{"id":13705,"date":"2019-06-13T10:00:08","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T14:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=13705"},"modified":"2019-06-07T12:16:14","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T16:16:14","slug":"vegetarian-journal-features-vegan-cooking-tips-column-on-quick-and-easy-dishes-using-watermelon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2019\/06\/13\/vegetarian-journal-features-vegan-cooking-tips-column-on-quick-and-easy-dishes-using-watermelon\/","title":{"rendered":"Vegetarian Journal Features Vegan Cooking Tips Column on Quick and Easy Dishes Using Watermelon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The recent issue of Vegetarian Journal<\/em> features quick and easy suggestions for preparing dishes containing watermelon. Chef Nancy Berkoff starts off by stating, \u201cWatermelon isn’t just a juicy warm-weather treat. This fruit contains potassium and vitamins A and C. Humans have been feasting on watermelon for centuries. Although native to Africa, watermelons have been known in India since prehistoric times. The first recorded watermelon harvest took place 5,000 years ago in Egypt. Pictures of the fruit were found in paintings on the walls of ancient buildings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We never get much beyond slicing\nwatermelon and offering it as a terrific accompaniment to summer meals.\nWatermelon is a “total utilization” fruit, though. You can use the\ninterior, the juice, the seeds, and the rind! It is perfect with sweet (cereal,\nvegan yogurt, baked goods) or savory (grilled veggie dogs or burgers, pasta salad)\nfoods.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of Nancy\u2019s suggestions include: To\ngo savory with your watermelon, you can use watermelon cubes to “tame the\nheat” in curries and chilies, in veggie salad with onions and garlic, and\nin stir-fries or saut\u00e9s (add small watermelon cubes at the last minute), or use\nas a garnish. Try a “watermelon steak” (a thick slice of watermelon,\nrind removed) topped with slices of ripe avocado and shredded jicama, chopped\nparsley, and a squeeze of fresh lime juice. If you would like to get\nadventurous, do some web searches for a watermelon curry recipe, popular in\nCaribbean and South Asian cuisine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can read the entire column here: https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/journal\/vj2019issue2\/2019_issue2_bonjour_vegan.php<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The recent issue of Vegetarian Journal features quick and easy suggestions for preparing dishes containing watermelon. Chef Nancy Berkoff starts off by stating, \u201cWatermelon isn’t just a juicy warm-weather treat. This fruit contains potassium and vitamins A and C. Humans have been feasting on watermelon for centuries. Although native to Africa, watermelons have been known […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13705"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13707,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13705\/revisions\/13707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}