Buying food in season makes sense for a few reasons.
And autumn, with its huge variety of fruits and vegetables for your table, is the perfect time to start. But why buy seasonal fruit and vegetables? Here’s why!
Seasonal Makes Sense
Fruit and vegetables (and even some meats for that matter) are seasonal. Food in season is fresher, tastier and more nutritious than out-of-season food that has been grown forcefully to meet the market.
Secondly in Cents
Buying food out of season also means it travels a long way to get to you and most likely wasn’t grown locally, which increases the cost to you. It is also likely to not be available in abundance translating to grocers charging as they please for it rather than competitively pricing for a flooded market.
Check out our list of in season fruit and vegetables that you need to stock up on and the recipes you can make out of them.
Autumn Fruits and Vegetables – with Recipes for Each!
1. Kiwi Fruit
Delightful Kiwi Ice Pops
2. Apples
Apple Pie
Stuffed Baked Apples
3. Avocados
Avocado Breakfast Bake
Crispy Baked Avocado Fries
4. Bananas
Eligh’s Caramelised Banana Bread
Dairy Free Banana Cake
5. Custard apples
Vietnamese custard apple (or soursop) smoothie
Custard Apple Ice Cream
6. Feijoa
Feijoa Loaf
Feijoa, ginger and almond crumble
7. Figs
Fig Apricot and Walnut Bread
Fig and Prosciutto Salad
8. Fuji Fruit
Grilled Fuji Fruit, Spinach And Rocket Salad
9. Grapes
Gluten-Free Green Grape Salad
Three-Cheese Roasted Grape Pizza
10. Guava
Mini Guava Cheesecakes
Guava BBQ Chicken Thighs
11. Limes
Grilled Chicken Breasts With Lime Sauce
Key Lime Pie
Raw Vegan Lime Cheesecake
12. Nashi Pears
Baked Nashi Pear
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Nashi Pear and Rocket Bruschetta
13. Oranges (Valencia)
Valencia Orange Honey Coconut Shrimp
Valencia Orange Cake
14. Oranges (Mandarin)
Ambrosia Salad
No-Bake Mandarin Orange Pretzel Parfait
15. Passionfruit
No-Bake Passionfruit Jelly Cheesecake
Passionfruit Butter
16. Pawpaw
Paw Paw Cake Recipe
Indiana Pawpaw Bread
17. Pears
Caramel Pear Bread
Paleo Pear Crumble
18. Persimmon
Persimmon Bread
Persimmon Butter
19. Plums
Plum Cobbler
Plum Tart
20. Pomegranates
Pomegranate Orange Muffins
Lamb Chops With Pesto and Pomegranate Sauce
21. Quinces
Quince Almond Cake
Quince Crumble Tart
22. Strawberry
Strawberry Bread
Dairy Free Strawberry Ice Cream
23. Tamarillo
Tamarillo Tart
Pan-fried Salmon with Tamarillo Salsa
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