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Malanga Isleña is similar to a Taro or Cassava, round with horizontal scale like texture. It is typically deep-fried as fritters or chips. It can also be mashed, baked, boiled, or sautéed. Origin: Costa Rica Availability: Year-Round -
Arjuna Pumpkin is suitable for harvesting either immature green or fully mature red-brown fruit depending on what the market requires. It has proven to be an extremely high yielder with well-developed plants producing three to four fruits. Its flesh is firm, sticky, yellowish orange in color, and tastes excellent. Origin: Dominican Republic, Honduras Availability: November – March -
8 oz Turmeric Yellow grows wild in the forests of South and Southeast Asia. It is one of the key ingredients in many Asian dishes. Indian traditional medicine, called Siddha, has recommended turmeric for medicine. Its use as a coloring agent is not of primary value in South Asian cuisine. Origin: Jamaica Availability: Year-Round -
Ghana Yams are closely related to lilies and grasses. Native to Africa and Asia, yams vary in size from that of a small potato to a record 130 pounds Origin: Ghana - Africa Availability: Year-Round -
Jicama (yam bean), is a Mexican root vegetable. Commonly eaten raw, seasoned with lime and chili powder. Additionally, it has a sweet and starchy flavor. As a result, it can be eaten raw or cooked -
Yellow Yam is a versatile vegetable. It can be roasted fried, boiled and baked. You have to be very careful when peeling a yam. If the peeled yam touches your skin it itches a lot. Yams may be boiled like potatoes as a starch with meals. Origin: Jamaica Availability: Year-Round -
The Yuca root is an excellent source of fiber and vitamins. Yuca may help prevent arthritis in both humans and animals. It may treat particular intestinal infections as well. Origin: Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua Availability: Year-Round -
8 oz Thai Eggplant may be stir-fried, grilled, cooked as tempura or used in creamy Asian soups and curries. It is seedy but its flesh softens rather quickly and absorbs flavors well. There is no need to peel the skin before cooking. Origin: Dominican Republic, Honduras, Guatemala Availability: Year-Round -
8 oz English Peas have a large bright green pod which encases plump, round peas. The pods grow on vines and unlike snow and sugar snap peas are too fibrous to be edible. Origin: Guatemala, Peru Availability: Year-Round -
Aloe leaves are botanically and commonly known as Aloe Vera. Most recipes suggest rinsing or soaking it. Raw Aloe can be blended with water, resulting in smoothies or other beverages. Origin: USA Availability: Year-Round -
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8 oz White eggplant's outer skin is smooth and bright white with one bulbous end that tapers slightly to a green calyx. Its cream-colored inner flesh is dense with edible white seeds. When cooked, they're creamy and mild, with a light sweet flavor. Origin: Honduras Availability: Year-Round -
1 unit Snake Gourd is a tropical vegetable that thrives in hot temperatures. It grows on a climbing vine. Snake Gourd tend to curl as they grow, and must be trellised and weighted at the end of the fruit, in order for them to grow straight. Origin: Honduras Availability: Year-Round -
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Long Squash has a mild flavor which becomes increasingly bitter as it matures. Used most often in cooked applications. When young, it can be utilized with skin on or when more mature the skin can be removed for a more tender texture. Origin: Dominican Republic, Honduras, USA Availability: Year-Round -
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Yellow Corn is a variety of sweet corn. With kernels packed in tight almost uniform rows. At its peak ripeness, it's sweet, succulent, and the skin pops as you bite it. Origin: USA Availability: Year-Round -
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1 Bulb Garlic come in bulbs ranging from medium to large. And it consists of several cloves arranged in a number of layers. Additionally, each clove comes in its own individual wrapper. It is rich in vitamin C, phosphorus, and manganese. Garlic can be consumed raw or cooked. Origin: Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Spain Availability: Year-Round -
8 ozHabanero Mixed is the combination of green, orange, and red varieties. They're a hot variety of chili pepper that goes through several maturity stages. Additionally, they pack quite a bunch of heat and flavor varying in each color.Origin: Dominican Republic, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, USAAvailability: Year-Round -
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8 ozHungarian Pepper is another type of chili. When fully ripened, it turns a red-orange. Additionally, offering a sweet pepper flavor and heat that varies depending on maturity. Used in both fresh and cooked applications.Origin: USAAvailability: Year-Round -
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8 ozMini Sweet Peppers are thumb size peppers and measure about three inches tall and have a crisp texture. They are sweet and have very few seeds, so they produce very little waste.Origin: Dominican RepublicAvailability: Year-Round -
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1 pound White Asparagus spears are pearly white, thick, and rounded. They're hard to find, as they are considered a rare spring delicacy. Additionally, what makes white asparagus unusual is the fact that it doesn't get any sun exposure. Origin: Chile, Peru, Mexico, USA Availability: Year-Round -
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8 oz Thai Chili Mix are long and narrow coming to a point at their tip end. Petite in size they measure on average only one-half to two inches in length and one-fourth to one-half inch in width at their stem end. Origin: Dominican Republic Availability: Year-Round -
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1 unit Galanga is a root similar to ginger. They have similar taste and smell; being spicy, peppery, and aromatic. As a result, it's typically used as a flavoring spice in Asian cuisine. Its flesh is ivory to yellow in tone depending on its maturity. Additionally, it aids nausea and stomach cramps. Origin: Dominican Republic, USA Availability: Year-Round -
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Japanese sweet potatoes are medium to large in size. The thin skin ranges in color from dark purple to burgundy depending on the growing environment, and there are faint light pink-purple patches and brown spots scattered across the surface. Origin: Dominican Republic, USA Availability: Year-Round -
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8 oz White Turmeric root resembles ginger in its shape and size. Each rhizome, or underground stem, is multi-branched with nearly transparent, pale-brown skin that will darken with maturity. Origin: Jamaica Availability: Year-Round -
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Mustard Greens is a species of the mustard plant. It resembles headless cabbage such as kale, but with a mustard flavor. The taste is peppery and somewhat bitter which deepens when cooked. It pairs very well with beef, chicken, and pork. Origin: USA Availability: Year-Round
