How to Use chayote in a Sentence

chayote

noun
  • The papayas were still green; chayotes and nopales would come soon.
    Joe Mozingo, latimes.com, 4 June 2018
  • There were stalls in the market selling bundles of cabbage, calabaza, chayote, onion, carrots and cilantro to make the stew.
    Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2020
  • Or the Sea Salad with wakame, hijiki, chayote squash in hemp-miso vinaigrette.
    Linda Bladholm, miamiherald, 5 Oct. 2017
  • Pinterest users have fallen in love with recipes like this sautéed chayote and potatoes with mint and shallots.
    Audrey Bruno, SELF, 16 Jan. 2019
  • The seed at the center of the chayote is perfectly edible and has a pleasantly nutty taste.
    Minerva Orduño Rincón, The Arizona Republic, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Add the carrots, chayote and cabbage and simmer for another 5 minutes.
    Minerva Orduño Rincón, The Arizona Republic, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Short and stout pattypan are as cute as buttons; slender, two-toned zephyrs look like their bottoms have been dipped in green dye; pale green chayote could be mistaken for pears at first glance.
    Washington Post, 2 July 2021
  • Balanced precariously on the stone ledge below are a chayote (or choko), a cantaloupe and a cucumber.
    Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2023
  • The collection of small plates includes lightly pickled pieces of cucumber stuffed with carrot and chives, crisp chayote ignited with jalapeño and, best of all, shredded sauteed bellflower root.
    Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2019
  • Other crops that won’t mind the summer heat and humidity include cherry tomatoes, southern peas, chayote squash, calabaza squash and sweet potatoes.
    Tom MacCubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 10 June 2017
  • Tlayuda, a beloved Oaxacan street snack, gets bright textural counterpoints from radicchio and chayote.
    New York Times, 28 Apr. 2018
  • An impressive rack of lamb chops, although hard to separate without going into butcher mode, were seared and seasoned just right, with deep adobo mole, plantains and crisp Mexican chayote squash.
    Mike Sutter, ExpressNews.com, 23 Jan. 2020
  • Lobina Chilena comes pan-seared in an epazote beurre blanc with mini heirloom tomatoes dotted with fragrant chimichurri sauce and a garlicky mash of chayote, an edible plant in the gourd family.
    Jessica Yadegaran, The Mercury News, 6 June 2017
  • The show lingers on excruciatingly beautiful close-ups of black truffle dim sum and chayote squash, then follows their creators into their messy homes and chaotic favorite markets.
    Andrew R. Chow, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2018
  • Harvest maturing chayotes, cocoyams, dasheens and gourds. 49.
    Tom MacCubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 30 Sep. 2017
  • As will a pork tenderloin topped in chimichurri and citrus aioli, an orecchiette macaroni and cheese with taleggio and cotija, squash soup made from seasonal gourds like delicata and chayote and fingerling potatoes coated in fried eggs.
    Josie Sexton, The Denver Post, 19 Nov. 2019

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