Figtastic!

Annie and LJ are a fictional couple introduced to readers of the Healthy Healing Eats blog in January 2020. Their storyline promotes healthy eating and earth-friendly practices.

The invitation read: Please join us for social distance dining at Jungle Love Vineyard while enjoying the newest release of our Okapi Wines.

This is perfect timing, thought Annie. We have a bumper crop of figs in our neighborhood this year.

“LJ, did you see the invitation from the Johnson’s? I spoke to Kim and let her know we would be there. I also offered to bring figs since they will be ready to harvest. She was delighted and said to come early so they can include them in salads, and to bring as many as we would like to give away, seeing as their guests love figs.”

“That is great; fresh figs go especially well with their estate-grown Cabernet Sauvignon. Actually, with any of their wines. There are about five types of fig trees in our neighborhood that appear to be ripening simultaneously. I am going to organize a picking party so we can harvest them. It would be a shame to waste any because they are nutritious, and I know you like them for their powerful anti-aging properties,” teased LJ.

Annie gave him the side-eye, “I still eat my green apple every day for that very reason, but I do enjoy fig season, after all, they are a good source of…