jackfruit

If you’re new to Filipino street food, you’ll love this langka and banana Turon. They’re filled with sweet saba banana and ripe jackfruit, then fried in a crispy, caramel-coated lumpia wrapper. Enjoy immediately while hot and crispy! Lumpia vs. Turon. What is the difference? Lumpia and turon are essentially interchangeable terms. Lumpia is a type […]

Happy Pi Day! We are coming at you with our favorite kind of pie — a pizza pie :p We much prefer a savory over sweet pie and know many of you might feel the same, so today we are sharing with you a jackfruit mole pizza to celebrate! This pizza is topped with jackfruit that […]

When visiting the LA Wholesale Produce District, I make sure to try and visit Greenfield Imports to see if I can pick up a jackfruit. After opening and cleaning the fruit, a myriad of jackfruit seeds always remains. For a while, I was boiling them to enjoy with salads or as a snack, but a girl could […]

Jackfruit is definitely an intimidating fruit! Its appearance is Jurassic, as I have heard it described, and it is the largest born tree fruit in the world. Did you know that they are capable of reaching 100 pounds? Oh, what I would do for 100 pounds of jackfruit 🙂 But have no fear, Sweet Simple Vegan is here […]

This recipe stemmed from my attempt to create a recipe to use for the big game coming up here in the U.S., aka the Super Bowl. I asked my dad what he would want to eat at our family get together, and he said bacon. Well, you know what my initial reaction was to that…yuck! So I compromised. […]