"ideas on the freshest produce this season coupled with gourmet recipes for the freshest produce in town
What's fresh?
Peaches
Flavour-packed peaches and nectarines continue to be a standout buy from your local greengrocer. Yellow-fleshed and white-fleshed fruit is now coming from orchards in Victoria and South Australia and has a good shelf life
If you love your strawberries then now is the time to enjoy sweet eating Victorian strawberries. Strawberries are highly perishable and recent extreme heat, is reducing shelf, so buy and eat with 1-2 day for maximum quality.
Golden or red-fleshed tangy plums are in season from December to early May. Give plums the ultimate summer treatment, cook them on the barbecue or toss wedges or slices through salads. Poached plums are delicious served with yoghurt.
Fragrant, tangy and tropical tasting, passionfruit team passionfruit is peaches, nectarines, mangoes, pineapples or berries and serve with a scoop of ice-cream
Tasmanian grown Karoda carrots have a superb flavour and their bright orange colour indicates they are a rich in vitamin A. This variety is also distinguishable by their shorter and thicker shape
Summer radishes add a pleasant peppery flavour to salads and crudités. Newer varieties of radish include the watermelon radish, French radish and the multi-coloured mixed bunches. Fabulous for making salads colourful and interesting.
Discover the interesting flavour and unique texture of okra. Used in Middles Eastern and Indian cookery, okra goes well with tomatoes, garlic, onions, potatoes, lemon juice and lamb
