Have You Tried A Cara Cara Orange?

This time of year, my refrigerator is full of citrus. I buy every kind I can find and make my family eat oranges daily. It’s my simple way of keeping their vitamin C intake at the right level, especially during cold and flu season. If we get sick less, great. Regardless, we get to enjoy some wonderful fruit. I discovered Cara Cara oranges last winter. I saw a bag at the store and thought I would see how we liked them. It was fun to peel them and see the PINK interior! It’s a big surprise considering the outside looks like a regular navel orange. The flavor was a nice combination of tangy and sweet. The fact that they are seedless, was just one more thing to love. My kids are decidedly annoyed by seeds. What I did not tell my family was that each orange contains a whopping 150% of the RDA of Vitamin C. These babies were perfect for my winter arsenal!Today I made up a lovely orange curd using some Cara Cara oranges. The color was not a deep orange because of the pink flesh. I thought ab…

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