What’s in Season - Shopping & Cooking in August

There are plenty of environmental and financial reasons to opt for produce that is in-season:

Not only does seasonal food cost less, but it is also tastier and better for the environment. As a rule, if you stick to buying seasonal produce, it is more likely to have been harvested locally.

So, if you are like me and if you enjoy cooking, it can be fun to challenge your culinary skills with making more seasonal dishes. Winter season can be challenging but there is still a great variety of nutrient-rich vegetables to look forward to, including pumpkin and Beetroot, which you can cook as a side, make delicious soups with, or incorporate into a main meal. We will be posting plenty of gluten free & dairy free recipe ideas along with way. Enjoy!

Fruit

Apples – fuji – lady williams – sundowner,

Cumquat

Custard apple

Grapefruit – yellow – pink

Lemons,

Limes,

Mandarins – ellendale – imperial – murcot

Nashi,

Oranges – blood – navel

Pawpaw

Pineapple – smooth leaf

Pomelo

Rhubarb

Tangelo.

Vegetables

Asian greens – bok choy – choy sum – gai laan – wonga bok

Avocados – fuerte – hass – sharwill

Beetroot

Broccoli

Brussels sprout,

Cabbage

Carrots

Cauliflower

Celeriac

Celery

Fennel

Garlic

Ginger

Horseradish,

Jerusalem Artichoke

Kohlrabi

Leeks

Okra,

Olives

Onions

Parsnip

Potato

Pumpkin

Shallot

Silverbeet

Spinach

Swede

Sweet Potato,

Turnip

Witlof.

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