Retirees Christmas Jungle Lunch Trinidad

coconut milk

🥗Healthier: almond milk

💰Cheaper: water + coconut extract

Almond milk reduces calories while maintaining some creaminess.

chickpeas

🥗Healthier: edamame

💰Cheaper: canned beans

Canned beans are often less expensive and provide similar texture.

Travel to the Vista Dorado estate off the Penal Rock Road, taking a different route through Barakpur and onto the Maruga road.

Arrive at the viewing platform overlooking Moruga with the Trinity Hills in the distance.

Explain the significance of maruga hillrise and its cultivation in dry land, as well as its historical context in Trinidad.

Discuss the intercropping of maruga hillrise with Spanish thyme, fresh pudina, and dashing.

Show the preparation of rice balls made from maruga hillrise, emphasizing that they contain no meat.

Serve the rice balls with barbecue sauce, indicating they are a vegetarian option.

Mention that the meal is served in courses, with each course cooked after the previous one is finished.

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