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Cook with the Seasons

Cook with the Seasons

When you cook with the seasons, you get the best value for your grocery money. Freshly picked fruits and vegetables taste better and have more nutrients than ones that have been stored for weeks or months. Scrumptious, healthy food means less waste too as your family finishes every bite.  You also rely less on global, industrial agriculture and the risk it creates with the illusion that food is never out of season.

Seasonal Cooking: Fruits, Vegetables, and Recipes

Seasonal cooking gives you automatic variety. Think of each season as having an early, middle, and late period when certain fruits and vegetables are at their peaks, easily available and wildly affordable. Here in Raleigh, North Carolina, early spring starts in March at the farmers’ market.

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Spring Vegetables and Fruit: What’s in Season
March seasonal vegetables: sweet potatoes, beets, kale, arugula April seasonal vegetables: lettuce, rainbow chard, arugula, tulips May seasonal vegetables and fruit: strawberries, summer squash, cauliflower, broccoli, beets, romaine lettuce
Summer Vegetables and Fruit: What’s in Season
seasonal vegetables June: carrots, cherry tomatoes, green beans, rainbow chard, shishito peppers, cabbage, flower salad mix seasonal produce July: peaches, peppers, corn, green beans, zucchini, tomatoes, potatoes, basil vegetables and fruit in season in August at the farmers' market: bell peppers, green beans, tomatoes, basil, potatoes, peaches, kale, and collards
Fall Vegetables: What’s in Season
farmers' market produce from September: bell peppers, eggplant, okra, bok choy, arugualSeptember October vegetables in season: butternut squash, collards, eggplant, peppers, green onions, mushrooms, sweet potatoesOctober what's in season November: kohlrabi, daikon, rainbow chard, mushrooms, sweet potatoes, mizuna, greensNovember
Winter Vegetables: What’s in Season
farmers' market vegetables December: lettuce, sweet potatoes, turnips, beets, tatsoi January vegetables from farmers' market: carrots, radishes, turnips, sweet potatoes, bok choi, kale, parley farmers' market vegetables February: carrots, collards, kale, mizuna

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