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Has everyone tried jicama? It's a big, round, brown ball-like root thingie! It's a Mexican potatoe and it's probably going unnoticed in the produce section of your local grocery store.
It's very mild in flavor, kinda sweet. Not like sugar, but a sweetness to it all the same. It's white on the inside like a potatoe. Kinda moist like one too. The texture is like an apple.
How do you eat it? Some slice it thin and long and add to salads for an extra crunch. Some eat it raw and use it to "dip" with. Some fry it up in some oil and sprinkle with sugar/cin. or salt/pepper and even lime/chili powder.
Best part is it's very high in fiber. For 1 cup of Jicama you have 10.6 grams of carbs but you also have 5.8 grams of fiber, which gives you 4.8 total carbs for an entire cup! YUM!
I had mine fried up in some oil and sprinkled with salt/pepper. It looked just like french fries.. limp ones.. but they had that wonderful taste of the oil cooked on them until deep, dark brown. YUM! What a glorious way to eat
I still have a chayote squash in the icebox.. need to eat him too! MMM I may have to make up some pancakes and have mock applesauce on them from the chayote! Who can say Atkins is bad??
It's very mild in flavor, kinda sweet. Not like sugar, but a sweetness to it all the same. It's white on the inside like a potatoe. Kinda moist like one too. The texture is like an apple.
How do you eat it? Some slice it thin and long and add to salads for an extra crunch. Some eat it raw and use it to "dip" with. Some fry it up in some oil and sprinkle with sugar/cin. or salt/pepper and even lime/chili powder.
Best part is it's very high in fiber. For 1 cup of Jicama you have 10.6 grams of carbs but you also have 5.8 grams of fiber, which gives you 4.8 total carbs for an entire cup! YUM!
I had mine fried up in some oil and sprinkled with salt/pepper. It looked just like french fries.. limp ones.. but they had that wonderful taste of the oil cooked on them until deep, dark brown. YUM! What a glorious way to eat
I still have a chayote squash in the icebox.. need to eat him too! MMM I may have to make up some pancakes and have mock applesauce on them from the chayote! Who can say Atkins is bad??
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