Orange you Glad

 My first few months in St. Lucia,  I avoided the unsightly tubers that looked to me like large insect larvae.  Heaps on market tables didn't invite my curiosity. Then one day, by mistake, I purchased a heap mistaking it for fresh ginger root.  Turmeric!  What do you do with that? You don't even pronounce the first "R".  The word sounds: Tumor-Ick.

Well, the locals grate the root into almost every dish that is seasoned.  The color is beautiful bright orange and will stain everything in the kitchen from metal to linoleum.  Turmeric is another cure-all, anti-inflammatory and would be on Dr. Weill's top-ten list, if it were more widely available in its fresh form. Curcumin is the secret ingredient that will cure every ailment from Alzheimer's to Tuberculosis.


Well, the ugly tuber sure brightens up a morning smoothie.  
My latest recipe follows:

• I thumb peeled turmeric
• 1 thumb peeled ginger
• I peeled mango
• 2 piece of pineapple
• 1 peeled cucumber
• a handful ice

Put everything in the blender. 
......of course!