🍴 Banana skillet fritters: quick-n-fun exotic recipes

• 🟡Mash a ripe banana with a spoon of flour.
• 🟡Pan-sear little spoonfuls until crisp outside and caramelized.

🛒 Explore Banana Varieties

📚 Learn more:

• ▫️Banana cinnamon fritters
• ▫️Secret Banana Daiquiri recipe: healthy never tasted so good
• ▫️Grilled Banana Boats recipe
• ▫️Banana plant (Musa) in Plant Encyclopedia
• ▫️The best varieties of edible Banana to plant
• ▫️Posts about #Bananas

📱 Why every garden needs a banana tree

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🍴 Katuk coconut soup: quick-n-fun exotic recipes

• 🟢Simmer chopped Katuk leaves (Sauropus androgynus, Tropical Asparagus) in coconut milk with garlic and salt.
• 🟢Rich, green, and packed with nutrients.

🛒 Add Katuk Superfood to your Food Forest

📚 Learn more:

• ▫️Sauropus androgynus in Plant Encyclopedia
• ▫️The secret Brain Food growing in my backyard (and it tastes like green peas!)
• ▫️Katuk egg stir-fry: Quick-n-Fun exotic recipes
• ▫️Health benefits of Katuk: a Superfood for your mind and body

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🍴 Avocado miso toast-up: quick-n-fun exotic recipes

• 🟢Mash ripe Avocado with a tiny pinch of miso.
• 🟢Spread on warm toast and hit it with crushed black pepper.

🛒 Plant several varieties and always have Avocado in season

📚 Learn more:

• · Avocado Variety Guide
• · Posts about #Avocado
• · Avocado tree (Persea americana) in Plant Encyclopedia

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🍴 Sesbania flower fritters: quick-n-fun exotic recipes

• 
  🔴Dip hummingbird tree flowers (Sesbania grandiflora) in light batter and fry until crisp.
• 🔴Delicate, floral, and fun to snack on.

🛒 Add Hummingbird tree edible flowers tree to your garden

📚 Learn more:

• ▫️ Sesbania grandiflora in Plant Encyclopedia
• ▫️Why it's called Hummingbird Tree
• ▫️Bird-looking flowers: you can eat the whole tree

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🍴 Soursop freezer whip: quick-n-fun exotic recipes

• 🔵Blend frozen soursop (Annona muricata) pulp with a splash of coconut milk.
• 🔵Freeze 15 minutes, then stir for a soft, slushy whip.
• 🔵Perfect for a hot day, this whip is instantly refreshing and cooling, like a little tropical breeze in a bowl.
• 🔵And on a cold winter day? It still tastes amazing - like a quick escape to the tropics!

🛒 Grow your own delicious Guanabana Soursop

📚 Learn more:

• ▫️Annona muricata in Plant Encyclopedia
• ▫️Guanabana - Soursop fruiting in apartment
• ▫️The most delicious Annona fruit: Guanabana

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🍴 Black pepper leaf stir-fry: quick-n-fun exotic recipes

• 🔴Saute chopped Black Pepper (Piper nigrum) leaves with garlic, chili, and soy sauce.
• 🔴Bold, peppery, and perfect with rice.

Black pepper leaf stir-fry: quick-n-fun exotic recipes

Ingredients

• 2 cups fresh Black Pepper (Piper nigrum) leaves, sliced
• 4 garlic cloves, chopped
• 3 to 5 small red chilies
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 tbsp oil
• Salt to taste

Instructions

1. Heat oil in a skillet.
2. Add garlic and chilies and saute until fragrant.
3. Add sliced Black Pepper leaves and stir-fry on medium heat.
4. Pour in soy sauce and cook until leaves soften.
5. Serve hot with rice.

🛒 Plant your own Black Pepper vine for all your kitchen needs

📚 Learn more:

• ▫️Piper nigrum in Plant Encyclopedia
• ▫️Cooking with Black Pepper leaves
• ▫️What is Pepper madefFrom? Black, white, green, and red
• ▫️ How to grow your own Pepper plants. Five most valuable 'Pipers'

📱 Watch this before cooking with black pepper

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🍴 Sugar apple spoon mash: quick-n-fun exotic recipes

• 🟢Scoop out ripe Sugar Apple flesh and mash lightly with a fork, removing seeds as you go.
• 🟢Stir in a splash of chilled coconut milk.
• 🟢Serve it half-frozen like a tropical slush, eaten straight from the bowl.

Sugar Apple Spoon Mash

Ingredients

• 1 ripe Sugar Apple (Annona squamosa)
• 2 to 3 tbsp chilled coconut milk

Instructions

1. Scoop out the ripe Sugar Apple flesh and remove all seeds.
2. Mash the pulp lightly with a fork.
3. Stir in the chilled coconut milk.
4. Serve immediately or half-freeze for a tropical slush.

🛒 Grow Sugar Apples - in containers or in the ground

📚 Learn more:

• ▫️ Why everyone wants the Sugar Apple?
• ▫️ Annona squamosa - Sugar Apple - in Plant Encyclopedia
• ▫️ Top 10 fast-fruiting trees: Annona - Sugar Apple, Custard Apple
• ▫️ What does Sugar Apple look like and how does it taste?
• ▫️ This is why Atemoya is better than any other Annonas
• ▫️ What's inside this bumpy Annona fruit? Delicious Health benefits

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🍴 Betel leaf bites: quick-n-fun exotic recipes

• 🟢Spread coconut, peanuts, lime bits, and palm sugar on a Piper betle leaf.
• 🟢Fold and chew for a refreshing, spicy-sweet treat.

Betel Leaf Bites (Quick and Fun Exotic Snack)

Ingredients

• 6 fresh betel leaves (Piper betle)
• 2 tbsp shredded coconut
• 2 tbsp roasted peanuts
• 2 tbsp palm sugar sauce or thick palm syrup
• 1 tbsp finely diced lime (with rind)
• 1 tbsp finely minced ginger (optional)
• 1 small chili, sliced (optional)

Instructions

1. Rinse the betel leaves and pat dry. Keep whole leaves for folding.
2. Place each leaf shiny side down. Add a pinch of shredded coconut, roasted peanuts, diced lime, and a small dollop of palm sugar sauce.
3. Add ginger or chili if you want extra heat.
4. Fold the leaf into a small triangular packet.
5. Serve freshly folded and enjoy the refreshing sweet-spicy-lime flavor.

🛒 Plant your own Betel Leaf

📚 Learn more:

• ▫️Piper betle in Plant Encyclopedia
• ▫️How to grow your own Pepper plants. Five most valuable Pipers
• ▫️Plant Smarter: Grow Your Own Brain Boosters
• ▫️10-minute recipe Bo La Lot with a leaf you’ve never cooked before

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🍴 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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