Fruit!

There are as many or more Fresh Juice Bars on every corner in Brasil just Like there are Coffee shops in America!  It is amazing to me.  I am getting my daily recommendations of Fruit everyday just in my juice.  Can you imagine?  Pineapple (abacaxi), Mango (Manga), Passion Fruit (my favotite-maracujáe ), Orange (laranja), Grape (Uva), Strawberry (morango) to name a few.  They take the fresh fruit, cut it up, throw it in the blender, add water and real sugar and there you go.  It is the best juice in the world and it is fresh.  Seriously Fresh. 

I tried Guava Fruit for the first time yesterday.  Goiaba is the name in Portuguese.  It looks like a cross between a pear and orange.  Attached is a picture.  You eat the whole fruit, an amazing texture.  There are hard seeds but you eat them too.  Gabi Loves them.  They are sweet and have a sour taste as you near the skin.  The most interesting thing for me is eating the outside.  I guess because it feels like an orange but the skin tastes like a thick skinned pear.  I have only had Guava candy up till now.  I don't know if you have them where you live, but it is worth a try.