Avocado orchards are found in Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia and Tasmania. Avocados are a perennial fruit and premium produce is available all year round because of the widespread and climatically diverse growing regions throughout the country. The peak supply period for Australian Avocados is between March and November
Hass
The Hass variety […]
A variety of fruits and vegetables are essential to a balanced diet. The best fruit and vegetables to eat are those that are in season. They are often the cheapest too.
Fruit; Bananas, Grapefruit, Lemons
Vegetables; Beanshoots, Broccoli, Carrots, Fennel, Mushrooms, Potato, Pumpkin, Silverbeet.
The most familiar way to eat walnuts is as shelled nut kernels or as in-shell walnuts that has long been a tradition of the Christmas season in Western European cultures.
However, this is not the only way large quantities of walnuts are consumed.
Salted pickled walnuts
Immature green walnuts (still inside the green husks) are picked prior to […]
A variety of fruits and vegetables are essential to a balanced diet. The best fruit and vegetables to eat are those that are in season. They are often the cheapest too.
Fruit; apples, bananas, grapefruit, grapes, kiwifruit, watermelon, figs, lemons, persimmons.
Vegetables; beanshoots, broccoli, carrot, cauliflower, mushrooms, potatoes, pumpkin, spring onions, turnips.
Fresh Figs are very perishable so don’t travel well and once they are picked they do not ripen any further. For these reasons, it is difficult to find good quality, ripe fruit in a fruit store. Once at home should be kept refrigerated.
The fragile skin often scars during the growing period from the leaves rubbing against […]
Passionfruit are in season during late summer but can be found throughout most of the year. When you are looking for passionfuit, look for fruit that feel slightly heavy for their size. Their skin should feel relatively thick and be slightly wrinkled.
Common varieties of passionfuit
The purple skin variety have a hard, smooth skin that begins to wrinkle […]
The markets are starting to see the first of the new season apples coming in now.
Apples contain no fat or cholesterol and are an excellent source of dietry fibre. Eating a medium sized apple will provide you with a third of your daily Vitamin C requirements and chewing an apple helps prevent tooth decay by stimulating […]
A variety of fruit and vegetables are essential to a balanced diet. The best fruit and vegetables to eat are those that are in season. They are often the cheapest too.
Fruit; bananas, blackberries, blueberries, grapes, nectarines, oranges, peaches, pears, plums, strawberries, tomatoes and watermelons.
Vegetables; asparagus, beans, beetroot, broccoli, cabbage, capsicum, carrot, celery, cucumber, eggplant, lettuce, […]
Valencia oranges are one of the most popular varieties of orange in Australia and are the main eating orange in summer. They are succulent and sweet and best known for their superior juice qualities.
As well as being known for their high content of Vitamin C, oranges contain carotenoids, bioflavonoids and provide a source of dietary fibre, […]
The best fruit and vegetables to eat are those that are in season. They are often the cheapest too.
Fruit; bananas, blackberries, blueberries, grapes, nectrines, oranges, peaches, plums, raspberries, rockmelons, strawberries, tomatoes and watermelon.
Vegetables; asparagus, beans, beetroot, broccoli, cabbage, capsicum, carrot, celery, cucumber, eggplant, lettuce, mushrooms, rhubarb, turnip, zucchini.
