Prickly pear jelly

From Adversity to Abundance: The Sweet Journey of Prickly Pear Jelly Sometimes life takes unexpected turns, leading us down paths we never t...

Do you remember when I made prickly pear juice a few weeks ago and left you in suspense about what to do with it? Well, if you followed tho...

Prickly Pear tunas are turning ripe this time of year. Tuna are the fruit of the prickly pear cacti that ripen after it flowers. Prickly Pear Jelly has a unique flavor I wouldn't begin to know how to describe, but it's good. My neighbor has a nice crop of tunas this year and I decided to try my hand at making jelly. I searched the web for recipes and tips then got started. There are different kinds of prickly pears and the tunas can be different colors. I'm not sure all prickly pear tuna are…

Happy Birthday to my husband ACE! If wandering through the desert and desperate for food...I might eat a cactus. Arizona has very specific native plant laws and it is actually illegal to just go out and fill up your buckets. I found a great article on the prickly pear fruit here that said, "Native plants in Arizona are protected by law and cannot be harvested or moved without a permit from the state's Department of Agriculture. It is illegal to harvest even the fruit from city, county…

Have you ever had Prickly Pear Jelly? Would you like to try it? Well, I'm going to share with you how I made mine. The picking and cleani...

Delicious jelly with a unique flavor.

Prickly pear is a refreshing cactus fruit that can be incorporated into many recipes! From cocktails to desserts, we've got you covered with the best prickly pear recipes that you can try at home! #PricklyPear #Recipes #GloriousRecipes

Prickly Pear Jelly (Heritage Recipe) For several years, when the children were teenagers, the Tanner family would go out to t...

Prickly Pear Jelly (Heritage Recipe) For several years, when the children were teenagers, the Tanner family would go out to t...

Ok so my Dear Husband like many husbands just LOVES to go shopping with me..lol.. The other day I actually got him to go grocery shopping at a Hispanic grocery store. He see the cactus flowers (Prickly Pears) and decides that he would like some. Seeing how no one else in our family likes them he was supposed to bag 1, 2 maybe 3 to eat that night with dinner, but come to find out at the cash register he actually bagged 20..... He says oh the kids will love them and that they will be all gone…