Lima Beans
Lima Beans
Eat Healthy while you Study Spanish in Lima
No one wants to come back from traveling unhealthy and out of shape. The good news is that if you attend Spanish school in Peru, you can come back from your trip healthy and fit. Lima is a growing destination for students who are seeking to study Spanish abroad.
There are a variety of benefits to spending time in this location. One of the many advantages to experiencing this remarkable city is that you will have access to some of the healthiest and most delicious food in the world.
There is no doubt that Peru is an exciting destination for a wide variety of reasons. First of all, the country has very temperate weather. When you are near the ocean, the summers are rarely hot and the winters are mild. For planning your trip any time of year is a great time to travel to Lima.
Needless to say, Peru also offers fascinating cultural experiences. You can visit the Incan as well as the pre-Incan ruins. These are some of the most spectacular sites in the world. Even if you aren't an archeologist, seeing these ruins will be something that you will never forget.
Additionally, there are plenty of great side trips in Peru. You can surf on nearby beaches, and take trips to the jungle. Of course, it goes without saying that you will want to visit Machu Picchu, which is one of the great wonders of the world.
If you love to eat, foodies agree that Peru has the best food in all of South America. The three most common elements that go into Peruvian cooking, namely, corn, potatoes and beans, are all healthy ingredients. There are also about 20 varieties of fruit that are native to Peru including lucuma, prickly pear and camu camu. Many of these fruits are packed with vitamins and antioxidants.
Finding healthy food that is also delicious is sometimes no small task. However, the Peruvian culture offers many exciting dishes that are full of healthy ingredients. Be sure to try the following delicacies:
1. Ceviche
Ceviche is likely the most popular dish in Peru. This special food consists of raw fish, which is marinated in lime juice and chilies. Ceviche is served with vegetables including raw onions, toasted corn and peppers. This food is touted as a hangover cure, and some even believe that it is an aphrodisiac.
2. Pescado a la trujillana
Another native Peruvian dish that is a favorite is pescado a la trujillana. This is a steamed fresh piece of fish that is served with a sauce made out of onions and eggs.
3. Pepian de pava
If you try pepian de pava while you attend Spanish school in Peru, this dish will likely become one of your new favorites. pepian de pava is a very healthy turkey stew. It is made with rice, corn, cilantro and pepper.
The bottom line is that when you learn Spanish in Lima, your studies will only be a small part of your overall experience. When you experience a world-class cuisine like Peruvian food, you will have the chance to sample dishes that you will remember for the rest of your life.
About the Author
Through ECELA you can
learn Spanish in Lima
, right in the choice district of Miraflores, only a few blocks from the sea. ECELA's
Spanish school in Peru
is open year round, with group classes no more than seven students, so reserve a spot early.
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Growing Lima Beans in Your Vegetable Garden
Lima beans and baby lima beans, which are the small seeded variety call butter beans, belong to the healthy legume family. Besides for the fact that they are good for you, they have a nutlike flavor and are fairly easy to grow in your vegetable garden. Nevertheless, they do especially need a long, warm summer in order to mature and this is the reason they are mainly grown in warmer regions. You may want to try growing fava, or broad beans, if the climate in your area not right for limas. The fava, or broad beans need a long cool growing season plus they have the advantage of producing well with very little care.
Lima beans can be grown as either bush plants or pole plants. Pole beans take longer to ripen, even though they will have a larger yield from a smaller space, than the bush beans. Pole lima beans will mature in about three months; this is roughly two weeks after the bush varieties will begin to yield.
When you prepare your garden soil for lima beans, you will need to fertilize it with a 5-10-10 mixtue. Plant your seeds at about the same time that you set out such garden vegetables as cucumbers, peppers, and tomatoes. Your bush lima seed should be planted from 1 to 1 1/2 inches deep, and the spacing should be 2-3 inches apart with your rows about 2 feet apart. Bush beans will require roughly 4 inches between plants; so unless every seed germinates, you don't need to do any thinning.
The supports for lima beans can be done several ways. If you have a double row, you can set stakes on both sides; wire netting is a good method; or a pole that you have attached string to and leading down to pegs set in a tepee shape. The supports need to be built before you sow the seeds. Lima bean plants are heavier than snap beans; therefore the supports for limas should be sturdier. They will also grow taller, that is 8 feet as opposed to 6 feet for snap beans.
If you decide to plant your pole beans along a fence, you will want to sow single seeds 3-5 inches apart. Thin the seedlings to a spacing of roughly 6-10 inches. In order to grow plants on poles, you need to stake out the supports 2 feet apart in rows that are 3 feet apart. You can plant about six seeds around each pole, and then thin out to three or four seedlings.
You want to cultivate your lima beans shallowly and only during dry spells because they are especially sensitive to mildew and other diseases. You will need to water them at the soil level, but never from above, and always in the morning so the sun has a chance to dry off any moisture that has fallen on the plants. You want to mulch to conserve moisture in the soil and this also helps to keep weeds to a minimum. Fertilize this part of your vegetable garden sparingly.
If your lima beans blossom when it is extremely hot they may not set. If you live in the South, the lima-bean pod borer may polish off the seeds inside the pods. Early plantings are less susceptible to this insect and cleaning up leaves will remove their nesting places.
When the pods are round and firm and you can see the shape of the beans inside, it is time to harvest. Pick as often as the beans ripen, because the mature beans will discourage new growth on the plant.
Near the end of the season you can let the remaining beans dry before you pick them. You will then want to sterilize them in a very low oven, close to an hour, and then seal them in jars. Home-dried lima beans can be stored for several months.
About the Author
Barbara E. Volkov and her husband Gene are a retired couple who enjoys the at home time and also tinkering around in the garden. We are always learning new things to do for our garden and enjoy sharing the information with others. Come visit our website http://www.gardenersgardensupplies.com for more interesting tidbits on gardening.
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