Hi Alex,
I really want to get some fresh fruit and vegetables and do my best to follow the seasons. Can you tell me what I should be looking at in the markets at the moment? John, Romsey
Alex says: Fruits and vegetables at their best this month and available at the HFM markets are; apples, blackberries, blueberries, damsons, plums.
Cabbages, carrots, cauliflower, chard, courgette, cucumber, fennel, garlic, kale, lettuce, onion, runner beans, spinach, squashes, sweetcorn, tomatoes and watercress.
The blackberry season spans the end of the summer and the beginning of autumn. September blackberries are delicious served simply with a little sugar and a lot of cream! Later, further into autumn deliciously comforting hot in pies and puddings made by combining blackberries with the first apples of the season. Blackberries can be used instead of blueberries in the Alison’s blueberry muffin recipe.
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