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Utilize Papaya Seeds: Ideas For Healthy Seeds

You can easily recycle papaya seeds. They are not garbage, but contain healthy nutrients for your body. We’ll show you two simple ideas on how to use papaya seeds.

Papaya seeds: health effects and nutrients

Cut open papaya, scrape out seeds and then throw away? It doesn’t have to be. If you buy a fruit that has been transported as long as the papaya, you should also use it completely. The good thing: there are a lot of valuable nutrients in the seeds.

Papayas are best known for the enzyme papain they contain. This ingredient is said to have anti-inflammatory and digestive properties and prevent thrombosis. However, there is hardly any papain in the pulp. You can find the enzyme mainly in the unripe peel and in the papaya seeds. Since the shell is hardly edible, the seeds are the ideal source of papain.

In addition to papain, papaya seeds contain other important ingredients that are said to have the following effects

Mustard oils: have an antibacterial effect and promote blood circulation.
Carpain: Good for platelets.
Oleic acid and palmitic acid: protect the natural skin barrier and provide energy.
Flavonoids: Are among the antioxidants and support the immune system.

Papaya seeds as a pepper substitute

Papaya seeds are characterized by their mild heat. Therefore, they are ideal for seasoning any dish. This is how you can make the healthy pepper substitute yourself:
Cut the papaya lengthwise.
Use a spoon to remove the seeds from both halves of the papaya. Then pour them into a sieve.
Let some water flow over the seeds and gently rub off the pulp.
Then dry the seeds with a kitchen towel. This will also loosen the remaining pulp.
Now you have to dry the papaya seeds. There are various possibilities.
For example, you can use the residual heat of your oven after you have prepared something in the oven. Spread the seeds out on a baking sheet and let them dry in the switched-off oven until cool.
In summer you can also take advantage of the warmth of the sun. To do this, spread the kernels on a large plate and place them in the sun. You leave the seeds there until they have dried.
You can easily fill the dried papaya seeds into a conventional pepper mill. There they are ground up and you can use them for seasoning.
Tip: You can also eat the papaya seeds fresh. All you have to do is remove the seeds from the fruit and chew them in your mouth. If you do this regularly, the seeds can develop their full potential.

Papaya seeds for your own cultivation

Papaya seeds are also suitable as seeds to grow your own papayas. How to grow your own papaya plant:
Halve the papaya and scoop out the seeds with a spoon.
Put the seeds in a sieve, rinse them with water and remove the pulp.
The nuclei are surrounded by a barely visible shell. The best way to remove these is to rub the seeds lightly with a kitchen towel.
Now all you have to do is sow the seeds. You should use soil that is as poor in nutrients as possible. In this way, the plant does not grow too quickly, but forms deep and well-branched roots. Also, you should rather grow papayas as houseplants since they cannot survive outside all year round.
The germination phase of the papaya begins in the next two weeks. Here it is crucial that you always keep the soil moist, but not too wet.
After the germination phase, you should also keep the plants moist and place them in a warm, sunny spot. In summer you can also put them in the garden or on the balcony. In winter, the plant should be placed in a sunny place indoors, as it is used to high temperatures.
As soon as the plant bears ripe fruit, you can enjoy the sweet pulp and recycle the seeds.

cutting papaya

Halve the papaya and remove the seeds with a spoon. Then peel the papaya halves thinly with a vegetable peeler or sharp paring knife. Then you can dice the papaya or cut it into strips.

Problematic life cycle assessment of papayas

Danger:
You should not buy papayas in abundance. The exotic fruits only grow in tropical and subtropical regions such as Australia, South America or Africa. According to this, papayas have been transported long distances or are cultivated in greenhouses at great expense. In order to keep your carbon footprint low, you should use papayas sparingly.
Pesticides are often used when growing papayas. These can damage both the environment and health. Therefore, preferably buy organic fruit.

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Broccoli: Utilize the Stalk and Avoid Food Waste

Broccoli stalks often end up in organic waste – not only are they edible, they are also very tasty. You can use the stalk in various dishes. We give you some suggestions.

In most broccoli recipes, the small florets play the main role – the broccoli stalk, on the other hand, is usually not intended for use. However, if you peel it and remove any woody parts, you can prepare it just like the florets, for example by boiling, steaming or frying it. Compared to the florets, the broccoli stalk has a particularly fine and mild aroma.

You can therefore add the stalk to many dishes that contain broccoli, simply peeled and cut into small pieces – for example Asian vegetable pans, pasta dishes or vegetable casseroles. If you are preparing a broccoli soup, you can cook and puree the stalk as well.

By the way: It doesn’t matter which recipe you use the broccoli stem for – it’s best to buy your vegetables in organic quality. So you can be sure that it comes from organic farming and contains no chemical-synthetic pesticides. In order to avoid long and CO2-intensive transport routes, it is also worth buying vegetables that are regional and seasonal whenever possible. You can get fresh broccoli from German cultivation, for example, from June to November. You can read about the seasons of many other types of fruit and vegetables in our seasonal calendar.

Broccoli mashed potatoes with broccoli stalk

Ingredients:

150 g potatoes
1 clove(s) garlic
250 g broccoli stalk
100 ml vegetable cream (e.g. oat cream)
1 tablespoon vegan margarine
salt and pepper

Directions:

Wash the potatoes, peel them and cut them into small cubes. Peel the garlic clove.
Wash and peel the broccoli stalk, removing any woody parts. Then cut it into pieces.
Bring the diced potatoes to a boil in the vegetable cream. Add the chopped broccoli stalk and the whole clove of garlic and let all the ingredients cook together for 20 minutes.
Finally add the margarine and let it melt. Mash everything until you get a homogeneous consistency and season with salt and pepper. Alternatively, you can also use a hand blender, but then the consistency will be a bit more liquid. Tip: The broccoli stalk puree tastes good with patties, oven-roasted vegetables or fried tofu, for example.

Crunchy vegetable salad with broccoli stalk

Ingredients:

1broccoli stalk
1carrot
1 small kohlrabi
1 small onion
1half apple
1 handful of peanuts
1 tbsp oil (e.g. sunflower oil)
2 tbsp white wine vinegar
1 pinch(s) of salt
1 pinch(s) of pepper
1 pinch(s) of sugar

Directions:

wash the vegetables Peel the broccoli stem and remove any woody parts.
Peel the carrot, kohlrabi and onion.
Core the apple half.
Finely dice the onion and apple. Chop the peanuts.
Roughly grate the broccoli stalk, carrot and kohlrabi.
Heat the oil in a pan. Add the shredded broccoli stalk, carrot, and kohlrabi and sauté over medium-high heat for 2 to 3 minutes. They shouldn’t turn brown.
Then add the diced onions and the chopped peanuts and fry them briefly until the onions start to become translucent.
Then remove the vegetables from the pan and let them cool.
Add the vinegar and season with salt, pepper and sugar. Then let the salad soak for at least half an hour.

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Utilize Apple Juice: How to Use It

If you want to use apple juice, you have numerous uses for it. We give you tips and tell you a simple recipe for vegan apple juice pudding.

If you’ve ever taken apples to a cider factory, you may be familiar with this – it can come out with more apple juice than you expected. Depending on the manufacturing process, it has a shorter or longer shelf life. It is often difficult to drink all of the apple juice in time. It would be a shame if you had to dispose of it. Even if you received apple juice as a gift and don’t really like drinking it straight, you can be in this situation. But there are many good ideas on how to use apple juice.

If you buy apple juice or other ingredients, make sure that they are organic if possible. In this way you avoid residues of chemical-synthetic pesticides and support ecological agriculture.

Use apple juice: tips

In the article Apple jelly: easy recipe to make yourself, you can skip steps one to six. From step seven you can start making a delicious spread from your apple juice.
In the cold season, a freshly made apple punch is a great alternative to mulled wine. For example, try this non-alcoholic apple punch recipe.
Another special drink for cold days: glow gin.
You can also use some of your apple juice in smoothies, like a healthy celery smoothie or a wintry beetroot smoothie. With apple juice as a smoothie basis, you can create a wide variety of variations yourself.
Even if you can’t use large amounts of it, baking with apple juice is definitely worth a try. For example, you need apple juice for this vegan recipe: Strawberry Cake without Sugar: So easy and delicious. You use the apple juice here as an alternative to refined sugar.
A great surprise for children: homemade gummy bears. You can use any fruit juice for this treat. You can use your leftover apple juice to make apple-flavored gummy bears.

Recipe for using apple juice: apple juice pudding

Apple juice pudding is a light, quick dessert that does not require any milk at all. This means that the dessert contains less fat and is well suited for vegans. You can enjoy the apple juice pudding warm or cold and make children happy too.

Tip: You can easily make the pudding powder for the recipe yourself. This saves you money and packaging waste.

Ingredients:

500 ml apple juice
4 tablespoons brown sugar
1 pack(s)custard powder 1apples

Directions:

Take 6 tablespoons of the apple juice and pour it into a bowl or measuring cup. Add the sugar and custard powder and mix with a whisk until smooth.
Finely grate the apple and set aside. You can decide whether you want to grate it with its skin or peel it first.
Heat the remaining apple juice in a saucepan until boiling, then remove from the heat.
Now add the grated apple and stir it in. Immediately afterwards, stir the powder mixture into the still hot apple juice with a whisk.
Place the pot back on the stove and boil the apple juice again until it thickens. You should stir the pudding steadily until you remove it from the stovetop.
Fill the pudding into small bowls and enjoy it warm or let it cool down first. Tip: You can enjoy your pudding on its own or refine it with seasonal fruits, nuts or cinnamon, for example. Chocolate pudding powder can also be used instead of vanilla.

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