500 Fruits update

I’m well past due for a fruit update. While I did get a few more fruits while I was in Costa Rica this year, and a few that I’d call slightly exotic, my list didn’t grow as much as I would have liked. All well. I’m now more than 1/5 done! Of the recently added [...]

500 Fruits: update #6

As I put up my 2011 to do list the other day, I thought it might be helpful to also update my fruit list here, as one of the things I’d like to do is try 100 new fruits this year. The hard thing though, is that I lost my printed out fruit list. When [...]

2011 to do list

Every year for the past 7 years I’ve made a yearly to do list. This isn’t resolutions. Rather, if there is something I think I’d like to change, rather than resolving to change it, I think of something I can actually do to get to that end, and then that item gets added to my [...]

Butternut squash with pecans and vanilla

Simply Recipes is known for some pretty solid recipes, and her Butternut squash with walnuts and vanilla was no exception. I made some changes based on what we had on hand and how I know we like to eat. This was served with the ribs I mentioned in the previous post along with a baked [...]

500 Fruits: update #5

Since I last updated, I’ve had to alphabetize my list. At more than 50, I was already buying ‘new’ fruits only to realize I had already tried them. And I ended up with white nectarine on my list twice. At 67 70, here is my now alphabetized list. (Apparently I’ve forgotten a few times to [...]

500 Fruits: Update #4

Now that I’ve hit 50, I think I’ll slow down a bit on posting these updates, perhaps every 20 or so. We’ll see. Apparently going on vacation is helpful when you want to try new fruits. I’ve still got two more sitting on my counter waiting for me to eat them (in fact, all but [...]

500 Fruits: Update #3

In less than two months, I’ve tried 40 different kinds of fruit. And I haven’t even started in on the apple varieties! 40. Red Velvet Pluot 39. Black Velvet Africot 38. Sweet red cherries 37. Clementine 36. mulberries 35. pineapple 34. lime 33. jalapeno 32. Grapefruit 31. Blackberries 30. Packham’s Triumph pear 29. Cantaloupe 28. [...]

500 Fruits: Update #2

With this next set of 10, I think pears might be making their way into my usual fruit rotation. I really liked the packham’s and d’anjou pears. I’m really enjoying this project and it’s been fun to get some of my coworkers involved. One has bought me fruits twice now that I haven’ tried, which [...]

500 Fruits – update #1

I thought since I’ve reached 20, I’d talk a little bit about the why and how of my 500 fruits project. While I certainly am a list oriented person, I’m not just doing this to make a list of fruits I’ve tried. I’m also hoping to do that whole ‘broaden your horizons’ thing along with [...]

500 Fruits Project

I despise the idea of a bucket list. Things you want to do before you *die*. I hate the idea that it is focused on an end point. I want to focus on things while I’m still *alive*. On the flip side, I love the idea of a Mighty Life List (even if the author [...]