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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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Guava fudge: quick-n-fun exotic recipes. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Guava fudge: quick-n-fun exotic recipes

Guava fruit

Guava fruit

Guava fudge

Guava fudge

🔴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.

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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.

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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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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!


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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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Passion fruit fizz: Quick-n-Fun exotic recipes. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Passion fruit fizz: Quick-n-Fun exotic recipes

Passion fruit fizz: Quick-n-Fun exotic recipes
🍴 Passion fruit fizz: Quick-n-Fun exotic recipes 🍹

  • 🔴Scoop passion fruit pulp into sparkling water with a squeeze of orange juice.
  • 🔴A bubbly, tangy tropical soda!
  • 🔴You may add a plash of Rum (optional)


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Passion fruit fizz recipes

Ingredients

  • 2 passion fruits (pulp scooped)
  • 1 cup sparkling water
  • 1 tbsp orange juice
  • (Optional) 1 shot rum

Instructions

  1. Scoop passion fruit pulp into a glass.
  2. Add sparkling water and orange juice, stir gently.
  3. Optionally add a splash of rum.
  4. Serve chilled with an orange slice garnish.
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Avocado coconut popsicles: Quick-n-Fun exotic recipes. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Avocado coconut popsicles: Quick-n-Fun exotic recipes

Avocado coconut popsicles

Avocado coconut popsicles

🍴 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!


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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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Feijoa coconut loaf: quick-n-fun exotic recipes. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Feijoa coconut loaf: quick-n-fun exotic recipes

Pineapple Guava, Guavasteen, Fejoa (Feijoa sellowiana)

Pineapple Guava, Guavasteen, Fejoa (Feijoa sellowiana)

Feijoa coconut loaf

Feijoa coconut loaf

🍴 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.

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