Garden Blog - Top Tropicals
Date: 8 Oct 2025
Blue butterfly pea lemonade: quick-n-fun exotic recipes
🍴 Blue butterfly pea lemonade: quick-n-fun exotic recipes
🔵Blue butterfly pea flowers (Clitoria ternatea) make an excellent lemonade!
🔵Brew the flowers into a blue tea, add a bit of lemon juice.
🔵Watch the color turn purple like magic!
Blue butterfly pea lemonade
Ingredients
- 🔵 A handful of blue butterfly pea flowers (Clitoria ternatea)
- 🔵 Hot water for brewing
- 🔵 Fresh lemon juice
- 🔵 Ice cubes and lemon slices for serving
Instructions
- 🔵 Steep blue butterfly pea flowers in hot water to make deep blue tea.
- 🔵 Cool and add a splash of lemon juice — watch the color turn purple like magic!
- 🔵 Pour over ice and garnish with lemon slices.
🛒 Plant Clitoria vine for blue and purple exotic drinks
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Date: 6 Oct 2025
Hot Pepper pickles: quick-n-fun exotic recipes
🍴 Hot Pepper pickles: quick-n-fun exotic recipes
🔴If you like hot and spicy pickles - Biquinho and Wiri Wiri peppers (Capsicum) are perfect for new experiments!
🔴Pickle whole little peppers in vinegar, garlic, Bay leaves (Laurus nobilis) and sugar.
🔴Sweet, tangy, and spicy little bites! Perfect as appetizers, chasers and hot parties! 🔥
Hot Pepper pickles: quick-n-fun exotic recipes
🍲 Ingredients
- 🔴 A mix of Biquinho peppers (Capsicum chinense) and Wiri Wiri peppers (Capsicum frutescens)
- 🔴 Fresh Bay leaves (Laurus nobilis)
- 🔴 Garlic cloves
- 🔴 Vinegar and sugar
- 🔴 Salt to taste
🔥 Instructions
- 🔴 Place whole peppers, garlic, and Bay leaves into sterilized jars.
- 🔴 Boil vinegar with sugar and salt, then pour over the peppers.
- 🔴 Seal and let cool. Store in the refrigerator for a few days before enjoying.
- 🔴 Sweet, tangy, and spicy — perfect for appetizers, chasers, and hot parties!
🛒 Invite Biquinho, Wiri Wiri peppers and Bay Leaves to your kitchen
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Date: 4 Oct 2025
Curry leaf rice: quick-n-fun exotic recipes
🍴 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
- Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds until they pop.
- Add garlic, chilies, and curry leaves. Fry until fragrant.
- Stir in steamed rice and mix well.
- Season with salt and serve hot as a fragrant side dish 🍲
🛒 Grow your own Curry Leaf Tree for exotic recipes
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Date: 2 Oct 2025
Peanut butter fruit smoothie: quick-n-fun exotic recipes
🍴 Peanut butter fruit smoothie: quick-n-fun exotic recipes
🔴Peanut butter fruit (Bunchosia argentia) makes delicious shake!
🔴Blend ripe peanut butter fruits with milk and honey.
🔴A creamy shake that tastes like dessert straight from the tree!
Peanut Butter Fruit Smoothie
Ingredients
- 1 cup ripe peanut butter fruit (Bunchosia argentea), seeded
- 1 cup cold milk
- 1–2 tablespoons honey
- Ice cubes (optional)
Instructions
- Remove seeds from ripe peanut butter fruits.
- Blend fruits with milk and honey until smooth.
- Add ice cubes if desired for a chilled version.
- Serve immediately and enjoy a creamy shake that tastes like dessert straight from the tree!
🛒 Harvest Peanut Butter Fruit - the tree is fast fruiting!
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Date: 30 Sep 2025
Loquat salsa: quick-n-fun exotic recipes
🍴 Loquat salsa: quick-n-fun exotic recipes
🔴Dice Loquat fruit with tomato, onion, and jalapeno.
🔴Great spooned over grilled fish or eaten with chips.
Loquat Salsa Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups fresh loquats, peeled, pitted, and diced
- 2 medium tomatoes, diced
- 1/2 medium red onion, finely chopped
- 1 jalapeno, finely diced
- 1/4 cup fresh cilantro, chopped
- Juice of 1 lime
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Peel and pit the loquats, then dice them into small cubes.
- Dice tomatoes and onion, finely chop the jalapeno.
- In a bowl, combine loquats, tomato, onion, jalapeno, and cilantro.
- Add lime juice and salt to taste, stir gently to mix.
- Chill for 15 minutes before serving.
Serving Suggestions
- Serve with tortilla chips.
- Spoon over grilled fish, chicken, or shrimp.
- Use as a topping for tacos or salads.
🛒 Plant your Loquat tree
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