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Fruit Loose & Veggie Boost

Continued from Page 14 vitamins, including vitamin has been suggested to
B1, vitamin B5, and vitamin help manage blood sugar
When it comes to veggies B7 (biotin). B vitamins are in cases of type 1, type 2,
the island certainly offers known to help ease feelings and gestational diabetes.
a home-grown selection. of anxiety and buffer some Season: year- round.
They taste delicious and of the damaging effects
have their specific talents of stress. Additionally this
to boost your immune veggie is rich in two of Bonchi’ Cunucu
system. Start the day with the most basic elements A long, small bean, boiled
a ‘batida’ (smoothie) needed for healthy for a side dish or snack.
enriched with a local digestion: water and fiber. Long beans have a chewy,
veggie touch or select your Season: year- round. crunchy texture–more so
restaurant that offers local than snap beans–and a
vegetable dishes to get the Jambo flavor reminiscent of the dry
real pure taste of it. Family of Okra, also navy bean or asparagus.
known as ‘lady’s fingers’: Besides stir-fry, soups and
Konkomber chiquito a green flowering plant. salads, the long bean is a
This is a sort of local squash, Okra belongs to the same good choice for stewing,
but looks like a cucumber plant family as hibiscus braising (to remain chewy
with prickly skin. The taste and cotton. A classic and firm), sautéing, shallow
however is bitterer than favorite dish in Aruba is frying, and deep frying. With Caribbean living we only soup, and parsley. Pumpkins
the cucumber and the Sopi di Jambo. It has long cooking, the long bean’s have to concern ourselves are rich in flavonoid
vegetable is smaller in been favored as a food bean flavor intensifies. Long with a wet season and polyphenolic antioxidants
size but bigger in width. for the health-conscious. beans are low in calories, a dry season. Still we do such as xanthin, lutein
Inside is a soft, fleshy pulp It contains potassium, about 45 calories per cup, indulge heavily in the and carotenes and also
and seeds, just like the vitamin B, vitamin C, folic and rich in vitamin A and pleasures of pumpkin and contain vitamins. Pumpkin
cucumber. Konkomber acid, and calcium. It’s also contain vitamin C and enjoy Caribbean pumpkin seeds are a good source
chiquito is grown in the low in calories and has a potassium. Season: year- recipes year round. A of omega-3 fatty acids,
island and used in salads high dietary fiber content. round. popular dish in Aruban vitamins, minerals and
and ‘stoba’ (stew) or on Recently, a new benefit of restaurants is Sopa Di proteins. Pumpkins are used
its own in vinegar. The including okra in your diet Pompuna Pompuna, don’t miss it. This to make desserts, breads
veggie contains multiple B is being considered. Okra In the endless summer of dish is made of pumpkin and soups.q