Plays nicely in lots of recipes
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It had better! Caribbean Red papayas are huge. You get a big bang for your buck.
But like with any fruit, if you don't eat it all, you waste both fruit and money.
For breakfast, there are papaya wedges on top of waffles with a quick and easy ginger syrup.
A fruit salad is a given for lunch. But try adding cucumber to the mix. It'll be a bagged lunch delight.
For the evening's meal, whip up a meat marinade with a Caribbean Red papaya puree. It adds a great taste while tenderizing the meat. With a little more Caribbean Red left over, make this relish for topping meat or storing for the next day's lunch.
That's 1 Caribbean Red papaya, 3 (maybe 4) dishes, serving 2.
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The double life of a red guava cake
By day, red guava makes a sweet coffee cake.
By night, that cake flips into an upside-down cake.
So that's guava for breakfast and dinner. For lunch, red guava stars in a simple and simply delicious salad.
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Words never uttered...
"Mamey smoothie? No thanks." But mamey's new to many folks, so it's featured here to show off that it can be more than a thick, creamy drink.
Mamey's great taste earned it the nickname "the fruit of the gods" by the Mayans. But the fruit's texture - like pumpkin or a baked sweet potato - lets mamey go where few fruit dare.
So after a breakfast smoothie, let's literally scoop the fruit into an Eastern Mediterranean lunch. A meze plate is a collection of small bites. Mamey fits right in next to a scoop of hummus, cheese and olives. And then it's all ready for spreading on a pita.
Playing up the baked sweet potato texture, let's match a baked potato with mamey in a rosier and healthier version of twice-baked potatoes.
Mamey has a short season - so let's enjoy the fruit any which way while we can.
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Solo, singularly minded
Like an apple, Solo papayas can be enjoyed all in one sitting. It's hard to think of a Solo going to waste. But it's fun to think of different ways of eating Solos in one day.
A Solo at breakfast filled with berries and yogurt is a no-brainer. But what if you blend some kale with that yogurt? It's a nutritional boost. As for kale, it's a delicious taste boost (and some would argue a well-needed one).
Salad dressing isn't known for being the healthiest thing topping lettuce, but a dressing made out of Solo papaya is healthy and great-tasting. That's lunch.
No need to waste any lettuce. For dinner, that lettuce provides a layer for a shrimp and Solo papaya soft taco.
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