Thursday, June 2, 2011

In Season: June's Fruit and Veges

image via Allotment UK

Eating in season means you're more likely to be eating Australian-grown produce, which is greener and healthier (not as many preservative sprays used/cold storage/synthetic ripening etc). Even better would be to buy locally grown, spray free produce (check your local area for road-side or farm-based stores - they're more likely to have quality, spray-free produce). And even better would be to buy locally grown, organic produce, but in our case at least, cash is an issue.

I thought it might be helpful to provide a list each month of the fruit and veges that are currently in season (in Australia).

Fruit

apples (bonza, braeburn, fuji, gala, golden delicious, granny smith, jonagold, jonathan, lady williams, mutso, pink lady, red delicious, snow, sundowner) 
custard apple
grapefruit
kiwifruit
lemons
limes
mandarin
nashi
oranges
pears (beurre bosc, josephine, packham) 
persimmon
pomelo
quince
rhubarb

Veges

asian greens
avocados (fuerte, sharwill) 
beetroot
broccoli
brussels sprout
cabbage
carrots
cauliflower
celeriac
celery
fennel
garlic
ginger
horseradish
jerusalem artichokes
kale
kohlrabi
leeks
okra
olives
onions
parsnip
peas
potato
pumpkin
shallot
silverbeet
spinach
swede
sweet potato
turnip
witlof
Admittedly, I'm really not very good at cooking by season - it's hard enough figuring out what to cook as it is - but I'm really trying to make the best use of seasonal fruit and veges as possible. I've got a delicious, comforting, sweet and yum dessert recipe I'll post a bit later on, that might help you out when looking for in-season options this winter.

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