Last week’s article on jicama elicited requests for tips on how to use this nutritious vegetable. Some cool recipes:
Jicama with radish salad
Jicama with watermelon salsa
Crunchy mix of jicama and apple salad
Jicama with strawberry salsa
Jicama with yellow, green and red bell peppers
Jicama and orange salsa
Tomato and jicama salsa
Spinach, avocado and jicama salad
Mixture of jicama salad with either of the following: red onion, ripe mango, pineapple, fresh sprouts, fried tofu, sweet pomelo, green Indian mango, cucumber or spinach with avocado
For salsa, mix calamansi or dalandan juice with olive oil, cilantro and a little salt. For salad, try miso dressing. Add some dalandan juice for a flavorful dressing, or mix peanut butter or vinaigrette dressing with the salad.
For dessert, you can have cinnamon-flavored baked apples and jicama, topped with oatmeal crumble, which is a sumptuous mixture of flour, butter, sugar and oatmeal!
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