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Haitian Legumes (legim) is a delicious stewed mix of vegetables that is well-balanced and rich in flavor. It doesn’t matter if you’re a vegan or meat lover, you will totally enjoy it. No doubt!!!

Legim is by far my favorite Haitian meal, I don’t care if I eat it every day but this is the best way of me eating tons of vegetables at the same time. I love having it with rice and black beans puree as sides.

The process of preparing this flavorful dish ” legim” requires quite a few steps ; therefore I’ll be making another post just for that. For now, I’ll share with you the ingredients to make ” Legim”.

Serves: 4

You’ll need:

• ½ pound eggplant, peeled and sliced.

• ½ pound cabbage, green or purple (half of a medium sized cabbage chopped up)

• Chayote ( peeled and sliced)

• ½ pound carrots, diced.

•  1/4 pound string beans, cut in half (if you’d like, I don’t)

• 5 oz fresh spinach

• ½ medium yellow bell pepper, chopped

• 3 garlic cloves ( chopped)

• 1 medium onion, chopped

• 4 sprigs of thyme

• ½ cup chopped parsley

• 3 tbsp tomato paste

• 1 scotch bonnet pepper (or habanero)

• water

• 1/3 cup “Haitian epis” spices or dry spices. ( Will probably make a post on how to make the spice)

• 1 tsp salt

• 1/8 cup of olive oil
• 2 lbs stew beef if you’re a meat lover

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