Seasons come and go so make the most of them by filling up on vegetables that are in season at the time. Not only are they fresh and rich in flavour but in season vegetables are generally cheaper and often on sale.
There are many benefits of eating seasonal vegetables. They are generally:
- cheaper
- fresher
- tastier
- good for supporting growers
- higher in nutritional content
- good for the planet
Here’s a list of veggies to pop in your basket by season.
Summer (Dec-Feb)
- asparagus
- avocado
- beans
- beetroot
- cabbage
- capsicum
- carrot
- celery
- corn
- cucumber
- daikon
- eggplant
- leek
- lettuce
- okra
- onion
- peas
- potato
- radish
- shallot
- silverbeet
- snow peas
- spring onion
- squash
- sugar snap peas
- tomato
- watercress
- zucchini
- zucchini flower
Autumn (Mar-May)
- artichokes
- asian greens (bok choy, choy sum, gai laan, wombok)
- avocado
- beans
- beetroot
- broccoli
- brussels sprouts
- cabbage
- capsicum
- carrot
- cauliflower
- celery
- choko
- corn
- cucumber
- daikon
- eggplant
- fennel
- leek
- lettuce
- mushrooms
- okra
- onion
- parsnip
- potato
- pumpkin
- shallot
- silverbeet
- spinach
- spring onion
- squash
- swede
- sweet potato
- tomato
- turnip
- watercress
- witlof
- zucchini
Winter (Jun-Aug)
- asian greens (bok choy, choy sum, gai laan, wombok)
- avocado
- broad beans
- broccoli
- broccolini
- brussels sprouts
- cabbage
- capsicum
- carrot
- cauliflower
- celeriac
- celery
- chokos
- cucumbers
- eggplants
- fennel
- horseradish
- kale
- kohlrabi
- leek
- mushrooms
- okra
- onion
- onion, spring
- parsnip
- potato
- pumpkin
- radish
- shallot
- silverbeet
- spinach
- swede
- sweet potato
- turnip
Spring (Sep-Nov)
- artichoke
- asian greens (bok choy, choy sum, gai laan, wombok)
- avocado
- beans
- beetroot
- broccoli
- brussels sprouts
- cabbage
- carrot
- cauliflower
- celery
- choko
- corn
- daikon
- eggplant
- fennel
- leek
- lettuce
- mushrooms
- okra
- onion
- parsnip
- peas
- potato
- pumpkin
- radish
- shallot
- silverbeet
- spinach
- spring onion
- squash
- swede
- sweet potato
- tomato
- turnip
- watercress
- witlof
- zucchini
Download our guide to VEG BY SEASON
Content contributed by Nutrition Australia
