When we first got this You Capture challenge, my first instinct was to go to the market. But as it turns out, we have a ton of fruit at home already.

Fruit is always in very high demand in our house…and winter is no exception, although Mackenzie is more of a fresh berry fan than anything else. So we’re in a transition phase. Bananas are still a hit but she’s just not convinced about tangerines (I think it’s the fear of finding a seed which she really doesn’t like), only has a taste for apples on occasion (and in baked things which I can definitely understand) and mangoes.

In the future, I have to try to focus on the fruit higher up, I think, so the image isn’t so blurry at the top — or maybe just use a higher F-stop for less blur in general.

And with us running 3-4 times a week, fruit is a great way to get some quick healthy carbs and sometimes even reduce inflammation after a run. Berries and grapes are excellent at that, actually. And there’s plenty of other fruits, like bananas, pineapple, oranges and others which are not only great to provide glucose to our bodies (which they crave) but get some fiber. Studies show that most Americans consume about 5g of fiber per day; while we’re supposed to get about 50g! So maybe it’s time to add fruit back into your diet if you’ve been avoiding it.

If you’re a runner and looking for some recipes and nutritional advice to bring smoothies into your running routine, I can recommend Smoothies for Runners: 32 Proven Smoothie Recipes to Take Your Running Performance to the Next Level, Decrease Your Recovery Time and Allow You to Run Injury-free (Eat to Run). I actually picked it up for free last week for the Kindle and really loved not only the smooth recipes but the useful nutritional advice. It’s a short but concise book that will definitely come in handy as we continue running.

The apples my in-laws brought a few weeks ago are in dire need of being eaten. Throw me your favorite apple recipes, people! I have to process them soon and preferably without too much hassle. 😉

Pineapples are popping up everywhere right now. In fact, we would have had two more to bring home with us on Saturday, if we’d realized we had actually placed in the cross country race we participated in. Live and learn (and more to come about that event too!)

What kinds of fruits are around your home right now??