Low calorie jicama (pronounced hi-ka-ma) is a vegetable in the bean family that is a taproot. Taproots are large, tapering roots — like carrots, radishes and beets — that grow downwards and form a center. Roots then sprout from the center. This strange-looking vegetable has a crisp, fleshy interior and an inedible, rough outer skin […]
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