Nopales, also known as prickly pear cactus pads, are vastly versatile, antioxidant-packed succulent plants. While these spiny cactus paddles are staples in Mexican cooking, their uses are endless and ...

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Jillian Ruiz talks with friends as she sells pickled nopales (Eric’s Nopales) at the Ripon Farmers Market in Ripon, Calif., Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. Ruiz and her husband Eric created a line of ...

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Discover the Prickly Pear Fest in Scottsdale, a unique desert festival celebrating the nutritional benefits and delicious ...

The prickly pear, once a hardy fruit thriving in Rajasthan’s arid soil, is now gaining recognition across India for its ...

Move over green chile, the seventh annual New Mexico Prickly Pear Festival is coming to town. "While green chile is an amazing New Mexico staple, we'd love for people to know other plants around that ...

Tanisha Tucker Lohse, of the Tohono Oʼodham nation, picks a ripe saguaro cactus fruit during a harvest day in Saguaro National Park near Tucson, Ariz., on Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Ross D.