Enjoying the Fruits of Their Labor

Our friends and neighbors have been spoiling us lately. The have been showering us with fruit from their gardens. Fresh, natural fruit is absolutely delicious! There is definitely a difference in the taste of fruit from your local backyard, compared to the taste of fruit from your local supermarket. Needless to say, I have been in a fruit-dazed heaven for the past few weeks.

The grapes above and below are from our next door neighbor’s small backyard garden. They are completely phenomenal, and are hands down the best grapes I have ever eaten.

The grapes almost have a velvety look to them with their deep purple color. They give off an intoxicating grape aroma, and almost smell like grape candy. A burst of grape flavor fills your mouth when you bite into each grape. I’ve really never had a grape that has tasted this way … so good. The aroma and taste actually reminds me of grape flavored Popsicles from my childhood. My husband says they taste more like wine than regular grapes. Maybe that’s the reason I am so infatuated with them. 🙂

The seeds inside the grapes even look like little hearts.

Another friend sent over a large bag full of pomegranates and several limes this past week too.

I don’t recall seeing pomegranates of this color before, only the deep red ones. The seeds inside are quite delicious though.

We decided to make fresh pomegranate juice. We opened two of the pomegranates and pulled out all the juice filled seeds (known as arils). We ground the seeds in a food processor, then strained the juice from the seed pulp in a colander.

I topped the pomegranate juice off with a little fresh squeezed lime juice. Though it was a bit of work to get enough for two small juice glasses, the end product was definitely worth it. The fresh juice was delicious, plus we had fun making it.