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You never ever liked fruit. Not as a baby, not as a toddler or a school girl. In fact, whenever we would try to feed you mixed fruit, you would just spit it out and give us that crazy look, your lips pouted in disgust. I thought the years would make you milder towards fruit, and yes, every now and then you do eat a piece. You still don't like the pure thing, you prefer goodies like raspberry pavlova, banana smoothie or banana bread, green apples but only if they are peeled and cored and chopped into little cubes. You like strawberry sauce and red currant jelly and sometimes I peel on orange for you. You won't eat it unless it's free of pips and membranes (I do agree on that one - that's the only way I eat my oranges). You do like fresh figs though and coconut, but that's not a fruit unfortunately. Applesauce is okay, but only if I make it for you, without lumps and pureed in the blender, with some lemon juice (there's some more fruit!) and vanilla paste added. But the fruit you adore and eat on a daily basis, is freeze-dried fruit and more specific: freeze-dried strawberries. They are low-calorie and no sugar added. Just the pure stuff and to you, it's absolutely the best ever. Mainly because it doesn't require rinsing, cleaning, cutting or preparing. You just open a bag of freeze-dried fruit and indulge. But that's okay. I'm happy you found at least one fruit that you crave!