🍈 What to do when you have too much of Jackfruit: make Jackfruit Apple Marmalade!

🍴 Jackfruit is delicious exotic treat, we are waiting so many months for it to ripen, but when when we finally have it - it's more than we can eat! Jackfruit is the biggest fruit grown on a tree, and even with one fruit crop you will have enough for both eating fresh and cooking!

🍎 Jackfruit Apple Marmalade

✔️ Ripe jackfruit - 2 cups sliced arils
✔️ Apple pulp - 1 cup
✔️ Sugar - 3 cups

🍐 Cut the Jackfruit arils and remove the seeds. Finely slice the arils. Mix with apple pulp and cook until mixture thickens and marmalade sets. Pour into sterilized jars and seal.

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•What is the largest tree-borne fruit in the world?
•How to grow the biggest fruit on Earth.

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Healthy breakfast, lunch or snack: Avocado sandwich

Avocado toast is creamy, crisp and so satisfying. It’s a delicious and simple breakfast, snack or light meal!

Ingredients (makes 1 toast):

◾️ 1 slice of bread (thick-sliced whole-grain or rye bread is the best)
◾️ ½ ripe avocado
◾️ Pinch of salt and black pepper

📝 Instructions:

• Toast your slice of bread until golden and firm.
• Remove the pit from your avocado. Use a big spoon to scoop out the flesh.
• Spread avocado on top of your toast.
• Sprinkle with a pinch of salt and pepper.

🍿 Enjoy!

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🍾 How to make exotic Passion Fruit Champagne Slush

Halve passion fruits crosswise and scoop out pulp with seeds into a bowl.
Sprinkle sugar over the pulp. Let sit at room temperature for an hour.
Stir in lime juice and boiling-hot water. Stir until sugar is dissolved.
Pour through a fine sieve, pressing on solids, then discard the seeds.
Freeze in ice cube tray.
Once frozen, add 1 cube per champagne flute, then slowly add the champagne.

Makes 6 cocktails:

✔️ 10 passion fruits
✔️ 1/2 cup sugar
✔️ 1 tbsp lime juice
✔️ 1/4 cup boiling hot water
✔️ 1 chilled bottle of Champagne or sparkling wine

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•The truth about Passion flower and Passion fruit

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🍲 How to make a zippy Papaya-Citrus Marinade

🍗 🍖 The Papaya enzyme papain makes this fruit especially suitable for tenderizing meat in marinades. Use this zippy marinade for beef or poultry.

✔️ 1 cup papaya puree
✔️ 1 tbsp lime zest
✔️ 1/3 cup grapefruit juice
✔️ 1/2 cup low sodium soy sauce
✔️ 1 tbsp honey
✔️ 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
✔️ 1 tbsp coarse black pepper
✔️ 1/2 tsp basil leaves
✔️ 2 tbsp olive oil

🍊 Combine and mix all ingredients except olive oil, then gradually mix in olive oil. Marinade meat for 2-8 hrs and cook over grill.

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• How to have fresh Papaya fruit year around
• Top 3 most wanted Papaya varieties
• The truth about Papaya

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🍹 How to make tasty Carambola Banana Whip

✔️ 1 ripe Carambola
✔️ 3 ripe Bananas
✔️ 1 tbsp Honey
✔️ 1/2 tsp Cocoa (optional)

Blend ingredients until smooth. Scoop into frosted mugs. Garnish with Carambola and Banana slices.

🍷 Enjoy while cold ❄️

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• Why Bananas? They are good for you and are fun to grow!
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