One of the things we’ve enjoyed this past year is getting to know new fruits. For weeks Yayyi had been bringing us the fruit pictured on either side of this paragraph. It wasn’t until I saw it on a restaurant poster that I knew the English name: passion fruit. We love passion fruit. At first I was surprised the kids like it, since it can be really sour. Yayyi brings the kids some several times a week.  We eat it straight, in smoothies, in oatmeal–or drink it like tea. Delicious.

Dragon fruit is a big surprise. When looking on the outside I expected it to have a brightly colored inside. (There is a kind that’s purple inside, but what we buy is like what you see here.) The taste is a bit disappointing to me. It tastes like…..nothing. But the kids enjoy eating it.