Eating with the seasons
Vegetable of the Month - Silverbeet
What is it?This is the vegetable, with its big, dark green leaves and white veins and stalk that many Australians mistakenly call spinach. Silverbeet is in fact a close relative of both spinach and beetroot. Used for many centuries, silverbeet was mentioned in Roman writings dating back to the 3rd and 4th centuries BC. Even […]
Vegetable of the Month - March - Fennel
Courtesy www.organicfood.com.au
What is it?
Fennel is a roundish, bulbous vegetable, with a mild licorice smell and taste. Their large swollen base consists of several overlapping broad stems, forming a white to very pale green-white, firm, crisp bulb. When they are cut you can see the layers of their overlapping stems. They are a member of […]
Vegetable of the Month for February - Beetroot
What is it?
Beetroot is a root vegetable with a distinctive purple flesh. It can be eaten raw, cooked, canned or pickled. The purple colour is due to the pigments betacyanin and betaxanthin, known collectively as betalins. There are other varieties of beetroot which are coloured gold, yellow or white depending on their ratio of the […]
What’s in Season - February
Fruit
Avocado, blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, figs, grapes, limes, lychees, mangosteens, melons, nectarines, Valencia oranges, passionfruit, peaches, pears - (Williams, Howell), pineapples, plums, prickly pears, rambutan
Vegetables
Beans - (butter, flat, green, snake), beans, flat beans, butter beans, capsicum, celery, chillies, chokos, cucumber, eggplant, lettuce, salad onions, green onions, okra, peas: sugar & snap, radish, squash, sweet corn, tomatoes, […]
January Spice of the Month - Ginger
What is it?
Ginger is a spice which is used for cooking and is also consumed whole as a delicacy or medicine. It is the underground stem of the ginger plant, Zingiber officinale.
The ginger plant has a long history of cultivation, having originated in Asia. Queen Elizabeth I of England is credited with the invention of […]
What’s in Season for January?
Fruit
Apricots, avocado, banana, blackberries, blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, cherries, grapes, lychees, mangoes, melons, nectarines, Valencia oranges, passionfruit, peaches, pears - Williams, pineapples, plums, rambutan
Vegetables
Asparagus, green beans, flat beans, butter beans, capsicum, celery, cucumber, eggplant, lettuce, salad onions, green onions, okra, peas: sugar & snap, potatoes, radish, sweet corn, tomatoes, zucchini
What’s in Season for December?
Fruit
Apricots, banana, blackberries, blueberries, raspberries, red & white currants, strawberries, cherries, grapes, lychees, mangoes, melons, nectarines, Valencia oranges, papaya, paw paw, peaches, pineapples.
Vegetables
Asparagus, green beans, flat beans, butter beans, capsicum, celery, cucumber, eggplant, lettuce, salad onions, green onions, radish, sweet corn, tomatoes, watercress, zucchini.
Fruit of the Month for December - Guava
What is it?
There are many species of guava, all sharing a distinctive sweet perfume that is instantly recognisable as tropical. But each has a slightly different nuance that has no doubt given rise to their individual names. Many of you might have tasted this mouth-watering treat, or at least have seen it or heard about […]
Fruit of the Month for November - Passionfruit
What is it?
Passionfruit come in several distinct types, varying in size, colour and taste. The most common, ones are the purple passionfruit - the size of an egg, round to egg-shaped with a thick, purple skin, which becomes dull and wrinkled as they ripen. Inside, the pulp is yellowish-orange, sweet and jelly-like with many edible, […]
What’s in Season for November?
Fruit
Avocado, banana, berries: young, mulberries, blueberries, cherries, grapefruit, loquats, mangoes, melons, Valencia oranges, papaya, paw paw, passionfruit, pineapples.
Vegetables
Artichoke (globe), Asian greens, asparagus, beans - green, cucumber, chillies, lettuce, spring onions, shallots, peas, potato, silverbeet, spinach, sweet corn, tomatoes, watercress, zucchini, zucchini flowers
