SLC31-W2 | THE GREEN JOURNEY | Green Palate.

Natural and convincing. Every green plant produces different colours of fruits which can still be green though. The green journey of fruit as food is what I'm specialising in this post. It was all about tasting the freshness of green produce that doesn't have to undergo heat or spices added to it. I actually thought of cabbage but it's expensive in my area. They don't sell in bits. You must buy it whole.

So I went to the market to purchase these fruits which some are also vegetables. These were the fruits I purchased for my Lunch. In my country, this kind of fruit palate, combined with milk, groundnut and honey is what most people eat as lunch or dinner. So I decided to make my fruit salad without the mixture of any processed product.

I used a chopping board, tray, knife and bowl plates.

It was definitely a colour palette of fruits from green trees or leaves. I made my cucumber, banana, pineapple, tomato, carrot, watermelon and green apple available for the best combo ever. You won't be able to get the feeling unless you taste it and it all depends on which one goes in first.

• I contained all my fruits in a sink and then washed them thoroughly. I made sure while washing the watermelon, it's not really exposed to much water because it will affect the taste of the watermelon. Same with the pineapple since I bought the already peeled or sliced ones.

• I then took it one by one. I started with the banana because of the sugary nature of the Banana. I wanted it to become the reason why my fruit salad is tasty. Adding it as first gives it the opportunity to drain its water and become weak, making the salad have a great taste.

• I then sliced my apple which didn't produce any effect on it, but did a magical show in the mouth when combined with others. Have you combined pineapple and green apple together in your mouth? Oh my, you'll feel as though you don't have problems in life. Your anxiety will leave you immediately.

• After adding the green apple, I sliced my cucumber and then the pineapple to produce more water that adds to the taste and freshness of the salad I was preparing. While preparing my salad, I didn't expose it to heat so as not to change the taste. I added my watermelon, carrot and tomatoes as the last. I removed the seeds from the watermelon for easy consumption. And then joined it together with the carrot and tomatoes.

• I used the tomatoes to design it and I cut them in a round shape to bring out that design. All other fruits were chopped into small sizeable pieces. The cucumber gave me a tough time because of the seeds which made it difficult to cut into small pieces, but I succeeded. After all said and done, I contained it into one bowl.

• The fruit salad is perfect when mixed. So instead of mixing it haphazardly, I used two plates to do this and it came out so well, like the palate spoken of in this challenge. After that, I think took a picture with my fruit salad and then packaged it in a good pouch so I would enjoy the greenery of nature with it.

Final product
Selfie

From the market hurdle to making it, I guess it wasn't that complex as making a main meal. This alone is good enough to fill your stomach if you're eating it as lunch. I didn't eat any other food after this. Buying these products in the market was quite challenging in the sense that, I had to check 10 fruit stands to get fresh fruits as most of their fruits are exposed, soft and overripe and I had to negotiate prices before they cheated me. So it took me roughly an hour and 30 minutes to be able to make these purchases.

Preparing it didn't take more than 30 minutes because it was just all about chopping them in the chopping board and then containing them inside a plate. That was how I came about the fruit salad mixture you're seeing on your screen. I had companions which made it even more interesting to prepare.

Then talking about my experience after preparing the meal and taking it out to a green natural field, it was awesome. The weather was quite clement and windy which made it even more appealing to me. Imagine trying to have a picnic on a green grass and the grasses are giving out water to the atmosphere. I bet it's the best feeling. It can clear your lungs if I'm not mistaken. I took a cloth and spread on the green grass and fold my legs together so I can inhale the energy from the grass before having my meal.

I've never tried this experiment before, but to be honest, it's the best location to have such a meal, when the sun is down. I used a fork to enjoy the fruit salad. After enjoying this salad, I laid on the grass for 15 minutes to observe the skies and feel the freshness of the fruit I just ate and the environment. Everything was so green and fresh.

Talking about taste, I'll take you guys to my practical class. Oh my God. Have you tasted watermelon with pineapple? Just join them together in your mouth and munch it. Oh my! Your 5 senses would be active. Ohkay, let's leave that combo and come to an event crazy combo.

• Green apple with pineapple and banana. Just cut pieces of them and join together in your mouth and munch it. This was the craziest so far to be honest. The dripping sugary water of pineapple and banana is enough to give you a savoring taste.

• You see carrot and green apple? Let me not go into details. Cucumber too was a perfect blend with pineapple. The tastes were on another level.

Freshness??

I took my time to examine the freshness of these fruits in the market as I didn't have an opportunity to take them down from the trees on which they grow. I didn't take overripe fruits because they would be too soft for the salad and this type of salad doesn't need fruits or that are too ripe otherwise it would be so repulsive to taste.

Health Benefits

This is a combination of different fruits and it's good to know that all these fruits have their own individual health benefit. So imagine combining all these fruits together in one body, you'll achieve the most perfect of health in no time.

• Carrots and the green apple contain enzymes that are good for the eyes. It helps improve vision and for the carrot, it also helps enhance one's skin and make the skin glow.

• Pineapple contains vitamin C and antioxidant that helps immune function, healing of wounds and easing of digestion. It also helps fight inflammation and reduces bloating.

• Cucumber and tomato: Both helps fight inflammation and it's a very good hydrating medium. It's good for the skin especially the face when it comes to keeping it fresh from acnes. They also help support digestion. They serve as anti-aging medium.

• Watermelon: It lowers blood pressure and it's good for the skin and eyes. It also helps in weight management and it's a very good hydrating medium if one doesn't take in water frequently. Banana helps reduce bloating and ease digestion as well. It also helps in the production of certain hormones in the body.

Fruits may be one of the things people overlook as important because of main meals. Most of us don't take these fruits intake seriously, but we don't know that some of these fruits are good anti-aging medium and helps reduce stress and anxiety.

So if you've not been taking fruits, you really need to give it a try and also use it as your dinner, twice or thrice in a week. The results would be implemented in no time and you'll love your health. If you can't take in orally, you can squeeze the water and rub on your body.