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 …
V is for Victoria Plum V is another tricky letter… I had a choice between Vanilla Bean and Victoria Plum and as Victoria Plum the 80’s character created by Angela Rippon was a favourite of mine (those illustrations!! 😍) It was the only choice! Chop them up …
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 …
M is for Mango In South Asia, the mango is known as the ‘King of Fruits’, for me, it’s easy to see why… The juicy stone fruit has a sweet, almost luxurious flavour and is jam packed with nutritional goodness. 🥭 One cup of mango provides nearly …
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 …