Banana Pudding with Lucuma for Breakfast and What the Heck is Lucuma

By: Arnold Gatilao

What the Heck is Lucuma

Lucuma powder is packed with healthy benefits. Lucuma provides a natural sweetening to desserts without increasing your blood sugar levels and is gluten-free and a good source of antioxidants, fiber, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals necessary for optimal health and a boost to the immune system.

Lucuma powder is made from the subtropical fruit of the Pouteria lucuma tree, which is native to Peru, Chile and Equador. Known as the Gold of the Incas, the fruit is yellowish green and egg-shaped with a dry, starchy yellow-orange flesh. The taste is described as somewhat like maple …read more