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NervousNell
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Has anyone ever heard of a Chayote?
It's a kind of squash and DH used it as a substitute for apples yesterday to make a keto friendly "apple crisp".
Good God if he hadn't told me I would have thought I was eating real apples.
Of course it was the seasonings he used and I'm sure that plain it wouldn't taste like an apple, but the texture was identical so it worked for this recipe. It even looked like a granny smith apple when sliced up in this.
I had never in my life heard of this thing before and I was surprised that he even found it at Stop and Shop and didn't have to go to some specialty produce place.
Has anyone heard of this?
I was wondering what other uses it had and how people normally used it or ate it.
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Has anyone ever heard of a Chayote?
Never - not once in my life have I heard of this - and I am also very low carb and look for substitutes for stuff. Even on all the blogs and stuff I’ve NEVER seen this! Where did he hear of it?
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| Posted 12/6/18 4:34 PM |
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NervousNell
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Re: Has anyone ever heard of a Chayote?
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Never - not once in my life have I heard of this - and I am also very low carb and look for substitutes for stuff. Even on all the blogs and stuff I’ve NEVER seen this! Where did he hear of it?
A YouTube video of a woman who made this "apple" crisp.
He searches all over for new low carb recipes.
I had never in my life heard of it either and I was like... yeah good luck finding THAT Unicorn.
But he found it in stop n shop.
It's super low carb and high in fiber
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| Posted 12/6/18 6:36 PM |
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MC09
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Re: Has anyone ever heard of a Chayote?
I've been eating that for as long as I can remember. I've always had it savory thought, never sweet. I bet it would be good in a dessert.
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| Posted 12/6/18 9:03 PM |
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NervousNell
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Re: Has anyone ever heard of a Chayote?
Posted by MC09
I've been eating that for as long as I can remember. I've always had it savory thought, never sweet. I bet it would be good in a dessert.
What do you make it as? A side dish with meat? How do you prepare it?
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| Posted 12/6/18 9:19 PM |
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MC09
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Re: Has anyone ever heard of a Chayote?
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Posted by MC09
I've been eating that for as long as I can remember. I've always had it savory thought, never sweet. I bet it would be good in a dessert.
What do you make it as? A side dish with meat? How do you prepare it?
Yes a vegetable side with any meal, sauteed in a little oil. I'd say it tastes similar to a firm crisp zucchini, very mild so I can see it substituting apple in a dessert.
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| Posted 12/6/18 9:33 PM |
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Re: Has anyone ever heard of a Chayote?
we had a shrub/vine... whatever it is they grow on... growing up.
my mom loves that stuff.
i never liked it.
the main way i remember seeing it in food was boiled and cubed. my mom would add it to potato salad.
when i lived in NYC, i would see it as a side at dominican restaurants. i never ate it. no thanks lol
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| Posted 12/6/18 10:52 PM |
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Has anyone ever heard of a Chayote?
Yes! The butt end looks like puckered lips too me. My grandma bake them with sugar and cinnamon like baked apples, but I like them steamed with salt, pepper and olive oil. I used to steam and purée them for the kids, too!
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| Posted 12/7/18 2:05 AM |
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Re: Has anyone ever heard of a Chayote?
The look of it reminds me of Italian peppers... but it is part of the squash family, correct?
I've seen it cooked with bacon and onions, as a side dish before. I didn't try it.
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| Posted 12/7/18 11:16 AM |
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NervousNell
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Re: Has anyone ever heard of a Chayote?
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The look of it reminds me of Italian peppers... but it is part of the squash family, correct?
I've seen it cooked with bacon and onions, as a side dish before. I didn't try it.
Yes it's a squash.
It does remind me of a pepper with that puckered end.
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| Posted 12/7/18 11:21 AM |
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Re: Has anyone ever heard of a Chayote?
The first time I heard of it was when I was doing Keto- and as a substitute in a caramel apple type dish, like your DH. The recipe was super popular on a keto group I belong to. It’s very mild and takes on the flavor of whatever spices you want to cook it in, really. I’ve done it with just garlic and oil and I’ve also made a curry with it. I’ll have to try it with the bacon as mentioned above! Yum! Keto definitely opened my eyes to a few veggies I never knew existed, like chayote and kholrabi, and got me preparing veggies in new ways- roasting radishes, making jicama and turnip fries....
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| Posted 12/8/18 9:22 AM |
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NervousNell
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Re: Has anyone ever heard of a Chayote?
Posted by OhBoyorGirl
The first time I heard of it was when I was doing Keto- and as a substitute in a caramel apple type dish, like your DH. The recipe was super popular on a keto group I belong to. It’s very mild and takes on the flavor of whatever spices you want to cook it in, really. I’ve done it with just garlic and oil and I’ve also made a curry with it. I’ll have to try it with the bacon as mentioned above! Yum! Keto definitely opened my eyes to a few veggies I never knew existed, like chayote and kholrabi, and got me preparing veggies in new ways- roasting radishes, making jicama and turnip fries....
What amazes me about his way of eating is how there is a substitute for everything and you can recreate pretty much anything and it tastes amazing and so damn close to the real thing.
It takes a lot more work, you pretty much have to make everything from scratch, but you really don't have to feel you are missing out on desserts, etc
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| Posted 12/8/18 10:38 PM |
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