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Thursday 1st August 2019

Find out what is in season this month

August is the month for al-fresco dining, from picnics to BBQs, there’s no better way to make the most of summer. Check out what’s in season to make your food the freshest, tastiest yet.

Vegetables: artichoke, aubergine, beetroot, broad beans, broccoli, carrots, chillies, courgettes, cucumber, fennel, french beans, garlic, kohlrabi, lettuce & salad leaves, mangetout, marrow, onions, pak choi, peas, peppers, potatoes (maincrop), radishes, rocket, runner beans, spring onions, sweetcorn, tomatoes, turnips, watercress, wild mushrooms

Herbs: basil, chives, coriander, oregano, mint, parsley (curly), parsley (flat-leafed), rosemary, sage, sorrel, tarragon, thyme

Fruit: apricots [i], blueberries, cherries, damsons, figs [i], greengages, loganberries, melons [i], nectarines [i], peaches [i], plums, raspberries, redcurrants, strawberries

Meat: beef, lamb, rabbit, venison, wood pigeon

Fish: cod, coley, crab, dab, dover sole, grey mullet, haddock, halibut, herring, langoustine, lemon sole, mackerel, monkfish, pilchard, plaice, pollack, prawns, red mullet, salmon, sardines, scallops (queen), sea bass (wild), sea bream, sea trout, shrimp, squid, whelks

BBC Food has a whole page of seasonal recipe suggestions here.

To me nothing screams summer more than fresh veg which is why Griddled vegetables with feta and couscous is what I will be gravitating towards all month. It’s so simple and delicious.

 [i] Indicates seasonally imported produce

Source: EatTheSeason

Picture by: Heather Diane Hardinson 

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