Posted by kathryn in Vegetables and Fruit

It’s super-hot in Sydney today. Spring has barely sprung and yet temperatures are already topping 30°C. The wind is like being inside a hairdryer.

We’re out of the awkward seasonal transition month of September, so produce choices are getting better and better.

I’ve been eating lots and lots and LOTS of asparagus, it’s been super-cheap over the last few weeks. Blueberries are now coming to us from NSW, so they’re creeping down in price. On the other end of the scale, bananas are meant to be in season, but they’re blooming expensive – $8.99 per kilo for lady fingers in my local store.

Here are your best fruit and vegie choices over the next month.

Fruit

• Apples – apples are going out of season, however pink ladies are still beautiful, if a bit pricey
• Avocadoes are a wonder at the moment. Cheap, with rich and flavoury flesh
• Blueberries
• Grapefruit
• Mangoes – the Northern Territory mango season is on. Prices are still high, but quality looks excellent. They should be coming down in price over the next month
• Melons – unseeded watermelons and rockmelons in particular are coming down in price and improving in quality
• Mulberries
• Oranges (navels)
• Papaya
• Pineapples – Bethonga pineapples are particularly good
• Strawberries – although they’re from WA and Victoria

Vegetables

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• Asparagus – cheap and really good quality
• Globe artichokes
• Beans
• Broadbeans – delicious at the moment
• Cucumber
• Chillies
• Garlic
• Mushrooms
• Peas
• Silverbeet – I’m picking up huge bunches, with beautiful glossy, green leaves
• Snowpeas
• Spinach
• Sugar snap peas
• Watercress
• Zucchini

Reminder

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Pineapple photo by enchantress under the terms of a creative commons license

Broad bean photo by Janerc under the terms of a creative commons license

03 October, 2007