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

• 🔴Saute boiled Akee with onions, tomatoes, and Scotch Bonnet, Wiri Wiri or Biquinho pepper.
• 🔴A Jamaican classic that looks like scrambled eggs but tastes buttery and rich! 🍲

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.

🛒 Grow your own Akee fruit (banned for import) and hot peppers

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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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🟢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

📚 Learn more:

• ▫️Longevity Spinach in your garden
• ▫️How to make healthy food taste delicious? Longevity Spinach Super-food Recipes.
• ▫️Eggs with Longevity Spinach

📱 What is better than Spinach

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🍴 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!

🛒 Shop Jackfruit varieties

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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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🍴 Dragon fruit coconut parfait: quick-n-fun exotic recipes

• 🔵Layer Dragon Fruit cubes with coconut cream and toasted granola.
• 🔵A tropical breakfast that looks neon and tastes fresh!

Dragon fruit coconut parfait recipe

Ingredients

• 1 fresh Dragon Fruit, diced into cubes
• 1 cup coconut cream
• 1/2 cup toasted granola
• Optional: honey or maple syrup for drizzle

Instructions

1. Layer Dragon Fruit cubes in a glass or bowl.
2. Add a layer of coconut cream, then sprinkle toasted granola.
3. Repeat layers until glass is full, finishing with granola on top.
4. Serve immediately for a refreshing tropical breakfast or snack.

🛒 Explore Dragon Fruit varieties

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🍴 Avocado coconut popsicles: Quick-n-Fun exotic recipes

• 🔵Puree avocado with coconut milk and sugar.
• 🔵Pour into molds and freeze.
• 🔵Enjoy the creamiest tropical ice pops ever!

🛒 For home-grown ingredients you will need:
Home grown Avocado
Home grown Coconut

Avocado Coconut Popsicles

Ingredients

• 2 ripe avocados
• 1 cup coconut milk
• 2 tbsp sugar (or to taste)

Instructions

1. Puree avocado with coconut milk and sugar.
2. Pour into molds and freeze.
3. Enjoy the creamiest tropical ice pops ever!

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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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