Side Dish Recipes

The health benefits of green papaya exceed those of the ripe variety. Raw green papaya is packed with vitamins, enzymes and phytonutrients. It contains vital nutrients including potassium, magnesium, and vitamins A, C, E and B. However, perhaps the most important health property of green papaya is its ability to improve digestion and the uptake of nutrients, raising enzyme levels and improving assimilation, and thus also strengthening the immune system. Green papaya contains two of the most powerful plant proteolytic enzymes: papain and chymopapain. These enzymes excel at breaking down proteins, fats and carbohydrates, as well as aiding healthy digestion. Papain can only be found in the papaya fruit and is more effective than pepsin produced by our own stomachs.

Something to eat on those afternoons when your are too lazy to make a big yummy lunch.

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A good accompaniment with a meat dish, fresh and light.

Salad greens, apple, cheddar, and toasted walnuts are tossed with a tasty honey vinaigrette.

This quick and easy salad is light and refreshing, it is a great side dish with any main dish.

Quick, easy, tasty and healthy. It's a light and delicious salad that can be accompanied with any main course.

A big hit, it is almost the most excelllecnt pasta salad I have ever eaten. I think I will make it more and more!

Pea purée can serve as a garnish, a side dish, or as a spread on crackers or vegetable sticks. Use it as a bed upon which the main item in your entrée can rest. For example, sauté some scallops and place them on a pool of the pea purée.