Z is for Zucchini (or Courgette) OK, OK, I know it’s a vegetable in the culinary sense but botanically, it’s a fruit so I’m using it! 🥒 The courgette is a summer squash 🥒 The courgette is over 90% water 🥒 The courgette contains both soluble and insoluble fibre – …
Y is for Yellow Passion Fruit Another one of my favourites – the passion fruit. Passion fruit drink, sorbet, cheesecake, topped yogurt, whatever it is, if a passion fruit version is an option, I’ll choose it! Because of me trying to stick to the alphabet, I titled …
U is for Ugli Fruit This isn’t a fruit that is seen often but is a sweet fruit, similar to the taste of an orange but with an added tang – similar to that of a grapefruit! 🍊 The Ugli fruit is also known as the Jamaican …
N is for Nectarines People are often unsure of the differences between peaches and nectarines. To be honest, there’s not a lot of difference. They’re both very good nutritionally, offering a range of vitamins, minerals and dietary fibre. Physically, nectarines lack the soft hairy skin that peaches …
I is for Inga edulis or the Ice Cream Bean! I have to admit, finding a fruit beginning with ‘I’ completely stumped me, and then I remembered the ice cream bean that I tried fresh from the tree when in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil! (Yes, I …
E is for Elderberry I struggled with “E” but here it is… the Elderberry, not to be mixed up with the Elderflower (that you’ll likely have tried as a sparkling cordial drink) – they are from the same plant, but are not the same thing. 🟣 The …