January can seem like a bleak month for fruit and vegetables, but it's teeming with choices for hearty greens and root vegetables - perfect for making warming recipes in chilly weather!
Vegetables
Leeks, carrots, red cabbage, beetroot, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, chicory, Jerusalem artichokes, kale, chard, parsnips, swede, winter cabbage, potatoes.
Fruit
Blood oranges, pears, apples, clementines, lemons, oranges, passion fruit, pineapple, pomegranate, satsumas and tangerines.
Meat/Poultry
Venison, Game: pheasant, partridge.
Fish/Seafood
Cockles, mussels, oysters, scallops, haddock, halibut, John Dory, lemon sole, brill and plaice.
Others
Walnuts
Facts
- Carrots - High in Beta Carotene, which is converted into Vitamin A by your body and is good for healthy skin and eyes. Three heaped tablespoons of carrots count as one of your 5-a-day.
- Kale - A great source of iron, which enables your body to make new healthy red blood cells. Four heaped tablespoons of kale count as one of your 5-a-day.