Eat Your Cactus


Orange County has a lot of prickly pear cactus growing, so the local newspaper, the OC Register, recommends you eat your share of the delicious green vegetable. Not only do they say it’s delicious, but it’s rich in anti-oxidants too. So it must be good!

cactus grill

Strips of grilled cactus leaves taste delicious combined with pepper jack cheese on an open-faced sandwich.
ANGIE CAO

You won’t be able to read the whole article unless you are a OC Register subscriber, which I am not. So I haven’t been able to verify that there recipes are worth the effort. But the picture looks good.


    
    
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