Potassium, magnesium, phosphorus … Many are experiencing a shortage of these chemical elements familiar from school. And here feijoa comes to the rescue - an amazing fruit with an unusual name. Let's get to know each other better!
Feijoa is a fruit that grows mainly in Latin America: Brazil, Colombia, Uruguay, but at the same time, and in the Krasnodar climate, this overseas guest feels quite comfortable.
A Russian feijoa may resemble a small cucumber - they are very similar!
Why is feijoa so useful? Why should you choose it from hundreds of types of fruits on the shelves of supermarkets? Feijoa is a treasure trove of micro and macro elements. One small fruit contains: potassium, sodium, magnesium, phosphorus, iodine, manganese, calcium, copper, zinc and iron. And this, not counting the vitamins, which are in feijoa 7 (B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B9). With such a huge amount of usefulness, feijoa is a low-calorie fruit: only 49 calories per 100 grams. Not bad for a kid like that, isn't it?
Feijoa is a truly irreplaceable fruit, because it ripens by the end of autumn, which is important during the period of vitamin deficiencies and colds. But how can you use it correctly?
There are a lot of options! For salad lovers, recipes such as a feijoa salad with nuts, orange or any other citrus fruit, or a feijoa salad with grated beets, apple and avocado are suitable.
For lovers of blanks and those who want to stock up on vitamins for the whole winter, the recipe for feijoa jam is ideal. There are plenty of recipes for jam on the Internet, as well as recipes for feijoa salads, and, of course, you can always come up with something new. So please yourself and your loved ones with healthy and tasty feijoa dishes and be healthy!
