Meet our friends, Jose, Daniel, and Jorge. These three gentlemen drive through the country and purchase produce from different farms and then travel over two hours every day to sell fruit to our area. As soon as Jose parks the car, the boys jump out and begin cutting fruit open for us to sample.
The fruit and veggies are amazing but most of all, I really like the fellowship I have with these kind men. Daniel (wearing a black shirt) is a young man who never went to school but has a strong desire to learn English. Together, we fumble through our communication, teaching one another a second language.
After our friends leave, we begin the washing process. The produce sits in a bowl of water with one cap of bleach for 15 minutes.
We really enjoy fruit & veggie day! We buy A LOT and it rarely ever goes bad. It is a blessing to have them come straight to our door every Wednesday around noon. Not only does it save us money, but it saves us from walking multiple times to the store and carrying such a bounty on our backs.
The yellow fruit above, called Nisporo, is my favorite! It reminds me of a sweet/sour apricot. It has the prettiest brown seeds inside. I am drying them out, trying to figure out what I can do with them. The red prickly fruit on the right is called a Lychee. You peel off the skin which reveals a sweet juicy white center, which tastes like a pear.
Wednesday afternoons the girls help me wash, cut, chop the veggies to prepare meals for the week. I usually puree a ton of food for Joseph and freeze his meals for the week.
For a few hours the kitchen is a mess but it's so nice to open the fridge and take out fresh produce whenever we want! It is so tasty!
Our family loves fresh guacamole! It's Ava's specialty to prepare. She mixes avocado, fresh garlic and lime. Yummy!
The only produce we don't purchase from the fruit truck are limes. No need to because we have a lime tree in our backyard. The kids love picking them! Here's a goofy picture of them picking limes. ;)
Don't be fooled, we don't only eat veggies and fruit. I will post about the yummy Panaderia (bakery) across the street sometime in the future...
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