Jicama

[barrypaxton]

How much do you know about jicama? I know that it is delicious when fried in olive oil with some seasonings. It takes the place of fried potatoes.

Here are some facts about jicama:
http://www.foodreference.com/html/art-j ... facts.html

Here is a website that has lots of recipes using jicama. I haven't looked thru them all, but several of them look like they would be OK on LDL:
http://www.cooks.com/rec/search/0,1-0,jicama,FF.html

Enjoy,
Ollie

[mroszczak1]

Ollie,it is very good but I have only used in in a salad made with oranges, jicama, red onion, and ripe avocado. And the dressing is made from equal parts OJ and lemon to taste! It is very refreshing.
Cindy

[LINDA RN]

Ummmmm, Cindy, that sounds really good!

[mroszczak1]

It is the bomb, I have not made it since the summer. Time to try it again Linda!

[mrsj]

I have yet to try it fried like fried potatoes Ollie, but I should.  I have enjoyed it just raw, cut up like french fries.  It tastes like a sweet apple to me without having to worry about it turning brown like an apple would.  I notice that Sweet Tomatoes restaurants have raw jicama on their salad bar too.
Jicama is just another thing I've learned about good eating from this great site!
mrsj

[JerrieH]

Guess I'm gonna have to look for jimaca now too.  Jerrie

[LINDA RN]

I learned about Jicama and many other hjealthy foods I had never heard of here.
This is just such a great site for learning and sharing.

[wendysgoodnews]

Yesterday for the first time I tasted artichoke hearts.  They are not to bad but won't be anything I will add to my eating plan anytime soon.

[mroszczak1]

Wendy, try them in a tossed salad they are very good that way.

[CodingQueen]

Wendy,

How were they prepared? I know a lot of people like them marinated in a salad but I don't (I guess I'm weird since salads are my thing). They're very good if cooked with fish...especially grilled salmon with roasted red peppers topped with fresh basil and a little feta cheese. Maybe you should try them prepared another way and see what happens.

CQ

[wendysgoodnews]

Maybe if they had been prepared differently.  They were  in a marinated vinegar and where cooked soft in chunks.

[CodingQueen]

Wendy,

Even though I love salads I thinks the marinade is what turns me off. Like I said...I love salads but not with them. Try a recipe like the one I told you about. I think I found it in a Mediterranean cookbook. Maybe you can find something similar. Keep us posted and let us know what you think.

CQ

[wendysgoodnews]

I love feta cheese and basil.  I will try them again made differently because the texture was fine just the taste wasn't great.

[JEM]

Jicama is a wonderful food.  Growing up, I used to eat them sliced up and tossed in a bit of vinegar and salt / pepper.  It's just such a hassle peeling the skin off. It's sooo thick!

[LINDA RN]

JEM
Try a ceramic vegetable peeler.
I have not tried it yet on Jicama, but it makes peeling a butternut squash much easier then using a knife.
It slides across a cucumber or carrot like a hot knife in butter!

[barrypaxton]

How to clean jicama:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMHH7RlfbjE

Ollie

[CodingQueen]

Ollie,

Thanks for the post. I love to use jicama as a substitute for water chestnuts in my recipes. I've been trying to stay away from anything in a can.

CQ

[bingo]

Hi LDL Friends...I have been away for awhile...but I am  Happy to be BACK again !! Talking about jicama, I pressure cooked  some lean meat , for about 25min. then added carrots , onion, jicama  diced up, and some peas...and pressured them with the meat altogether and it made a very tasty stew.

[wendysgoodnews]

Bingo so good to see you back again.

[needwife]

WELL I BOUGHT SOME JICAMA TODAY, THEY ARE GOOD RAW OR COOKED, BUT BOY THEY ARE PRICEY, $1.29 A POUND, I BOUGHT 3 FOR $8.00 WHEW, MY RUTABAGAS IS STARTING TO LOOK BETTER, MY AUNT LIVES IN CALIFORNIA, SHE SAID THEY ARE DIRT CHEAP OUT THERE, I GUESS CAUSE THEY ARE GROWN IN MEXICO .

OK TTYL  NEEDWIFE