't confuse Yuca Root (Cassava) with Yucca Plant from the Agave family - a no-go in the culinary world - you definitely don't want to cook that up for dinner!
📚 Learn more about Yuca Root
🍲 Cassava Fries Recipe
🛒 Order Cassava plant online
#Food_Forest #Recipes
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What is number one tree-grown vegetable?
What is number one tree-grown vegetable? Akee is a curious Jamaican fruit that is actually a vegetable growing on a tree! The fruit makes a delicious nutritious meal tasting like eggs and potatoes
📚 More about Akee
🎥 YouTube Recipe: How to cook perfect Akee?
🛒 Order Akee tree online
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🔺This showy fruit is a close relative of Lychee, Longan, and Rambutan.
🔺 Akee tree is easy to grow, undemanding, fast growing, and fruits right away. Sometimes it fruits twice a year!
🔺 Akee fruit must be picked after the fruit has opened naturally so the flesh is fully exposed to light.
🔺 The white arils are best parboiled for a few min and then lightly fried in butter. Then they are really delicious!
📚 More about Akee
🎥 YouTube Recipe: How to cook perfect Akee?
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🛒 Order Akee tree online
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We Grow Happiness
What is number one tree-grown vegetable?
Akee fruit, Ackee
What is number one tree-grown vegetable? Akee is a curious Jamaican fruit that is actually a vegetable growing on a tree! The fruit makes a delicious nutritious meal tasting like eggs and potatoes
📚 More about Akee
🎥 YouTube Recipe: How to cook perfect Akee?
🛒 Order Akee tree online
#Food_Forest #Nature_Wonders #Recipes
TopTropicals.com
We Grow Happiness
- 🔺This showy fruit is a close relative of Lychee, Longan, and Rambutan.
- 🔺 Akee tree is easy to grow, undemanding, fast growing, and fruits right away. Sometimes it fruits twice a year!
- 🔺 Akee fruit must be picked after the fruit has opened naturally so the flesh is fully exposed to light.
- 🔺 The white arils are best parboiled for a few min and then lightly fried in butter. Then they are really delicious!
📚 More about Akee
🎥 YouTube Recipe: How to cook perfect Akee?
🛒 Order Akee tree online
#Food_Forest #Nature_Wonders #Recipes
TopTropicals.com
We Grow Happiness
How to make Dragon Fruit Smoothie? What to do with a
Dragon fruit and a cat
Dragon fruit smoothie
Dragon fruit yellow
🍹 How to make Dragon Fruit Smoothie? What to do with a Dragon Fruit?
Dragon fruit, regardless of variety, makes excellent smoothies. A perfect Dragon Fruit Smoothie can be made with a creamy blend of dragon fruit, mango, and banana. The tropical flavor is played up with a squeeze of fresh lime.
Recipe:
Mix in a blender:
2 dragon fruit, peeled
1/2 cup of mango pulp
1/2 tsp Lime juce
Some Ice
Add Mint for decoration
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Dragon fruit, regardless of variety, makes excellent smoothies. A perfect Dragon Fruit Smoothie can be made with a creamy blend of dragon fruit, mango, and banana. The tropical flavor is played up with a squeeze of fresh lime.
Recipe:
2 dragon fruit, peeled
1/2 cup of mango pulp
- banana
1 cup of milk of your preference - tbsp sugar
1/2 tsp Lime juce
Some Ice
Add Mint for decoration
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