The Pacific Islands Cookbook


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Meal in a Nutshell  
Estimated Nutritional Values  
4
2
small sweet potatoes (200 grams each)  
spring onions  
Amount/Serving  
% DV*  
Amount/Serving  
% DV*  
1
tomato  
cup dark green leaves  
cup peanuts  
medium pineapple, chopped  
coconuts  
Calories  
429 kcal 21 %  
20 Gm 31 %  
11 Gm 55 %  
Carbohydrate  
Iron  
59 Gm 20 %  
2.6 Mg 14 %  
3
/
1/  
1/  
2
4
2
4
Total Fat  
Saturated Fat  
Cholesterol  
Sodium  
Calcium  
86 Mg  
9 %  
0 Mg  
0 %  
1 %  
Vitamin A  
Vitamin C  
19280 IU 386 %  
65.4 Mg 109 %  
32 Gm  
Protein  
10 Gm 20 %  
Peel and wash the sweet potatoes. Cut into small pieces. Wash and  
chop onions, tomato and dark green leaves. Grate the coconut and save the  
coconut shell. Prepare coconut cream.  
*Percent daily Values (DV) are based on a 2,000 calorie diet  
Put all the vegetables, peanuts, fish or meat, and pineapple inside half  
the shell. Pour coconut cream over the vegetable mixture. Put the other half  
of the shell on the top and tie tightly in place. Steam in a pan of water for  
about 45 minutes or bake in an earth oven. Serve in the shell.  
Servings in this recipe:  
4
Milk:  
0
Veg:  
0.5  
Fruit:  
0.5  
Bread:  
2
Meat:  
0
Variation: Substitute chopped fish or corned beef for peanuts to  
decrease fat and increase protein.  
Note: High in saturated fat. To reduce, replace up to half of coconut  
cream with whole or low fat milk.  
Pineapple, Delicious and Refreshing, South Pacific Foods Leaflet 10  
(1986), SPC, Noumea, New Caledonia  


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