July - Foods In Season

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July is a peak month for fruit and vegetables, with the weather often being warm and sunny it's a chance to eat your seasonal produce al fresco! 

 

Vegetables

Artichoke, asparagus, aubergine, beetroot, broad beans, broccoli, cauliflower, celery, carrots, cos lettuce, courgettes, cucumber, fennel, french beans, iceburg lettuce, jersey royal new potatoes, mangetout, onions, peas, potatoes (maincrop), radishes, rhubarb, rocket, runner beans, savoy cabbage, sorrel, spinach, spring onions, turnips and watercress

 

Fruit

Apricots, blackberries, blueberries, bramley apples, cherries, gooseberries, kiwi fruit, lemons, melons, peaches, raspberries, redcurrants, strawberries and tomatoes

 

Meat/Poultry

Beef, chicken, lamb, pork and venison.

 

Fish/Seafood

Cockles, cod, coley, conger eel, crab, dab, dover sole, grey mullet, haddock, halibut, herring, john dory, lemon sole, lobster, mackerel, monkfish, plaice, pollack, prawns, salmon, sardines, scallops, sea bass, sea bream, sea trout, shrimp, squid and whitebait

 

Other

Basil, chervil, chillies, chives, coriander, curly parsley, dill, flat-leaf parsley, garlic, mint, mushrooms, oregano, rosemary, sage, sorrel, tarragon, thyme, wild mushrooms.

Facts

  • Watercress - Is a good source of vitamin C and folate. Folate helps your body make healthy red blood cells and vitamin C is needed for strong bones and healthy skin, it also helps us to absorb iron from the food we eat.

  • Beetroot - High in folate which helps our bodies to make healthy red blood cells

 

 

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