Also known as cactus pear, this delectable desert fruit grows on shrub-size cactus plants, and can be enjoyed raw, cooked, and juiced—once you get beyond its spine-covered exterior.

In exchange for eating a single cup of pink prickly pear fruit, you'll get a full 127 milligrams of magnesium. (For perspective, the age- and gender-based recommended daily dose of magnesium for ...

Inside the Gutiérrez-Hubbell House, there will be programming for farmers, ranchers and gardeners including "Best Prickly Pear Varieties to Grow in Central New Mexico" from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p ...

In addition to cooking with cactus, there are new food products using the prickly plant, too, like Vanessa Hudgens’s new cactus water. Saldivar began offering cactus products in 2019 at Tia Lupita.

And every day on his walk he’d pass a prickly pear cactus, come rain, come shine, or a lot of shine. On the day I caught up with Attarzadeh, the temperature topped out at 110 degrees.

Meanwhile, a 2015 meta-analysis published in the journal Nutrition suggests that prickly pear fruit may help lower blood pressure and cholesterol levels. Moreover, it may aid in healing stomach ...

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Those growing and harvesting prickly pear fruit said 2024 is a banner year for the crop. One local company is trying to get people to stop overlooking the red fruit.