yummy in my tummy: dragon fruit

Today, dear friends and readers, marks the first day of our regularly scheduled posting. Why?

Because we are in Port Aransas right now- Zach's at a conference, Liam's enjoying the beach and I'm getting work done without the distraction of the internet a click away. So there.

A few weeks ago, we were doing some shopping at HEB for our Tuesday night Zach-made dinner, and we spotted something different in the exotic fruit section and I snapped one up.

A dragon fruit.

I know.

But it's so pretty!!

Zach researched how best to eat it, and after dinner (he made garlic-lime-soy marinated grilled shrimp and grilled corn on the cob with garlic habanero butter. Um, so good!) he got to work. I am so glad I had the camera ready, because nothing could have shocked me more than the flesh of this fruit:

Seriously, is this not simply stunning?

The fuchsia, the lime green, the white and black? I about fell over.

After the obligatory photo sesh, Zach got to work carving up the beauty.

As far as the fruit goes:

The texture is reminiscent of watermelon.

The flavor is very, very, VERY light and very yummy.

The seeds are slightly bitter when you bite into them, but not offensively so.

There are sweet dragon fruits (like we got), sour dragon fruits and fruits of a different flesh color. I'm now on the hunt for a sour one, because the research Zach did says that the sour ones are extremely yummy and refreshing.

Since Liam's a fruit man, we decided to let him try it.

And he loved it- and got mad when I pulled the plate away to cut up some for him.

We have a winner, folks!!

At $4.99 a pound, this fruit certainly is a treat, and we told Liam not to get used to it- after all, this was the first time I'd ever seen one in the stores. However, if you've got an event on the horizon and a fruit salad to make? This pretty, sweet, stunning fruit would add a lot of bang for your buck to any run of the mill fruit salad.