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Details for the quiz. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Details for the quiz

Details for the quiz Details for the quiz
🐈 Details for the quiz earlier.

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Pictures of flowers for the quiz. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Pictures of flowers for the quiz

Cucumber Tree (Averrhoa bilimbi)

Cucumber Tree (Averrhoa bilimbi)

Parijat Tree (Nyctanthes arbor-tristis)

Parijat Tree (Nyctanthes arbor-tristis)

Hummingbird Tree (Sesbania grandiflora)

Hummingbird Tree (Sesbania grandiflora)

Papaya Tree (Carica papaya)

Papaya Tree (Carica papaya)

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Grumichama jam: quick-n-fun exotic recipes. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Grumichama jam: quick-n-fun exotic recipes

Grumichama jam: quick-n-fun exotic recipes Grumichama jam: quick-n-fun exotic recipes
🍴 Grumichama jam: quick-n-fun exotic recipes

  • 🔴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.



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Ackee breakfast scramble: quick-n-fun exotic recipes. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Ackee breakfast scramble: quick-n-fun exotic recipes

Ackee breakfast scramble

Ackee breakfast scramble

🍴 Ackee breakfast scramble: quick-n-fun exotic recipes

Ackee breakfast scramble recipes

Ingredients

  • 2 cups boiled Ackee (Blighia sapida)
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 2 tomatoes, diced
  • 1-2 hot peppers (Scotch Bonnet, Wiri Wiri, or Biquinho), sliced
  • 1 tbsp oil or butter
  • Salt to taste

Instructions

  1. Heat oil in a skillet. Saute onion until soft.
  2. Add tomatoes and sliced hot peppers, cook for 2 minutes.
  3. Gently fold in the boiled ackee, stir carefully to avoid breaking it up.
  4. Season with salt, cook until heated through, then serve warm.

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Curry leaf rice: quick-n-fun exotic recipes. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Curry leaf rice: quick-n-fun exotic recipes

Curry leaf rice

Curry leaf rice

🍴 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 🍲

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Longevity spinach omelet: quick-n-fun exotic recipes. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Longevity spinach omelet: quick-n-fun exotic recipes

Gynura - Longevity spinach

Gynura - Longevity spinach

Longevity spinach omelet

Longevity spinach omelet

🟢Chop Gynura leaves into beaten eggs with garlic.
  • 🟢A health-boosting twist on a classic omelet.

🍴 Longevity spinach omelet: quick-n-fun exotic recipes 🍳

Ingredients

  • Fresh Gynura (Longevity Spinach) leaves
  • 3 eggs
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • Salt to taste
  • Cooking oil or butter

Instructions

  1. Chop Gynura leaves finely.
  2. Beat eggs with minced garlic and a pinch of salt.
  3. Stir in chopped Gynura leaves.
  4. Heat oil or butter in a pan and pour in the mixture.
  5. Cook until the omelet is set and golden. Serve warm.

🛒 Plant Longevity Spinach and live long

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Avocado shrimp boats: Quick-n-Fun exotic recipes. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Avocado shrimp boats: Quick-n-Fun exotic recipes

Avocado shrimp boats: Quick-n-Fun exotic recipes
🍴 Avocado shrimp boats: Quick-n-Fun exotic recipes

  • 🟢Halve an avocado, scoop out a little extra.
  • 🟢Fill with sauteed shrimp tossed in garlic-lime butter.
  • 🟢Enjoy instant tropical feast!


🛒 Grow your own Avocado tree

Avocado shrimp boats: Quick-n-Fun exotic recipes

Ingredients

  • 2 ripe avocados
  • 1 cup shrimp, peeled and deveined
  • 2 tbsp butter
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 tbsp lime juice
  • Salt and pepper, to taste
  • Fresh parsley, chopped (for garnish)

Instructions

  1. Halve the avocados and scoop out a little extra to make room.
  2. Sauté shrimp in butter with garlic and lime juice until pink and cooked through.
  3. Season with salt and pepper.
  4. Fill avocado halves with shrimp mixture.
  5. Garnish with parsley and serve immediately.

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Jackfruit curry quickie: Quick-n-Fun exotic recipes. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Jackfruit curry quickie: Quick-n-Fun exotic recipes

Jackfruit curry quickie: Quick-n-Fun exotic recipes
🍴 Jackfruit curry quickie: Quick-n-Fun exotic recipes

  • 🟡Saute young Jackfruit chunks with coconut milk, curry paste, and ginger.
  • 🟡Tastes like pulled chicken curry, but totally plant-based!

🍲 Jackfruit curry exotic recipes

Ingredients

  • 2 cups young Jackfruit chunks
  • 1 cup coconut milk
  • 2 tbsp curry paste
  • 1 tsp fresh ginger, grated

Instructions

  1. Saute young Jackfruit chunks with curry paste and ginger.
  2. Add coconut milk and simmer until the Jackfruit is tender.
  3. Serve hot. Tastes like pulled chicken curry, but completely plant-based!

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Dinner time? All the time. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Dinner time? All the time

Dinner time? All the time
🍴 Dinner time? All the time!

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What is the best fruit tree producing in winter. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

What is the best fruit tree producing in winter

Loquat flowers

😇 What is the best fruit tree producing in winter
  • 🍑 If you answered the quiz What makes loquats different from other fruits - then you know that Loquat trees flower and produce fruit during the winter months, making them a rare source of fresh fruit when most other trees are dormant.
  • 🍑 Loquat flowers are very pretty! Loquats are relatives of Apples, Peaches, Plums and Pears - they belong to Rosaceae family.


🎥 Loquats are in full bloom in our garden now. The fruit will ripen by April

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