Chayote also known as Chow Chow is a pear shaped light green vegetable in a gourd family that is often mistaken for a fruit. When ripe this beautiful pear shaped veggie has bright green to White colouring a crunchy texture and is pleasingly sweet.
the Chayote is happiest in hot climates, such as the tropical or subtropical locals and grows on an an expansive and robust climbing perennial vine that can get up to Fifty feet long the outer layer of the veggie matures in a variety of ways including fuzzy, spikey and smooth, yet all chayote skin should have Shallow vertical Furrows.
- HEALTH BENEFITS OF CHAYOTE
As with most vegetable, chayote offers a host of vitamins, minerals and fibre. Yet all chayote is unique in the facts that it is incredibly low in unhealthy fats that is completely cholesterol free. Therefore, this gourd like veggie is the perfect tasty addiction to any diet without the added worries!
- CHOLESTEROL FREE AND MINIMAL FAT
Chayote has zero cholesterol and is incredibly low in fat providing only 0.1 gram per gourd. Therefore, this veggie is the perfect addiction floor plant based diet who are working on weight a cholesterol management. Plus due to its squash- like similarities, you can substitute chayote for other sweeter squash varieties such at butternut.
- MINARAL AND VITAMIN RICH
Along with being cholesterol and unhealthy fat free, this squash like vegetable is also packed full of minerals and vitamins. When it comes to vitamins, a single gourd offers Vitamin C (10.2 milligrams) Vitamin E (.2 Milligrams) vitamin K (5.4 micrograms) and Vitamin B6 (.1 milligrams)
It is also a great source of niacin (.6 milligrams), folate (123 milligrams), and choline (12.1 milligrams)
Chayote is also mineral rich providing calcium (22.4 milligrams), iron (.4 milligrams), magnesium (15.8 milligrams), Phosphorus (23.8 milligrams), Potassium (165 milligrams) and sodium (2.6 milligrams) as well as trace amounts of zinc, copper, manganese and selenium.
- HIGH IN FIBRE
Fibre is an essential part of a healthy diet that helps with weight management, improves get health, helps regulate and improve digestive health and has been shown to control blood sugar levels and lower cholesterol; and is an important addictive to keeping you feeling full longer chayote is rich in fibre offering 3.5 grams per gourd.
- COOKING WITH CHAYOTE
Now that you know what is, where it grows and why it's healthy, it is time to include this veggie into your daily routine. Luckily, this is easy economical too the entire chayote product can be eaten including the skin, seeds, flesh and even the flowers, roots and leaves with that said, as edible as it is, chayote should be used carefully for the best outcome. when it comes to taste it lands "somewhere between a potato and Apple or a crispy pear."
Cheers and happy eating!!!!!
Superb thanks for this wonderful information
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