Just can't get enough of fresh fruit!!

[Amy :-)]

Is it just me, or is there so much delicious fresh fruit around right now?

We have apples, bananas, pears, mandarins, grapes.... yummo!! I can't get enough of it

So what's your favourite fruit? And whats your favourite fruit dish?
I am looking for ideas for some yummy, healthy desserts using some of this wonderful fresh fruit.

Robyn, please don't mention lemons or you will make me jealous

[judydawn]

My favourite fruit is persimmon which is only available for a short time each year.  I do have a pack of puree in the freezer but generally I just love to eat them as they are Amy.  I am often disappointed these days with the quality of 'fresh' fruit, some of the stone fruit is no good to eat by the time it has ripened and I have thrown so much away that I rarely buy them now.
If I have too much of any type of fruit I usually google 'recipes for persimmons' for example and that takes me to some lovely recipes. I print them out and then rarely do them LOL because I just prefer eating fruit as it is.  I do an upside down plum cake which I love as it is so simple and only needs a few plums, plus apple pies - just the normal old fashioned type recipes, nothing fancy.

[CreamPuff63]

QFITM has some lovely dessert ideas with fresh fruit. I find the day just flies and I haven't eaten any fruit, so I don't feel guilty if I can have a dessert or cake with fruit in it...thats my excuse 

[Cuilidh]

For me, nothing beats a good mango.  I love mango sorbet and mango lassi / smoothie.

[fundj&e]

are lassi/smoothie the same  Cuilidh ?

[dede]

My family eats lots of fruit. A bag of apples are gone in no time, bananas don't last more than a couple of day. Strawberries and raspberries are a favorite. Grapes, oranges, peaches, mandarins, rock melon, cantaloupe, watermelon, apricots. And the list goes on.
I think you can't go past a fresh grit salad either on it's own or served with Icecream or custard. Yum yum.

[Cuilidh]

I'm not entirely sure that Lassis and Smoothies are the same, Fundj.  I have just always thought of them as being that way.  I think people often add lots of other things to Smoothies whereas a Lassi has fewer ingredients.  Probably someone else will come up with a more definitive answer, but, until then, they are both pretty much the same to me!

[obbie]

  Amy my favorite fruit is Mangoes.
My kids eat 4-5 pieces of fruit a day, lunch box is full of fruit.

Robyn

[dede]

To much fruit is not always good either. I know a family that brought a house with a huge orchard with lots of varieties of fruit. Their kids ate so much fruit they started getting cavities in their teeth because of all the natural sweeteners in fruit
But we do love our fruit

[mcmich]

Gosh they must of ate a tonne of fruit to get cavities.

[mab19]

My favourite fruits are mangos, bananas and pink lady apples.  Once during my working days my boss laughingly asked me to sit outside and eat my mango as it was making such a mess.

[fundj&e]

My favourite fruits are mangos, bananas and pink lady apples.  Once during my working days my boss laughingly asked me to sit outside and eat my mango as it was making such a mess.

or over the kitchen sink 

[Amy :-)]

To much fruit is not always good either. I know a family that brought a house with a huge orchard with lots of varieties of fruit. Their kids ate so much fruit they started getting cavities in their teeth because of all the natural sweeteners in fruit

  I didn't even know that was possible! OMG thats going to be me soon... but maybe since they were children they still had some soft baby teeth? I hope thats it anyway

Ohh, how could I forget mangoes?! YUM

quote author=Cuilidh link=topic=9985.msg149437#msg149437 date=1337114594]
I'm not entirely sure that Lassis and Smoothies are the same, Fundj.  I have just always thought of them as being that way.  I think people often add lots of other things to Smoothies whereas a Lassi has fewer ingredients.  Probably someone else will come up with a more definitive answer, but, until then, they are both pretty much the same to me!
[/quote]

Lassis are a traditional Indian drink I've never had one but I've heard they are quite a particular taste.

I think you can't go past a fresh grit salad either on it's own or served with Icecream or custard. Yum yum.

If my mum had fed me grit salad when I child I would definitely have had more cavivites. Or at least broken teeth

I can't say I've ever had a persimmon. I must try one!!!

[Cuilidh]

Amy, Lassis are easy - I just combine mango (or whatever other fruit), plain unflavoured yoghurt and water with ice and whizz them up together.

[Amy :-)]

Amy, Lassis are easy - I just combine mango (or whatever other fruit), plain unflavoured yoghurt and water with ice and whizz them up together.

Don't they traditionally have cardamom in them as well?