If you're looking to broaden your fruit horizons beyond the quotidien, consider the many ways to eat prickly pears. Also known as cactus pear, this delectable desert fruit grows on shrub-size cactus ...

Medically reviewed by Aviv Joshua, MS, RDN Prickly pear fruit provides 30% of your Daily Value (DV) for magnesium in a 1-cup serving.Nearly half of the U.S. population does not meet their daily ...

Throw a rock in New Mexico and you will most likely hit a prickly pear cactus. The plentiful and beautiful cacti, also known as nopales, produce a sweet and bright ruby fruit that sprouts from hearty, ...

The first taste of raw prickly pear is often a surprise to those who have previously only known it as a candy or confection. It isn’t sweet, but reminiscent of an overripe strawberry, the brightness ...

While the cactus makes a beautiful natural ornament in the Phoenix area, the wild plant also provides nutritional benefits from its fruits and spiny pads. Some of the cactuses, including the prickly ...

The prickly pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) is the fruit of the Opuntia cactus, also called nopal cactus. In botanical terms, the small, plump prickly pear is, in fact, a berry, measuring 2 to 5 inches, ...