YAM BEANS

A couple of weeks ago at  my fruit & vetable shop I noticed this rather unusual fruit/vegetable I had never seen before. Being a rather curious type I naturally had to ask what it was & what to do with it. The explanation was a little difficult to follow and so I did what we all do these days, went to the internet of course. I found an amazing amount of very interesting information on yam beans! Not least of which how incredibly healthy it is. 

Also very interesting was how much research has been done on this incredibly healthy food. It is jam-packed with vitamins and minerals and I gained the impression that this is a food that perhaps we should all regularly add to our diet for general health and well-being. 
 
The yam bean can be eating raw or cooked, it can be eaten as a fruit or included in savoury dishes. I peeled and cut it and discovered that the flesh is white and raw tastes a cross between perhaps a potatoe and a pear. This may not sound all that appealing at first but I assure you, it is very tasty. Certainly, I thought so. 


I will now have to experiment by using it as a vegetable in main meals. There are a lot of sites on the internet for recipes as well as information on its healthful properties. Just google 'yam bean' and a large number of sites will come up.

HAPPY YAM BEANING!


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