What fruit can you drink? Costa Rican Cas is the Guava for Drinking, yet with a bonus of health benefits!

• The fruit of Cas Guava (Psidium friedrichsthalianum) has unusual tart flavor with passionfruit and pineapple tones, more pronounced than common Guava🍍
• Cas Guava used in pies, salads, fresh juices, ice-cream, jams, and as a base for the refreshing drink Fresco de Cas!🍹
• High pectin content makes firm jellies.
• Hydrating and low glycemic index, suitable for those mindful of sugar consumption.
• Rich source of fiber, vitamin C, antioxidants, phosphorus, potassium, copper, vitamin A, and folic acid.
• This small tree or bush is very fast growing and undemanding, usually pest free (unlike most Guavas that can be very bugsy).
• Tolerates hot summers and short frosts, appreciates well-drained soils.
• Easy to grow, drought-tolerant once established, suitable for container cultivation.
• Seedlings start flowering and fruiting at a young age, typically 2-3 years old from seed.

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What was discovered in the Pyramids: Pigeon Pea - an Ancient Superfood...

• Cajanus cajan - Pigeon Pea - existed for more than 4800 year! It's been widely consumed in South Asia, South East Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Documented in India since 2,800 BC; reached Ancient Egypt around 2,200 BC.
• Provides flavorful, nutritious, and healthy food, with potential to become widely popular like Japanese sushi 🍱
• It is a showy perennial woody shrub or small tree, 4-8 ft tall, with soft leaves. Can be grown in container
• Pretty flowers are yellow, with purple or red streaks, pods containing oval to round seeds.
• Many culinary uses: the tasty and healthy beans used in rice dishes, soups, stews, tempeh, tofu. Unripe pods eaten in curries, leaves and young shoots cooked as a vegetable.
• Rich source of fiber, protein, vitamins (B, C, E, K), and minerals (calcium, iron, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus, potassium, zinc).
• Medicinal value: various folk medicinal uses for sores, bladderstones, jaundice, skin irritations, bronchitis, coughs, pneumonia, toothache, dysentery, and more.
• Everyone can grow it! The plant is super easy, tolerates poor soils, drought tolerant, improves soil quality like many other beans.

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18 most popular herbs: where to use each herb? 🍲

• 🌿 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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💪 Why Noni is a superfood?

We mentioned Noni fruit in our previous post as a fruit that keeps you young.

This beautiful small tree with lush foliage is very undemanding, and can be grown as a houseplant.

What is the secret of Noni power?

Noni juice, derived from the fruit of the Morinda citrifolia tree, has many medicinal effects:

1 Antioxidant properties: lowering the risk of chronic diseases.

2 Anti-inflammatory effects: help conditions like arthritis.

3 Immune system support: immune-boosting due to its high content of vitamin C and other compounds, reducing the risk of infections.

4 Digestive health: improves digestion and regularity.

5 Pain relief: joint pain, headaches, and cramps.

6 Cardiovascular health: lowers cholesterol levels and improves blood circulation

7 Liver health: protects the liver from damage caused by toxins and free radicals

8 Anti-cancer properties: may help inhibit the growth of cancer cells

9 Skin health: soothes irritated skin, promote wound healing

10 Energy and vitality: boosts energy levels, improves stamina.

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🌱 Three tropical plants that help you to stay young.

1. Longevity Spinach - as the name suggests, this is one of the superfoods, and it lowers cholesterol. The leaves and young shoot tips can be used fresh in salads, steamed, used in stir fry, stews, and soups. Just add them at the very end. Recipes here
2. Amlak, or Otaheite Gooseberry - fruit is a major ingredient of Chavyanprash, a popular Ayurvedic tonic. It is the richest source of vitamin C. Makes a perfect lemonade.
3. Noni - a world-famous medicinal fruit. The noni juice works on a cellular level and rejuvenates nearly every system in the body. Large leaves, very tropical look, quick to fruit... This is a perfect tree for container and indoors. PDF: Noni's health benefits (Tropical Treasures Magazine).

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