Happy June!
One of the things I love about June–and summer in general–is the fruit. We’ve had some delicious watermelons, cantaloupes, and honeydew lately. And strawberries. So many sweet, delicious strawberries.
Do you have a favorite fruit?
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I LOVE fruit, but alas we are going into winter here. So, it’s just apples, pears and citrus in season.
My favorite fruit has to be cherries.
The other side of winter we will start to see a wide variety of seasonal fruit in store.
Oh! Cherries are delightful. They’re not quite ready yet here.
Winter citrus is yummy too.
Hi Elizabeth! I enjoy summer and the variety of Michigan fruits. Michigan Strawberry season started this weekend. Purchased our first Michigan strawberries yesterday at Alex Veggies Farm Stand, my favorite farmer. Due to a cooler spring, strawberries are a week late. My favorite fruit are blueberries which begin around July 4. My mouth watered just thinking about the luscious varieties as we drove by several blueberry farms on Friday. I also enjoyed my first Georgian watermelon this week. Fruits are yummy and have so many health benefits. Enjoy your week.
Yum! We’re past the pick your own time for strawberries here sadly but we can still get them in stores.
Blueberries are my favorite!
My hubby loves blueberries – the boys don’t eat them though.
I bought some watermelon chunk last week, and they didn’t last long! I like a lot of different fruits, though I don’t buy them that much as they usually go bad before I eat them, since it’s just me.
I’m so picky about watermelon. We’ve tried a few so far this year and they’ve been mealy.
I bought chunks, already cut up, that were really good. If I buy a watermelon, it’ll go bad before I could eat it all. Honestly, even the smallest containers can go bad before I eat them all, so I don’t buy a lot of fruit. I should, and eat more than one helping a day!
Cherries are probably my very favorite, but their local season doesn’t start until mid/late July around here. I’ll pit and freeze a lot of them for winter smoothies and oatmeal. Local strawberries (like from my garden) are still a week or two away — late this year but looking healthy and full of blossoms.
I’ve been going through a ton of blueberries from the grocery store the past couple of months. Those things are like candy to me. I grab a handful every time I walk by!
Cherries are a late summer fruit here too – I think we import most of them from the PNW.
I love nectarines, strawberries and boysenberry/blackberries in the spring and summer.
Nectarines are a definite favorite for me!
Have a blessed Sunday!
You too!
Hi, for the summer my favorite fruits are watermelon and cantaloupes. Congratulations to all the winners.You all have a great week and stay safe.
I do love a good watermelon.
like all fruits
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Strawberries are definitely one of my favorites but there are very few fruits that I don’t like.
I have a couple that aren’t favorites, but it’s still tough to go wrong with fruit.
Thank you so very much Heather Gray, I just saw my name . :)
Congrats!
I love fruit. Looking forward to my berries and trees getting ripe.
How nice to have some of your very own!
I like all kinds of fruit! Strawberries are among the first ones we buy because we love to make strawberry shortcake with them. I especially love Tuscan melons, like cantaloupe but sweeter. We called the muskmelons back home in Illinois. Funny thing, just about everyone loves watermelon but I never have, lol!
Congrats to this weeks winners & happy Sunday everyone!
I love strawberry shortcake! I’m going to have to look for those melons. My youngest loves canteloupe.
I will try this a second time. I love strawberries. Thank you so much for sharing. Congratulations to the winners. God bless you.
Strawberries are wonderful
Hope everyone had a fabulous Sunday. fresh fruit, especially berries are my favorite foods for summer time
Berries are definitely popular here today!
My favorite fruit is strawberries but I love them totally natural or in strawberry cake but I don’t like the fake strawberry flavor of ice creams for example or some cakes with strawberry cream, either in juice, I love them totally natural. The same thing happens to me with pineapple (although I do like pineapple juice). My favorite fruit for juicing are citrus orange, tangerine, grapefruit and lemon.
When it comes to baking, my favorite fruit to work with are apples and plums.
The artificial flavors are never quite right. I agree with you.
I enjoy bananas. We have fruit & veggies growing all around us in the country.
My youngest would eat bananas all day if I let him.
Forgot to get back to reply. (Had 2 cats on lap when looking earlier and cant do a thing with them both on me)
I am excited to be a winner thank you so much.
I like Pineapple. I love pineapple ice cream and pineapple on pavlova. On pizza, and ham and pineapple focaccias. (I also like Banana).
I like small quantities of pineapple. I think I have a slight allergy to it. My mouth tingles.