Unique or Unusual Healthy Foods
There are so many different healthy foods from our own country and around the globe that we might not be aware of or get to experience without a little friendly nudge. Trying new foods keeps your diet exciting and you're more likely to continue making healthy choices!
I'll share with you 2 of my current favorites. You should know my love of all things vegetable - and specifically potato - runs deep. I recently discovered my latest obsession - the Japanese Sweet Potato. The clouds parted..the sun shone brighter...the birds sang...it was love at first bite! I am also a big fan of Kimchee - so delicious, spicy and good for you! For some reason, I can't seem to ever have enough of those two things!
Has anyone tried Japanese Sweet Potatoes or Kimchee? Let me know if you have and what you thought!
Have you discovered any unique or unusual healthy foods that you've come to love? Please share them so we might give them a try, too!
I've not heard of Japanese sweet potatoes. I'll have to look for them at T&T - an Asian supermarket chain the next time I'm there.
I'm hoping to get more haskap berries this year. Last year the birds got most of them so the only ones I got were a bit underripe! I never see them in stores or farmers markets, I only see the plants being sold. I'm not a big fan of saskatoons because I feel like they are a dry, seedy blueberry. I'm hoping that haskaps are to blueberries what blueberries are to saskatoons!
@AffyAvo
Do let me know if you find the potatoes and try them!
Thank you for sharing Haskap and Saskatoon berries...I've not heard of either one, but will definitely be on the lookout to try them both! Do you grow Haskaps yourself? I hope the birds will share them with you this year. :)
@AlfalfaSproutDeux
I guess it's difficult to buy saskatoons, but there are saskatoon trees everywhere. The biggest city in Saskatchewan, a province over from me is Saskatoon. Farmers markets often sell saskatoon products - jams, syrups, etc.
I have 4 haskap bushes in my backyard. We've only had them a few years, so they aren't super productive yet, but I think we should get a decent amount this year. My husband needs to get that netting up before they change colours so the robins dont' devour them though!
@AffyAvo
I bet all the saskatoon trees are lovely and all those jams, jellies and syrups sound yummy. :)
Wow! I hope you have so many haskap berries this year that you won't even notice the Robins sneaking a few here and there! Do let us know how they turn out!
@AlfalfaSproutDeux
Sounds interesting , can you share its recipe ? :D
@Alia2
I don't make the Kimchi myself...I purchase it at the market. :) It should be relatively simple to make, but it does take some fermentation time! I found this recipe that I may take a stab at one day: Homemade Vegan Kimchi Recipe
Let me know if you try it!
@AlfalfaSproutDeux
Ooopsie! It's Kimchi - not Kimchee...curse you, autocorrect!
I don't think I have any unusal foods.....
I do tend to get "creative" at times though and "make up things/dishes"... Like make some noodles, and throw different things on them etc... or I used to make casseroles when my son still lived with me and throw a bunch of stuff in them and make stuff up..lol... (If that counts as unusual)? lol
@PoliteOcean
It absolutely counts! Creating something from what you have is amazing...and that's how you make new discoveries of things that you never thought go together...but somehow they do! Keep on creating those dishes! :)
Yummmm! Try medicinal mushrooms like Chaga or RESHI 😍
@sunshineSun9
Just researched those mushrooms you suggested...very interesting! Thank you so much for taking the time to share! :)
@sunshineSun9
As a life long insomnia and info junkie, I have done and tried everything to sleep well. Years ago I stumbled upon reishi mushroom as a sedative. I bought the capsules and I take 5 a nite along with my Klonapin and I sleep like a corpse most nite. In terms of eating mushrooms, I am lucky ( in terms of shopping ) to be in NY where anything and everything can be had, and eat a lot of shitake mushrooms as well as hen of the woods as well. Woodstock organic frozen veggies do a mixed mushrooms and they have at least 4 different types in there. Highly recommended !
Frozen fruit vs produce department.
Because it is frozen to preserve it instead of sprayed, frozen fruit is actually better than produce department.
@adaptablehouse7827
Very true! We often don't consider that "fresh" produce often has a very lengty journey to the market and in the end, isn't really that fresh at all! I try to purchase locally grown, organic fruits and vegetables when I can. If they are not available, frozen is the way to go! :)h But we just have to do the best we can and choose the best of the options available. :)
Here's another one...
At Sam's (a warehouse club in the U.S. and beyond..) I randomly found Sungold Kiwi. This might not be unusual or unique to anyone but me, but I was delighted to unexpectedly discover something new that I now adore. It is like a traditional kiwi, but it has a smooth skin and the flesh is yellow. It's much sweeter and less tart than green kiwi. I think if you like one you will like the other as well!
Has anyone ever tried the Gold Kiwi?
I had the strangest thing the other day but they were outrageous and I would def buy again. They were saurkraut tortilla chips and the very first ingredient was saurkraut. Not a hang of lot less fat than potato chips, but if you like sharp or sour things, they were the bomb.
@SHEAINTGOTNOSHOES
Thanks for sharing!! Those sound yummy! I love sauerkraut, so I would definitely give them a try! I don't think I've seen them anywhere before...do you remember where you got them? Have you tried Kimchi? It's basically spicy Korean sauerkraut!
@AlfalfaSproutDeux
@SHEAINTGOTNOSHOES
Yes, I had my first serving of kimchi about 20 years ago as I was seeing someone who was half Korean and half Italian, it blew my mind, it was right up my alley. I was a foreign language major in college and I have literally eaten my way around the world and part of my wardrobe and half of my jewelry are from other countries as well.
Have you had Nepali food ? Is it outrageous. Ditto for Burmese, Thai, Vietnamese, Indian and Bangladeshi.
