Ever since completing the Bloganuary Challenge, I look occasionally at the WordPress Daily Writing prompt. Sometimes I think they look quite interesting and other times they leave me cold.

A little while ago, this was the prompt of the day: List your top 5 favourite fruits.

Nothing particularly challenging, thought-provoking, nor interesting about this prompt – or so I thought! However, for some unknown reason, I kept thinking about my top 5 favourite fruits. I could easily name my top 15, if not more, only 5 proved to be more difficult.

I love fruit. I have fruit every single day. My favourite dessert is fresh fruit salad – I hope no one is thinking ‘boring’! In the winter, I add fruit to my porridge, and in the summer I have at least three different varieties with natural yogurt, but ask me to name just five favourites that’s when I struggle. Perhaps this is a case of over-thinking?!

There are some fruits that I eat almost every day, bananas and apples for example. However, they are not in my top 5. They are readily available and I like them but there are other fruits that I enjoy more! Let’s cut to the chase…

In no particular order (Is this allowed?!) my five favourite fruits are:

  • Blackberries
  • Melons
  • Strawberries
  • Nectarines
  • Lemons

There is a need for some clarification. There is one type of melon of which I am not a fan. I’m thinking of watermelons.

Some of my lovely readers might be surprised by the inclusion of lemons. I have never eaten a whole lemon but I do use the zest and the juice of this delicious citrus fruit. Slices added to a jug of water or a glass of gin and tonic will always enhance the experience, in my opinion.

I serve fresh wedges or slices of lemon with fish. I use the juice to make salad dressings and I cut lemons in half to stuff a chicken before roasting. Baking makes me happy and lemon is one of my preferred ingredients – lemon drizzle cake, lemon tarts, surprise lemon pudding. Need I go on?

If I’m in a pâtisserie or out for a meal, my cake or dessert of choice is likely to be lemon flavoured. Not forgetting a slice of lemon in a cup of Earl Grey tea. I imagine you’ve got the idea of my love for lemons…

I wonder which are your five most favourite fruits?

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