An Easy Guide to Seasonal Eating (+ Free Download)
These days you can find fruits and vegetables in the supermarket or fruit and vegetable shop year round, regardless of whether they're in season or not. But whilst this is convenient, it may not be the best choice.
Health experts and chefs are always talking about "eating seasonally" - but what does it all mean - and why should you eat seasonally?
Eating seasonally carries benefits for your health, the community, the environment and your wallet.
It tastes better
When purchasing in-season fruits and vegetables, you're more likely to be purchasing fresher produce. Fresh is best both nutritionally and taste-wise!
It will save you money
When buying food that's in season, you're buying it at the peak of its supply - and that usually means it's cheaper to purchase.
You'll be supporting local producers
Whilst this isn't the case for all produce (it really depends where you buy it and what you're buying), buying seasonal produce gives you the opportunity to support local growers and farmers.
For example, you can buy cherries year round in Coles and Woolworths - but during winter when cherries aren't in season in Australia, you'll be buying imported cherries from the US - meaning the sales profits go overseas and not to local farmers. If you buy cherries in season, even from the supermarket, you'll be supporting Australian farmers.
Free Printable Guide
Get my Free Seasonal Eating Printable to stick on your fridge - or see the full list below!
The Seasonal Produce Guide - Full List
Spring
Fruit:
Bananas
Grapefruit
Lemons
Oranges
Vegetables:
Artichokes
Asparagus
Avocado
Beans
Beetroot
Broccoli
Brussel Sprouts
Cabbage
Cauliflower
Leeks
Mushrooms
Peas
Rhubarb
Silverbeet
Spinach
Spring Onions
Summer
Fruit:
Bananas
Berries
Cherries
Grapes
Mango
Melon (Honeydew, Rockmelon, Watermelon)
Nectarines
Oranges
Peaches
Plums
Vegetables:
Asparagus
Beans
Beetroot
Broccoli
Brussel Sprouts
Cabbage
Capsicum
Carrots
Cauliflower
Celery
Corn
Cucumbers
Eggplant
Leeks
Lettuce
Mushrooms
Pumpkin
Rhubarb
Spinach
Spring Onions
Tomatoes
Turnips
Zucchini
Autumn
Fruit:
Apples
Bananas
Figs
Grapes
Kiwifruit
Lemons
Nectarines
Peaches
Pears
Persimmons
Plums
Quinces
Vegetables:
Asparagus
Beans
Beetroot
Broccoli
Cabbage
Carrots
Cauliflower
Cucumbers
Eggplant
Lettuce
Mushrooms
Potatoes
Pumpkin
Snow Peas
Spring Onions
Sweetcorn
Tomatoes
Turnips
Zucchini
Winter
Fruit:
Bananas
Grapefruit
Kiwifruit
Lemons
Mandarins
Oranges
Vegetables:
Beans
Broccoli
Brussel Sprouts
Carrots
Cauliflower
Fennel
Mushrooms
Potatoes
Silverbeet
Spinach
