Jicama Jicama One only used half a jicama, so here is what I made with the rest of it. Apple crumble is my all-time favorite desert but is astronomical in calories so here comes jicama to the rescue. The flavor is every bit as good as real apple crumble. The texture isn’t the same as [...]
I enjoyed the Jicama Home Fries I made last week and wanted to try hash browns but came up with this savory bake of shredded jicama, onion, carrot, and garlic instead. This tastes surprisingly good although as ever, jicama retains some of the crunch. It makes a very good substitute for pasta – I had [...]
Potatoes are second only to bread as a staple of the Western diet but on 1500 calories/day they are out of the question. Jicama seems to be the only possible replacement in terms of calories (20% the cals of spuds) and can be made to look and taste like a reasonable substitute but you are [...]