Liz writes, “Here is one of my recent attempts at making a local specialty: tajadas, one of the many ways in which plantains are served in Nicaragua. In my vegetarian version, crispy plantain strips are topped with refried beans, soy ‘hamburger’, shredded cabbage, and my homemade hot sauce. Plantains are a staple of the Nicaraguan diet, served at pretty much every meal. As tajadas, they are a lot like nachos and can be heaped with any yummy topping.

“I wrote about tajada night and my homemade hot sauce at Las Frutas de Paraiso.”

Submitted by Lauren from Ginger is the New Pink.

Submitted by Stephanie.

Another submission by Holly, who did not send along any website or recipe links. Anyone want to take a stab at figuring out what this might be made of? Anyone have recipe links to something similar? It looks lovely!

Submitted by Holly*

*Holly didn’t include a recipe with this submission, but I sure wish I had one! Does anyone have a raw kale salad recipe that looks like this?

To make it vegan, substitute some vegan mozzarella or some avocado!

Submitted by Linda.

“Grow your own backyard garden for the fun and health of it!”

From Full of Beans.

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Caralluma Fimbriata is essentially a vegetable of daily use in tribal India. Indian tribals chew chunks of Caralluma Fimbriata to suppress hunger when on a day’s hunt. This succulent is used amongst the labor classes in South India to suppress appetite and enhance endurance.

When we eat, the nerves from the stomach send a signal to the hypothalamus in the brain. This is the part of the brain that controls appetite. When the stomach is full, the hypothalamus signals the brain to stop eating. When a person is hungry, the hypothalamus sends a signal to the brain that food is needed.
SLIMALUMA™ inhibits this hunger sensory mechanism of the hypothalamus. The Pregnane Glycosides contained in SLIMALUMA™ by interfering with the signaling mechanism and creating of a signal on its own, seem to fool the brain into thinking that the stomach is full, even when the person has not eaten.
SLIMALUMA™ has also been shown to promote fat loss and weight loss.
This is because SLIMALUMA™ inhibits fat synthesis by blocking the formation of Acetyl Co-Enzyme A and Malonyl Co-Enzyme A, which are the building blocks of fat synthesis.
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