This initiative is perfect for countries with food shortages, like mine (Venezuela). You can make the most of ingredient limits to create healthy food. Thank you for this article.
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This initiative is perfect for countries with food shortages, like mine (Venezuela). You can make the most of ingredient limits to create healthy food. Thank you for this article.
Thank you very much @pavanjr.
Yes, depending on your country, a vegan meal can be much more expensive to prepare than a meat or dairy-based dish. We are next door to you here in Suriname, and we have to be careful not to make too many salads, as they super expensive compared to making a bean-based meal, which is also more filling.
I do miss salads so much, hopefully one day we are able to have some land to farm or can get in a better economic situation. Things got pretty bad here and many of the Venezuelans left for Guyana or went back home. The economy has failed, and we do a lot of foraging.
One thing you may be able to use there is cassava leaves, they are full of protein, and it seems South Americans don't make use of them very often. It's become a staple of our pandemic diet, and we can always get them for free.
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The recipe you say with the cassava leaf, how is it prepared? do you have any tips? I haven't heard about it and I'm curious.
Below is a recipe I have shared previously. It is important to pick the young cassava leaves. They are a bit poisonous, so you must boil them and throw away the water before you can use them.
ENGAGEtokens.Here it is easier to get beans or grains, few vegetables but prices are very high. I live on a coast, Cumaná, and we are saved by fish, especially sardines. Red meat and chicken is a luxury, it is what has been most scarce. Unfortunately the crisis made us adapt with imported food, instead of producing. But already part of the people who have the initiative to grow their own food, although we are a very low percentage that do this task.
Survival is key indeed. We have learned many Surinamers don't eat pumpkin flowers, so that is another food we are able to get for free locally, also noni fruit and leaves too.