Eat Well

What's in season?

SPRING

Vegetables

Artichoke, Asian greens — bok choy, choy sum, gai laan, wonga bok — asparagus, avocados, beans — broad and green — broccoli, cabbage, carrot, cauliflower, choko, cucumber, leek, lettuce, mushrooms — Morel — onions — salad and spring — peas — green, snow and sugar snap — potato, pumpkin, silverbeet, spinach, sweet potato, watercress and zucchini flowers.

Fruit

Apples — Lady Williams — banana, cherry, cumquat, grapefruit — pink and yellow — lemon, loquat, lychees, mandarins — Ellendale and Murcot — mango, melons — honeydew, rockmelon and watermelon — oranges — blood and Seville — papaya, pawpaw, pineapple — smooth leaf — starfruit, strawberries and tangelo.

Seasonal tip› When choosing a cucumber, check the ends carefully for any wrinkling and softness as these are signs of

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