Related: What Is Prickly Pear? All About This Sweet Fruit Nopales are the pads or leaves of the nopal cactus or the prickly pear (botanical name, Opuntia ficus-indica) and are usually eaten as ...

Cactus fruit may look intimidating, but once you get past its spiny outsides, it yields a mild and nutrient-rich flesh. This fruit is delicious eaten raw, added to recipes, or turned into a ...

Nopales are the pads or leaves of the nopal cactus or the prickly pear (botanical name, Opuntia ficus-indica) and are usually eaten as vegetables; the edible cactus fruit is called tuna.