{"id":5995,"date":"2023-08-28T15:06:42","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T15:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/?p=5995"},"modified":"2023-08-28T15:06:42","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T15:06:42","slug":"video-perk-up-meals-with-a-new-and-refreshing-ingredient","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/video-perk-up-meals-with-a-new-and-refreshing-ingredient\/","title":{"rendered":"[VIDEO] Perk up meals with a new and refreshing ingredient"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding-left: 40px; text-align: center;\">What&#8217;s a good way to stay motivated on your healthy eating journey? Have fun.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px; text-align: center;\">What&#8217;s a good way to have fun? Mix things up! Try something new and different!<\/p>\n<p>But maybe your meal making enthusiasm is flagging? Here&#8217;s a quick fix: crunchy, refreshing jicima. And here is a quick, 6-minute video that explains how to prep it, along with three super easy ways to make a low-cal summer snack or add jicima to meals.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/851067321\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5998\" src=\"http:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Jicima-Open-Screen-from-Vimeo-300x167.png\" alt=\"Video Title Screen\" width=\"587\" height=\"327\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/851067321\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Watch Here<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yes, jicima looks like a big, fat, odd and ugly potato. But underneath its tough skin, the flesh is mildly sweet with an irresistible crunch.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5997\" src=\"http:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/jicama-mexican-yam-seeds-gallery.shop_-e1693234743486-300x230.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"330\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/jicama-mexican-yam-seeds-gallery.shop_-e1693234743486-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/jicama-mexican-yam-seeds-gallery.shop_-e1693234743486-768x588.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/jicama-mexican-yam-seeds-gallery.shop_-e1693234743486.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In addition to the three ideas in the video, you can also use jicima sticks as healthy dippers for hummus, artichoke dips, etc. Comment below if you come up with any other ideas!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5999\" src=\"http:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Jicima-Video-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"363\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Jicima-Video-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Jicima-Video-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Jicima-Video-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Jicima-Video-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Jicima-Video-2-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 363px) 100vw, 363px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s a good way to stay motivated on your healthy eating journey? Have fun. What&#8217;s a good way to have fun? Mix things up! Try something new and different! But maybe your meal making enthusiasm is flagging? Here&#8217;s a quick fix: crunchy, refreshing jicima. And here is a quick, 6-minute video that explains how to &#8230; <a title=\"[VIDEO] Perk up meals with a new and refreshing ingredient\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/video-perk-up-meals-with-a-new-and-refreshing-ingredient\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5998,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27,20,14],"tags":[774,210,346],"class_list":["post-5995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-make-vegetables-taste-good","category-recipes","category-new-ingredients","tag-cooking-boredom","tag-food-boredom","tag-jicima","masonry-post","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-50"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5995"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6003,"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5995\/revisions\/6003"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}