Cactus fruit may look intimidating with its sharp spines, but it is completely safe and easy to eat Beneath its tough skin lies a juicy, mildly sweet flesh rich in fibre, vitamin C and antioxidants ...

Despite its unusual appearance, cactus fruit is delicious and loaded with nutrients. Also known as prickly pear, tuna fruit, or cactus pear, it has a naturally sweet flavor and can be used in various ...

Eat cactus? For people living in Mexico and the Southwest, the answer is a resounding yes. Nopal, also known as the prickly pear cactus, grows plentifully there and its health benefits and versatility ...

It may be prickly on the outside, but what you get on the inside is nothing short of amazing. A dietitian lists all the benefits of the prickly pear cactus fruit. In these challenging days for the ...

Like their name implies, prickly pears can be a thorny fruit to deal with. They’re covered in tiny needles, chock-full of hard seeds and their juice can stain everything it touches a shocking magenta ...

In my official job as Associate Public Relations Director, Human and Animal, I stay close to home on the grounds around here. That doesn't mean I don't know what's going on in the neighborhood. One of ...

I sat by the side of the road with the Mexican women peeling prickly pear fruit in the shadow of Teotihuacan. We waited as my Mexican cousins bargained for relics with the local farmers who dug them ...

Imagine a cactus that grows rapidly in ordinary garden soil and whose luscious fruit sells at the supermarket for $4.99 per pound. Would you want to try to grow that cactus? I recently wrote about ...