What’s Cooking in Gail’s Kitchen? Fab Foodstuff: Jicama Avocado Salad! Allow me to introduce you to the legume family. Jicama is a cousin to beans, peas, and lentils. It provides protein, which is important to everyone, whether you’re a vegetarian or not. Choosing foods that are beneficial to a healthy diet can keep a weekly menu from turning hum-drum and boring. Jicama can be prepared in any number of ways. Eating it raw is just one of them. Its taste slightly resembles a crispy red apple. Only recently I slathered peanut butter all over a slice as a variation from a celery stick. Jicama is also low-carb, if that’s important to you. Not a raw-veggie-kind-of-person? Slice ‘em up and make a batch of french fries. It works.
JICAMA AVOCADO SALAD
Ingredients:
I large jicama
1 avocado, pitted and chopped
Zest of 2 limes
1 teaspoon Tajin seasoning
1/4 teaspoon smoky paprika
1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
Juice of 2 limes
Fresh cilantro
Instructions:
Using a chef’s knife, slowly peel the thick skin of the jicama. Cut a thin slice at the top and bottom so the vegetable can keep from rolling. Working from top to bottom, slide the knife under the skin to remove the tough, fibrous outer covering. Rinse jicama and slice into matchsticks. Transfer to a bowl. Halve the avocado and remove pit. Scoop the flesh away from the skin. Chop avocado into bite-sized pieces. Add to the jicama sticks. Sprinkle with lime zest, Tajin seasoning, smoky paprika, and garlic powder. Squeeze lime juice over all. Add chopped cilantro leaves. Gently toss and serve.
I have never heard of or seen Jicama. I googled it and apparently some Asian Green Groceries here in Australia do sell it. I will check it because it sounds interesting.
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I like it. 😋🌿
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Jicama es mi cama.
I’ve heard of it but I’ve never partaken. Salad seems like a good way to go, though. As much as I would love to fry ’em up, Imma try and be sensible about it. 🙂
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That’s why I eat them with my crunchy homemade (fried) tacos. Balance, right? 😍
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It’s all about achieving that balance, LOL.
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Looks delicious
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Thanks! I like them paired with avocado chunks. Mmmm. 🌿🥑
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Jicama is new to me too. The recipe sounds great!
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It’s ugly on the outside but yummy on the inside. My opinion only. lol 🤣
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LOL 🤣
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I’ve never heard of Jicama. It’s good to learn new things. Thanks for the recipe:)
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Our horizons are expanding, aren’t they? 🌎
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That’s a fantastic Salad Gail.
Fond Regards
Shiva
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It really tasted good, so I’m glad to hear the photograph makes it look delicious. 🌿
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Yes of course!
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Also never heard of Jicama.. Maybe my asian shop some kms away might stock it.. 😉
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I was “on the hunt” for it. lol
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Thank you for sharing all the ways you can prepare Jicama. French fried sounds good. Your salad looks yummy.
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I have yet to try it that way. Fun times. 🤣
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Yummm this sounds like the perfect salad! I looove avocados too… just posted an avocado smoothie recipe on my blog too actually! ❤️❤️
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Great minds think alike! 🍃🥑
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