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chickpeas

🥗Healthier: lentils

💰Cheaper: canned beans

Lentils are lower in calories and canned beans save time.

chorizo

🥗Healthier: turkey sausage

💰Cheaper: smoked paprika

Turkey sausage reduces fat, while smoked paprika adds flavor.

blood sausage

🥗Healthier: mushrooms

💰Cheaper: tofu

Mushrooms provide umami without the calories of blood sausage.

beef

🥗Healthier: chicken

💰Cheaper: pork

Chicken is leaner, while pork is often less expensive.

Prepare casido by placing dried yerba mate leaves in a mate gourd.

Pour hot water over the yerba mate leaves.

Sip the drink through a metal straw called a bombilla.

To prepare terrere, place yerba mate leaves in a guampa.

Pour cold water over the yerba mate leaves.

Flavor terrere with herbs like mint or boldo and add sliced fruits such as lemon or orange.

Use a bombilla to sip the terrere, preventing leaves from being sucked into the straw.

Share terrere among a group by passing the guampa around after each person takes a sip.

To prepare barra, soak black-eyed peas, then grind them with seasonings like onions and garlic.

Shape the mixture into small patties or fritters.

Deep-fry the fritters until golden and crispy.

For So o Cuy, marinate beef chunks in a mixture of garlic, onion, paprika, cumin, and other spices.

Skewer the marinated beef and grill over an open flame until smoky and charred.

Serve the skewers with mandioca on the side.

Prepare panchucher by using a sausage as the base.

Add a variety of toppings including diced vegetables, sauces, and condiments to the sausage in a bun.

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