Seasonal Food

Cherries Quite a delicacy and very much seasonal in terms of their availability here in the UK. Few pitted cherries to a salad bowl will provide a beautifully sweet hit when amongst other savoury ingredients. Equally adding a handful to natural yogurt will have you on your way to your 5 a day, and will mean only natural sugars are present in this snack or dessert.

Brocolis Broccoli has had somewhat of a resurgence ever since the media and marketing agencies branded it as a ‘superfood’. It appears in many a salad whether it is ‘charred’, ‘burnt’ or raw, it goes beautifully in a soup and when mixed into a tomato-based sauce for example it adds its own unique texture to the dish, or even a stir fry.

Seasonal in e FOOD

Whether it’s fruit, vegetables, freshwater fish or seafood you fancy, eating what’s in season now can mean tasty, nutritious, sustainable and cost-effective choices.

Plums

Plums vary in colour from green and yellow to the more commonly known deep red and purple fruits. They are unusual with the cloudiness to their skins, which is of no concern and is natural to all plum varieties. Plum trees can be planted over winter and then the fruits should be ready for picking when it comes round to summertime.

Tomatoes There are thousands of varieties of tomato! An extremely popular fruit (not a vegetable) worldwide due to their versatility being edible both raw and cooked, they are found tinned, sundried, and in hundreds of sauces too. Sauces that are made fresh from tins of tomatoes are fantastic as they can provide one of your 5 a day, and that’s before any vegetables have been added in.