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🔴Cook guava pulp with sugar until thick, pour into a pan, cut into squares.
🔴A tropical fudge-like sweet.

🍴 Guava fudge: quick-n-fun exotic recipes

Ingredients

• 2 cups ripe guava pulp
• 1½ cups sugar
• 1 tbsp lemon juice (optional)

Instructions

1. Cook guava pulp with sugar in a pan over medium heat.
2. Stir constantly until mixture thickens and pulls away from sides.
3. Pour into a greased pan and let it cool.
4. Cut into small squares and enjoy your tropical fudge.

🛒 Grow your own sweet guava fruit

📚 Learn more:

• ▫️Six guava varieties that will keep you picking year-round
• ▫️How to grow a Guava Tree: Practical Guide to Growing Guava
• ▫️More about #Guava

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🍴 Chaya stir-fry: quick-n-fun exotic recipes

• 🟢Boil chaya leaves first (to remove toxins), then stir-fry with onions and eggs.
• 🟢Nutritious and earthy with a spinach-like taste.

  Chaya Stir-Fry (Maya Spinach)

  Ingredients

  • 2 cups Chaya leaves, boiled first to remove toxins
  • 1 small onion, sliced
  • 2 eggs, lightly beaten
  • 1 tbsp cooking oil or butter
  • Salt to taste

  Instructions

  1. Boil Chaya leaves for 15-20 minutes before eating. This is essential to destroy natural toxins. Never eat raw Chaya leaves.
  2. Drain and chop the boiled leaves.
  3. Heat oil in a pan and saut onions until soft.
  4. Add the boiled Chaya leaves and stir-fry for 2-3 minutes.
  5. Push leaves to one side, pour in the eggs, and scramble.
  6. Mix everything together and season with salt. Serve warm.

🛒 Add nutritious Chaya to your garden and kitchen

📚 Learn more:

• ▫️Variegated Chaya - beauty meets nutrition
• ▫️Chaya's health benefits: a must-have tropical leafy vegetable for sustainable gardening

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🍴 Macadamia nut crusted fish: quick-n-fun exotic recipes

• 🟡Coat fish fillets in crushed Macadamias, pan-fry until golden.
• 🟡Crispy, buttery, and delicious.

Macadamia nut crusted fish

Ingredients

• 2 fish fillets (such as snapper or tilapia)
• 1/2 cup crushed macadamia nuts
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 tbsp butter or oil for frying
• Salt and pepper to taste
• Lime wedges for serving

Instructions

1. Pat fish fillets dry and season with salt and pepper.
2. Dip each fillet in beaten egg, then coat with crushed macadamia nuts.
3. Heat butter or oil in a skillet over medium heat.
4. Pan-fry fillets 3-4 minutes per side until golden brown and cooked through.
5. Serve with lime wedges and enjoy.

🛒 Grow your own Macadamia Tree

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Where do Macadamia nuts come from

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🍴 Grumichama jam: quick-n-fun exotic recipes

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  🔴Cook Grumichama cherries with sugar and lime juice.
• 🔴A deep red jam with a cherry-meets-blackberry flavor.

Grumichama Jam: Quick-n-Fun Exotic Recipes

Ingredients

• 2 cups fresh Grumichama cherries (Eugenia brasiliensis)
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 tbsp lime juice

Instructions

1. Remove seeds from Grumichama cherries.
2. Place fruit in a saucepan with sugar and lime juice.
3. Simmer over low heat until thick and glossy, stirring often.
4. Pour into sterilized jars and let cool before sealing.

🛒 Plant Grumichama tree (Eugenia brasiliensis)

📚 Learn more:

• ▫️The best tasting and most beautiful tropical cherry
• ▫️Why grow Grumichama? Benefits of Brazilian Eugenia Tree - Cherry of the Tropics

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🍴 Sweetleaf tea: quick-n-fun exotic recipes

• 🟢Delicious Sweetleaf tea can be made with Mexican Aztec sweet herb (Lippia dulcis).
• 🟢Steep Aztec sweet herb leaves in hot water with lime peel.
• 🟢Naturally sweet, no sugar needed!




Sweetleaf tea: quick-n-fun

Ingredients

• Fresh or dried Aztec sweet herb (Lippia dulcis) leaves
• Hot water
• Lime peel or a slice of lime

Instructions

1. Bring water to a boil and pour over Lippia dulcis leaves.
2. Add lime peel or a slice of lime.
3. Let steep for 5–10 minutes.
4. Enjoy this naturally sweet tea—no sugar needed!

🛒 Add sugar-free Mexican Sweetleaf (Lippia dulcis) to your herb garden

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🍴 Surinam cherry salsa: quick-n-fun exotic recipes

• 🔴Dice Surinam cherries (Eugenia uniflora) with red onion, cilantro, and lime 🍒🔴

Sweet, tart, and perfect for grilled fish 🐟

Surinam Cherry Salsa:

Ingredients

• 1 cup diced Surinam cherries (Eugenia uniflora)
• 1/4 cup chopped red onion
• 2 tbsp chopped cilantro
• Juice of 1 lime
• Salt to taste

Instructions

1. Remove seeds and dice Surinam cherries.
2. Mix with onion, cilantro, and lime juice.
3. Add salt to taste and stir gently.
4. Serve chilled with grilled fish or chips.

🛒Plant Surinam Cherry: Red and Black (Lolita)

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🍴 Blue butterfly pea lemonade: quick-n-fun exotic recipes

• 🔵Blue butterfly pea flowers (Clitoria ternatea) make an excellent lemonade!
• 🔵Brew the flowers into a blue tea, add a bit of lemon juice.
• 🔵Watch the color turn purple like magic!

Blue butterfly pea lemonade

Ingredients

• 🔵 A handful of blue butterfly pea flowers (Clitoria ternatea)
• 🔵 Hot water for brewing
• 🔵 Fresh lemon juice
• 🔵 Ice cubes and lemon slices for serving

Instructions

• 🔵 Steep blue butterfly pea flowers in hot water to make deep blue tea.
• 🔵 Cool and add a splash of lemon juice — watch the color turn purple like magic!
• 🔵 Pour over ice and garnish with lemon slices.

🛒Plant Clitoria vine for blue and purple exotic drinks

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🍴 Hot Pepper pickles: quick-n-fun exotic recipes

• 🔴If you like hot and spicy pickles - Biquinho and Wiri Wiri peppers (Capsicum) are perfect for new experiments!
• 🔴Pickle whole little peppers in vinegar, garlic, Bay leaves (Laurus nobilis) and sugar.
• 🔴Sweet, tangy, and spicy little bites! Perfect as appetizers, chasers and hot parties! 🔥

Hot Pepper pickles: quick-n-fun exotic recipes

🍲 Ingredients

• 🔴 A mix of Biquinho peppers (Capsicum chinense) and Wiri Wiri peppers (Capsicum frutescens)
• 🔴 Fresh Bay leaves (Laurus nobilis)
• 🔴 Garlic cloves
• 🔴 Vinegar and sugar
• 🔴 Salt to taste

🔥 Instructions

• 🔴 Place whole peppers, garlic, and Bay leaves into sterilized jars.
• 🔴 Boil vinegar with sugar and salt, then pour over the peppers.
• 🔴 Seal and let cool. Store in the refrigerator for a few days before enjoying.
• 🔴 Sweet, tangy, and spicy — perfect for appetizers, chasers, and hot parties!

🛒 Invite Biquinho, Wiri Wiri peppers and Bay Leaves to your kitchen

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🍴 Curry leaf rice: quick-n-fun exotic recipes

• 🟢Fry curry leaves (Murraya koenigii) with mustard seeds, garlic, and chilies
• 🟢Stir into steamed rice for a fragrant side dish 🍛

🍛 Curry Leaf Rice recipes

Ingredients

• 1 cup steamed rice
• 1 handful fresh curry leaves (Murraya koenigii)
• 1 tsp mustard seeds
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 3-4 dried red chilies
• 1 tbsp oil or ghee
• Salt to taste

Instructions

1. Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds until they pop.
2. Add garlic, chilies, and curry leaves. Fry until fragrant.
3. Stir in steamed rice and mix well.
4. Season with salt and serve hot as a fragrant side dish 🍲

🛒Grow your own Curry Leaf Tree for exotic recipes

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