Haiti fruits and Vegetables

Watermelon is like a natural Viagra. Watermelon could possess natural properties akin to Viagra, potentially offering a favorable boost for men's health. Watermelon has an amino acid that has a Viagra-like effect on your blood vessels, according to an article on Web MD.

How could watermelon be a natural Viagra, you ask?

Watermelon is very rich in an amino acid called L-citrulline. This amino acid relaxes and dilates your blood vessels much like Viagra does.

A CBS News article reads: "Like Viagra, L-citrulline increases blood flow to the sexual organs but without any negative side effects."

So, men, if you are having some trouble raising your flag, maybe you should start eating watermelon!

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For all of you Haitian-Americans who have never seen what LALO looks like, this is it. These are the leaves that become delicious Lalo Legume, a very popular dish in Haitian Cuisine.

Visit this link to see a picture of a tasty "Chodye Legim Lalo". It is guarantied to make you run to the nearest Haitian restaurant right now and get you some.

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What is legume Lalo? Looks delicious doesn't it? Lalo Legume is a vegetable stew made with Lalo leaves and beef. It is called Lalo in Haitian Creole but in American English it's called jute leaves.

So, lalo legume is lute leaves stew.

But in Haiti, we say: Gad'on chodye legim lalo mezanmi!

Visit this page if you want to see what Lalo leaves - the jute leaf - looks like before it is cooked.

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Here is a of bannan miske being sold in Haiti. Bannann miske, or plantain in English, is used to make "Bannen Peze" (fried plantain) and sold as Fritay in Haiti.

Haitians consume a lot of bannan miske, more than another plant in the banana family.

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Mango season has just started in Haiti. I am going to eat as much mango as possible. With so many varieties of mangoes to chose from, it's going to be another fun mango season in Haiti

Sezon mango fek komanse an Haiti. Mwen pwal manje mango nèt!

Mwen sot achte kek mango Batis laa pa lo, 4 pou 10 goud... Mwen pwal manje mango nèt!

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En Haiti, fèy saa rele Lyann Panier (Lyann Panyen of Liane Panier)... Lakay mwen, nou mete lyann panye nan soup pen, nan mayi moulen ak nan diri les matin... Nou konn fe frikase ak li tou pou manje ak diri blan.

To my Haitians in the diaspora... What is "Lyann Panye" (Lyann Panyen) in ENGLISH?

Le yon moun gen feblès oswa lè-w malad kouche, yo fè yon ti soup ak lyann panier pou-w bwe pou remonte-w...

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Look at this photo... Haiti - All this Fresh Tomatoes cost 75 Haitian Gourdes, about $1.25 US... Great deal or Expensive?

Note: We purchased these tomatoes at that price on March 01 2016.

3 years later, it is a different story. Read the related articles below for more info.

What do you think about that?

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Haitians often love to eat some "cresson" as a salad with their plantain before they eat the diri and sos pwa (rice and beans)

Cresson or watercress in English is a popular green vegetable in Haiti that is almost always consumed raw

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In the area where I live in Central Haiti, fresh organic spinach is available year-round.

We spoke to a local in the area and she told us this fresh spinach that reaches the marketplace in Hinche everyday is produces near the lakes of Pandiassou.

Thanks to the rain water captured in these man made lakes that farmers continue to cultivate in the dry season. They mainly produce vegetables like peppers, onions, tomatoes, spinach, cabbages, and more.

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Haitians call it "lay" in Creole, no wonder, it's l'ail in French, but in English it is is called Garlic.

Is garlic a vegetable or root?

Many people want to know whether garlic is a spice, a root or a vegetable. Take my word for it, garlic a root vegetable, the type of vegetable that grow underground?

L'ail/Garlic adds the following nutrients to your meal: Manganese, Vitamin B6, Selenium, Vitamin C, calcium, copper, potassium, phosphorus, iron and vitamin B1.

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