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

• 🔴Boil ripe, naturally opened Ackee pieces for a few minutes until tender, then drain well.
• 🔴Saute chopped onion and a few tomato bits in a little oil until soft.
• 🔴Add cooked salted cod (or skip it) and gently fold in the cooked ackee.
• 🔴Warm it through on low heat and serve as a soft, creamy tropical scramble.

Ackee Skillet Scramble

Ingredients

• Ripe ackee pieces (naturally opened)
• Chopped onion
• Tomato bits
• Oil for sauteing
• Cooked salted cod (optional)

Instructions

1. Boil ripe ackee pieces for a few minutes until tender, then drain well.
2. Saute chopped onion and tomato bits in a little oil until soft.
3. Add cooked salted cod if using.
4. Gently fold in the cooked ackee.
5. Warm through on low heat and serve as a soft tropical scramble.

🛒 Plant Ackee tree and harvest fruit you can't get from the store!

📚 Learn more:

• Ackee breakfast scramble with hot peppers
• Banned Jamaican fruit: why you never see fresh Akee in U.S. stores
• Akee taste of deliciousness
• Are these new Christmas ornaments? Ackee monster fruit!
• What is number one tree-grown vegetable? Akee - Jamaican fruit that is actually a vegetable growing on a tree

📱 What is Akee - Jamaica's National Fruit - and how to grow it
📱 How to cook perfect Akee?

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🍴 Cinnamon leaf tea: quick-n-fun exotic recipes

• 🟢Steep fresh cinnamon leaves in hot water with a slice of ginger.
• 🟢Fragrant, soothing, and naturally sweet!

Cinnamon Leaf Tea

Ingredients

• 3-4 fresh cinnamon leaves (Cinnamomum verum)
• 1 slice fresh ginger
• 1 cup hot water

Instructions

1. Bring water to a near boil.
2. Add fresh cinnamon leaves and a slice of ginger.
3. Steep for 5-7 minutes until fragrant and golden.
4. Strain and serve warm.

🛒 Plant Cinnamon Tree - the spice that is always with you

📚 Learn more:

• How to Grow Your Own Cinnamon Tree – Spice and Health Right by the Kitchen
• How to increase libido
• What is Cinnamon made of?

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🍴 Lychee sorbet: quick-n-fun exotic recipes

• 🔴Blend Lychee pulp with lime juice, freeze until firm.
• 🔴A refreshing tropical ice treat.

Lychee Sorbet Recipe

Ingredients

• 3 cups fresh lychee flesh, peeled and seeded (or canned lychees, drained)
• 1/3 cup sugar or honey
• 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
• 1/4 cup cold water, as needed for blending
• Fresh mint leaves for garnish (optional)

Instructions

1. Prepare the lychees by peeling them, removing the seeds, and collecting the white flesh. If using canned lychees, drain them well.
2. Place the lychee flesh, sugar or honey, lime juice, and 2 tablespoons of the cold water into a blender.
3. Blend until completely smooth. If the mixture is too thick to move easily, add a little more water, 1 tablespoon at a time.
4. Pour the mixture into a shallow freezer safe container. Cover tightly.
5. Freeze for 2 to 3 hours, stirring with a fork every 30 to 45 minutes, until the sorbet is firm but scoopable.
6. Scoop into bowls and garnish with fresh mint leaves and extra lychee fruit if desired. Serve immediately.

🛒 Plant your Lychee tree - Litchi chinensis

📚 Learn more:

• How long until I get fruit from my Lychee tree?
• Why I can't grow a Lychee tree from a seed?
• How to grow a Lychee tree and have a reliable crop. Practical Guide to Growing Lychee.
• What are the best varieties of Lychee Tree?
• What is the best fruit in the world? How to grow your own Lychee tree.

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🍴 Feijoa coconut loaf: quick-n-fun exotic recipes

• 🔴Mix Feijoa pulp into a coconut quick-bread batter.
• 🔴Bakes into a fragrant tropical treat.

Feijoa Coconut Loaf

Ingredients

• 1 cup feijoa pulp, finely chopped
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup shredded coconut
• 2 large eggs
• 1/2 cup melted butter
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• Pinch of salt

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350F. Grease a loaf pan.
2. Whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, coconut, and salt.
3. Mix eggs, sugar, melted butter, milk, and vanilla.
4. Fold dry ingredients into wet, then stir in feijoa pulp.
5. Pour batter into loaf pan and smooth the top.
6. Bake 45 to 55 minutes or until golden and a toothpick tests clean.
7. Cool before slicing.

🛒 Plant exotic fragrant Feijoa - Pineapple Guava

📚 Learn more:

• Pineapple Guava: fragrant fruit, beautiful blooms, and real health benefits
• Why is it called Pineapple Guava? It tastes just like strawberries! Feijoa Superfood.

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🍴 Tropical almond brittle: quick-n-fun exotic recipes

• 🟢Caramelize sugar, stir in roasted tropical almonds (Terminalia catappa), spread thin.
• 🟢Let cool, harden, and break into crunchy, nutty shards.

Tropical Almond Brittle

Ingredients

• 2 cups roasted tropical almonds (Terminalia catappa)
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 tbsp butter
• Pinch of salt

Instructions

1. Combine sugar, water, and salt in a saucepan.
2. Cook over medium heat until sugar caramelizes to a golden amber color.
3. Remove from heat and quickly stir in roasted tropical almonds.
4. Pour onto parchment paper and spread into a thin layer.
5. Let cool completely, then break into brittle shards.

🛒 Grow your own almonds

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Where do almonds come from?

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