Stinking toe (Hymenaea courbaril) also called West Indian locust is a fruit that is packed with vitamins and minerals such as iron and calcium and has a history of being a natural energy booster. Read more →
These fruit pops are cool and refreshing and ideal for children and adults. Mango-strawberry refreshing popsicles. Read more →
Seville or sour orange as it is called in Jamaica has medicinally uses. The dried outer peel of the fruit of bitter orange, with the white pulp layer removed, is used medicinally. The leaves are also commonly used in many folk traditions. The bitter orange tree is indigenous to eastern Africa, Arabia, and Syria, and cultivated in Spain, Italy, and North America Read more →
A nice, warm glass of water with lemon in the morning helps get your body going when you get out of bed. If you're starting your morning with a hot cup of tea or coffee, you may want to change your morning beverage to a nice cup of warm lemon water Read more →
Harmon, as it is called in Jamaica is known by other names, Indian almond, tropical almond, sea almond, West Indian almond, Malabar almond. The seeds are 5 cm or more long and 2.5 cm across, green turning red, yellow, or brown at maturity Read more →
The ripe aromatic fruit is eaten fresh and the best way is to cut the fruit in halves and scoop out the aril (pulp) with seeds intact with a spoon or eaten with ice-cream, yogurt and in fruit salads. The passion fruit seeds are edible and contained the 17 amino acids found naturally in plant protein. Read more →
Sugar cane is a big part of our culture, cultivated in Jamaica on a commercial scale for centuries. The country depends on not only the sugar from the sugarcane but also on other by-products such as rum Read more →
Key lime is called West Indian lime in Jamaica, or just lime. Jamaican used lime juice for different purposes, make lemonade, cut the rawness from fish Read more →