It's that most glorious time of the year where the nights are cool and the mornings are crisp and feijoa trees are dropping fruit daily, leaving a magical rotting carpet in backyards and driveways across the city. Even though Winter is looming, and the emotions associated with saying goodbye to the luscious stone-fruits of summer are akin to those associated with the abrupt end to a crush because they go and do something stupid like fall in love, there is hope in autumn. It is a promising time, filled with gym sessions and slow cooking and blog-rejuvination and baking. Autumn produce is so good: feijoas feature heavily, as do figs and pears and brussels sprouts.
The fragrant and tangy feijoa lends itself to baking extremely well, but they're also great scooped onto your morning porridge, and they're amazing thrown into a milkshake or smoothie. If you're getting stuck in with just a spoon and eating them raw, just be careful not to overdo it and shit yourself, ok?
Here's a few of my favourite ways with feijoas. Autumn! New beginnings, new crushes, and a shit-ton of feijoas. Tis the season!
Feijoa coconut gems