Eating with the seasons
Published on 20 June 2023
We are so lucky to live in a temperate part of the world where many fruit and vegetables grow all year around. However, there are fruits and vegetables with a specific growing season, and they will be cheaper (and more sustainable) if you buy them in season.
What's in season?
| Winter Fruits |
Winter Vegetables |
- Apples
- Avocados
- Oranges
- Mandarins
- Grapefruit
- Lemons
- Cumquats
- Custard Apples
- Kiwifruit
- Nashi
- Pears
- Persimmon
- Pineapple
- Quince
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- Asian greens
- Beetroot
- Broccoli
- Brussel sprouts
- Cabbage
- Carrot
- Cauliflower
- Celery
- Fennel
- Kale
- Leek
- Onion
- Parsnips
- Peas
- Potatoes
- Spinach
- Swede
|
A winter-warming recipe
For a delicious (and sustainable) winter-warming recipe which makes use of seasonal vegetables, you can’t go pass a minestrone! Check out these winter recipes which are light on the hip pocket and made using seasonal vegetables.
9 vegetable minestrone
Ingredients:
3 bacon rashers
2 onions
2 garlic cloves
2 sticks of celery
2 carrots
2 potatoes
2 parsnips
1 cup pumpkin
1 tin of crushed tomatoes
1 cup of broccoli
1 tin of cannellini beans
4 cups of stock
2 cups of water
2 tbl oil
Method:
Dice the vegetables and bacon to approximately the same size.
Heat two tablespoons of oil in a stockpot.
Add the onion, celery, bacon and garlic, and stir for two minutes.
Add the carrot, potato, pumpkin and parsnip, continuing to stir for a few minutes.
Add stock and simmer for ten minutes.
Add broccoli, tomato, tinned beans, water and simmer until all vegetables are tender.
Add more water if necessary.