hmmmm....I seem to be failing as a dedicated blogger, as well as in my resolution to take more pictures to give you all a porthole view into my world.  sigh

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Passion fruit mango muesli anyone?

Being rather jealous of all my beloved Lancastrians enjoying their farm fresh produce (salad, berries, kale, sweet peppers, salad, tomatoes, apples, green beans, salad...), I've decided to look at the positive (and make YOU jealous) and show off some of the great things that I get to enjoy.

acerola cherry passion fruit juice

Delicious and packed with Vitamin C

OR how about watermelon key lime juice.

Refreshing AND geometrical

And what are these ginormous globules?

 

Those would be huge papayas. 

 Chock full of nutrition...a digestive aid, more Vitamin C than citrus, and naturally medicinal. 

And can anyone tell me what this is?

....you probably eat them...

...they're kinda expensive...

...but good for your heart....

...guessed yet?

It's an almond.  But the nut that you know is actually inside this little baby.   And let me tell you, for as hard as they are to get out of there, I can understand why they're expensive!  But we often don't eat the nut.  We actually eat that red flesh that's on the outside.  It tastes kind of like a less sweet plum.  But if you get one that's not ripe yet, watch out!  Talk about bitter.  

And what about this?  One of my favorites.  It's called kachima (pronounced kah-shi-ma) in Creole.  No idea what it is in English.  You pull it apart, and eat the flesh inside, spitting out the seeds.  There's a tree out behind the Lemuel house.

And this?!  It looks kind of ugly, but it is one of the most delicious.  It's calledkowosòl in Creole, and I'm pretty sure you may recognize it as guanabana, if you are apt to wander into the Goya aisle at the grocery store.  MMmmm, again, you peel it and eat the pulp, spitting out the seeds (and then planting them!).

And all of it is naturally organic!  Of course, the downside is that it is seasonally restricted.

How about Malta?  

I totally remember NOT liking it the first time I had it, but now I crave it.  It's made from the hops left over after making beer. Packed with B vitamins.

And of course, we could never forget the moringa tree, a.k.a., The Miracle Tree. (Check out http://www.ilovemoringa.com/).  In our area, the leaves are usually eaten cooked in with other foods.  However, I have tried them raw in salads.  I've also made tea from the flowers.  The tea has a delicious, light, grassy flavor, and is used in some places to treat symptoms of the common cold (just like, hibiscus, which we also have in abundance, by the way).