Dragon Fruit

Have you ever heard of it?!  Before yesterday, I had not.

I saw a small stack of them at Mollie Stone's and thought, What the heck, let's get exploring!

After doing a little online research, the kids and I learned that this beautiful, exotic cactus fruit is imported from warmer climates like Southeast Asia, Mexico, Central + South America and Isreal.  We also learned that ours was perfectly ripe (not blotchy, and a little bit soft to the touch) and ready for eating.

It sliced open easily to reveal the most beautiful shade of fuchsia speckled with tiny black seeds. (These pictures do not do it justice.)  I diced it up like I would an avocado and returned it to its shell for eating.  It had the consistency and texture of a kiwi, with the flavor of a fig!

The big boy was so excited to share our discovery that we gently packaged up the second half of the fruit and sent it off to school in his backpack for show and tell.  Too cute!