This is a caju fruit. The top part contains the nut...the cashew nut. Each fruit has only one nut...that's why cashews are so expensive! Here in Brazil, they make a juice from the fruit. It's pretty good, but its an acquired taste. The first time I had it, I didn't like it. We took this picture at our friends house. They have a cashew tree in their backyard and Jason picked this one. Below is another fruit that we don't have...the caqui (it has various spellings) fruit. It looks just like a tomato, but has a different taste and texture on the inside. It is delicious!
One of our favorite summertime treats down here is Acai. Acai is a fruit from the Amazon. It is a small berry that grows high in the palm trees of the Amazon. It is extremely high in antioxidents and is considered one of the top 10 wonder fruits of the world (or something like that). The pulp is frozen and it is made into a delicious frozen smoothie (see picture below). You can add bananas, strawberries, granola or whatever you want. We love it and can get it on almost every street corner here. My parents fell in love with it when they came down for Jacob's birth and actually found the frozen acai pulp in the Whole Foods in Atlanta and have been making smoothies with it. But be careful! This berry is very healthy, but it is also full of calories.
Mondays are our family day. We try to do something different around Rio. A couple of weeks ago, we were walking around the Lagoa (I'll have to find a picture and add it later) and we came across these beautiful flowers growing on a tree. 
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That Acai smoothie looks amazing! I'll bet you have to restrain yourselves from getting one every day. :)
great blog. hey- can ya'll set it up to have rss feed so i can add it to my google reader? that way i'll be more likely to see when you have a new post. welcome to the blogging world! :)
nevermind...i was able to add it now to my google reader.
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