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[mizlizzy]

I thought this would be fun to share-

I'll start.

I have been really, really into fruit, despite it being the middle of winter and 10 degrees here. Grapefruit, pomeganates, fresh pineapple, and sour cherries (in a jar) especially. We typicallly only buy fruit when local fruits come into season, and I am not usually even very into sweet things, but fresh fruits have been so wonderfully satisfying. It has been fun to mix up my diet.

[rainbownurse]

I had been craving fresh fruit and veggies, but for the past two days all I want is ramen noodles and rice-a-roni. 

[howeberry]

I've really been craving soup. Any chance I get I have a cup, which is tough since I'm picky and like REALLY GOOD soups, not caned or bland soups that a lot of restaurants serve.

Also lots of fruit, especially ripe strawberries. Tough to find this time of year, but so far I've been lucky.
 

[wrenmoon]

Grapefruit. Grapefruit. Grapefruit.
I usually don't eat fruit at all but... grapefruit all day. I went to a farmers market in San Francisco last weekend (I live on the east coast) and was like a deer in headlights in the citrus stand. Blood oranges and grapefruit and naval oranges, meyer lemons, oh my. My purse was stuffed with citrus fruits, they were so so good.

That and virgin Bloody Mary's with lots of celery, green olives, pepperocini and horseradish.
If its spicy and/or sour I'm all over it. Vinegar is my friend.

[InLove2009]

Originally Posted by mizlizzy 

I thought this would be fun to share-

I'll start.

I have been really, really into fruit, despite it being the middle of winter and 10 degrees here. Grapefruit, pomeganates, fresh pineapple, and sour cherries (in a jar) especially. We typicallly only buy fruit when local fruits come into season, and I am not usually even very into sweet things, but fresh fruits have been so wonderfully satisfying. It has been fun to mix up my diet.

Where are you at? I have been trying to find canned sour cherries, and noone even seems to know what I am talking about! 
 

I have been craving McFlurries  bad I know..... and Oranges. So good! Oranges fresh, juiced, or orange soda. 

[Eilis]

Your posts about fruit made me smile! I've been pounding down the fruit since December! I knew I had a "problem" (not really) when I ordered 10 lbs. of Meyer lemons online. (This was actually to make lemon curd for Christmas gifts, which I never got around to doing because I was so sick. I squeezed the lemons and grated the peels, and the ingredients are now waiting for me in the fridge to finish the project.)

Yesterday, I made a delicious smoothie with half a bag of frozen strawberries and unsweetened cranberry juice, plus a little maple syrup. Yum! It was like a mega-healthy and delicious 7-11 slurpie! I'm not feeling the grapefruit craving, but all other fruit is calling my name. 

Say what you will about the carbon footprint of importing fruit out of season (yes, I agree it's an issue), but on the other hand, by living in this era, we are so blessed to be able to have access to such a wide variety of fruit when we crave it. Think about the pregnant women in a place like Maine (or wherever) in the winter in 1890 (or whenever)... they might have been craving fruit badly too, but there was nothing available! Maybe one orange at Christmas and that was it!  

Questions for you guys: 

- I have two fresh pineapples on the kitchen counter that I haven't used yet: any suggestions for what to do with them?

- When I told my midwife about my fruit obsession, she was all frowny-pants about the sugar in fresh fruit. I was surprised she had a negative reaction since I think of fruit as so healthy, so what am I not understanding? (She is quite strict in general about sugar and doesn't have much of a sense of humor about diet issues, but I know she means well.) 

[-Resque-]

I will second the ramen. And I am so, so ashamed. 

[Tenk]

I want to eat SPICY SALTY HOT food.  I found out about 2 weeks ago that I'm already anemic (number should be 11 or higher mine was 9.3) so I'm doing gluten free oats for breakfast, 1/2C mixed with 1C of milk and at least 1C of frozen strawberries (you need vitamin C to absorb iron in food) and thats about as sweet as I'm eating.  I would really like to have avocado on meat LOL.

I crave potatoes (cut small) with extremely hot peppers cut up and baked together in butter and salt!!!  Could eat it daily.
 

[InLove2009]

Ellis- I like to put my fresh pineapple in smoothies! They are so sweet, you don't need anything else to sweeten it. I think strawberries with pineapple in a smoothie is super delicious. I also like to just eat it. I can eat a whole pineapple in a day or two. 
You could also make ham and pineapple pizza! 

[zeeohee]

I am totally on the somewhat-guilty fresh fruits and veggies craving train! I posted on another thread that I feel kinda bad about it, since I'm active in the local foods/farming movement in my area, yet behind the scenes I feel like I'm basically supporting the economy of Mexico with all the produce I'm buying from there. I'm normally a super seasonal eater; last winter I really did eat beets and rutabagas until I never wanted to see another one. Now all I want is watermelon, ha!

[ChelseaKell]

I want fresh fruit all the time too - citrus, apples, any kind of berry. I'm in Georgia, so our fruit stands start pretty early in the year and I have been able to get sweet and juicy Florida strawberries for a few weeks now.

Eilis - I like pineapple in my yogurt, and I love it grilled (if you live in a place where you can stand to be outside for long enough to do that this time of year).
 

[Anca]

I wish I had your cravings! With DD #1 I didn't crave for anything and now, completely opposite to my general lifestyle, I only crave for unhealthy fast food and actually a lot of things of animal origin which made me sick before getting pregnant! And this is so frustrating because veggies and fruits make my stomach feel bad while an awful KFC menu makes my stomach soooo happy! I can't understand this and I don't recognize myself!

[coalifetime]

I have went from hamburgers and french fries to eating more tropical fruit.  I am so thankful that I don't crave all of that fat

[MonkeyPrincess]

Originally Posted by wrenmoon 

Grapefruit. Grapefruit. Grapefruit.
I usually don't eat fruit at all but... grapefruit all day. I went to a farmers market in San Francisco last weekend (I live on the east coast) and was like a deer in headlights in the citrus stand. Blood oranges and grapefruit and naval oranges, meyer lemons, oh my. My purse was stuffed with citrus fruits, they were so so good.

That and virgin Bloody Mary's with lots of celery, green olives, pepperocini and horseradish.
If its spicy and/or sour I'm all over it. Vinegar is my friend.

This is so funny! I totally had a grapefruit craving, with my third pregnancy. Grapefruit every. single. day. I'd stop eating a meal because I overwhelmingly *needed* a grapefruit. :) 

This pregnancy, I'm not craving anything in particular at this point. Certain things are good for a spell, then I'm done with those and move on to the next thing. I've consistently enjoyed spicy - like jalepenos! - and pickled veggies. But definitely not a craving...

[skycheattraffic]

I go back and forth: fruit or salty/greasy junk. I prefer the fruit of course but once 5 pm hits, all I want is meat - I don't get it! I want to crave veggies but they just make my stomach turn right now. I haven't been able to stomach a balanced meal in weeks. I had a huuuuge orange craving a couple of days ago but eating them really burned my sore throat. I figure with my cold, I could do a lot worse than fresh fruit

[Eilis]

Veggies are tough! I actually called spinach "gross" last night which is SO UNLIKE the "real" me. How about the more palatable veggies - such as a nice baked sweet potato with butter? Could you do those? 

I think I'm going to make elk meat burgers later this week - other than fish, this would be the first meat I eat in the pregnancy. I just have not been craving it but I think I likely need a little bit.
 

[skycheattraffic]

I can sometimes stomach carrots if I push myself. Sweet potatoes unfortunately aren't my friends at the best of times but it's a good idea. I try to "hide" spinach where I can but since I cook, I know what I've done lol. I'll just keep trying and see where I get

[Mavis]

I've been craving fresh pineapple, citrus fruit in general, apple pie, cheese, bread and pasta with a lot of sauce.
 

[dayiscoming2006]

I could definitely go for some melons. Watermelon, canteloupe, etc. Melons, melons, melons. Gonna need to try one out next week. I saw watermelon at costco, but decided not to get it last time. But, I'm dreaming about it now. LOL

I like all other fruits right now too. A nice fruit smoothie with a little greens added in really is yummy. So happy to have a vitamix. 

The only veggies I can tolerate are fresh. I can't stand anything else even though I normally like them. I have a romaine, tomato and sometimes cucumber salad pretty much every day.

[dayiscoming2006]

Originally Posted by Anca 

I wish I had your cravings! With DD #1 I didn't crave for anything and now, completely opposite to my general lifestyle, I only crave for unhealthy fast food and actually a lot of things of animal origin which made me sick before getting pregnant! And this is so frustrating because veggies and fruits make my stomach feel bad while an awful KFC menu makes my stomach soooo happy! I can't understand this and I don't recognize myself!

Yeah, I was dying for some good old fast food yesterday and my husband would not agree to it. I try not to cause problems unecessarally, but that really made me mad. I WANTED a good ol' fast food burger and fries! He said I could just  make them at home, but it just isn't the same. LOL :) That is not like me normally anymore either. Seems to happen with every pregnancy.