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                                                                                                   ing. With cooking, the long  Caribbean  pumpkin  reci-
            Continued                                                                              bean’s bean flavor intensi-  pes year round. A popular
                                                                                                   fies. Long beans are low in  dish  in  Aruban  restaurants
            Bonchi’ Cunucu                                                                         calories,  about  45  calories  is Sopa Di Pompuna, don’t
            A long, small bean, boiled                                                             per cup, and rich in vitamin  miss it. This dish is made of
            for  a  side  dish  or  snack.                                                         A and also contain vitamin  pumpkin  soup,  and  pars-
            Long beans have a chewy,                                                               C  and  potassium.  Season:  ley.  Pumpkins  are  rich  in
            crunchy  texture–more  so                                                              year-round.                  flavonoid     polyphenolic
            than snap beans–and a fla-                                                                                          antioxidants  such  as  xan-
            vor  reminiscent  of  the  dry                                                         Pompuna                      thin,  lutein  and  carotenes
            navy  bean  or  asparagus.                                                             In  the  endless  summer  of  and  also  contain  vitamins.
            Besides  stir-fry,  soups  and                                                         Caribbean  living  we  only  Pumpkin seeds are a good
            salads,  the  long  bean  is  a                                                        have to concern ourselves  source  of  omega-3  fatty
            good  choice  for  stewing,                                                            with  a  wet  season  and  a  acids,  vitamins,  minerals
            braising  (to  remain  chewy                                                           dry  season.  Still  we  do  in-  and   proteins.   Pumpkins
            and  firm),  sautéing,  shal-                                                          dulge  heavily  in  the  plea-  are used to make desserts,
            low  frying,  and  deep  fry-                                                          sures of pumpkin and enjoy  breads and soups.q
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