Sep. 26—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 ...

In this episode of In the Kitchen with Matt, I show you how to prepare and eat cactus fruit also known as prickly pear, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Getty Images If you're looking to broaden your fruit horizons beyond the quotidien, consider the many ways to eat prickly pears.

Prickly pear cactus is edible and attractive, and worth growing if you want something offbeat or unique in the landscape, no matter where you live. A lot of cactus species thrive indoors, but prickly ...

“Yum” doesn’t come to mind when most people see a spiny prickly pear cactus. But visitors to the second annual Superior Prickly Pear Festival on Aug. 24 will learn to peel and eat the plant’s ...

The only thing a cowboy minds more than getting bucked off his horse is landing in a prickly pear when he does. The chances of that happening in New Mexico are pretty good because the state has more ...

Shawn Jadrnicek had long loved prickly pear cactus for its tasty fruit, so when he heard the plant could also be used as animal fencing, he was curious. After first creating a pen for his own backyard ...

All I have known about the culinary qualities of cactus comes from having a side dish of nopalitos at a few restaurants. These are made from the pads of the prickly pear cactus. I did not know that ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Ever walked past a cactus with broad, flat, ovoid pads with colorful spiky balls growing from them? You just walked past a source of food.

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 ...