What’s in season: Winter

    08 June 2011


Winter is well & truly here: time for organic root vegetables, brassicas & citrus fruit to shine!

Here’s what to expect from the organic market.


Vegetables

Asian greens - Wholefoods House-Grown varieties of bok choy, pak choy 
and choy sum.

organic carrot salad

Beetroot - Dynamic vege: boil, roast, grate or juice! 

Broccoli

Brussel sprouts - From Kurrawong Organics, Bathurst.

Cabbage – Red, green and Savoy. Fantastic value from local grower in Dapto, near Wollongong.

Carrots - Try Roast Carrot Salad

Cauliflower – From Kurrawong Organics, Bathurst.

Celery

organic pea soupFennel – Wholefoods House-Grown.

Leek – Wholefoods House-Grown

Lettuce – Wholefoods House-Grown Cos lettuces.

Onions 

Parsnip – Try Pea & Parsnip Soup

Potatoes

Pumpkin - Good value Jap and butternut. Try Pumpkin, Coconut & Coriander Soup

Radicchio 

Shallots - Wholefoods House-Grown; picked young for sweet delicate flavour.

organic lentil daal

Silverbeet

Spinach

Sweet potato - Try it in Red Lentil Daal

Swede

Turnip


Fruits

Apples - Beautiful, crisp premium fruit from Forest Orchards in S.A.
Translucent patches in the flesh indicate natural sugars, meaning the
apples have ripened on the tree. Try Winter Fruit Compote

poached organic pear

Avocadoes - Creamy Hass variety. Try Miso, Avocado & Egg Toasts

Bananas – Market price remains high.

Grapefruit

Kiwifruit

Lemons - Abundant supply. Look out for Meyer Lemons, an extremely sweet and juicy variety thought to be crossed with the mandarin.

Mandarins – Everyone’s favourite variety, Imperials, are startening to come in: 
expect juicy sweet flesh, loose skin and few seeds. 

Oranges - Amazing Navels from Colo River (Hawkesbury region) are in!

Pears – Buerre Bosc and Packhams. Try Poached Pears with Honey & Cinnamon

Rhubarb