Thanks to our calendar of spring fruits and vegetablesfind, month by month, the best flavors of the season and make the right choices at the primeur!
Fruits and vegetables for the month of April
Long live spring and its tasty fruits and vegetables. The beautiful days are timidly coming back… and we’re enjoying it on the plate too! To put on the menu? Leafy vegetables, root vegetables, peas – small, gourmet… – etc. While on the fruit side, we still enjoy the latest exotic delights!
Vegetables of the month for April:
- Garlic, onion, shallot and other species of the alliaceae family are ideal for seasoning all kinds of dishes and can be eaten raw, in salads, or cooked in omelettes, gratins and pies…
- asparagus – whose season lasts from April to the end of June – is at its peak of flavor at the very beginning of its season, that is to say in the month of April. And this is especially true for green asparagus.
- cabbage, the cabbage family is so vast that there are dozens of ways to cook it as well in soup as in a gratin, in a frying pan, roasted in the oven and even raw, by crunching the small bouquets of cauliflower just rinsed!
- bean
- romaine lettuce
- radish
- pea ; at the peak of their freshness, you can even eat them raw, in a salad, just out of their pod. But they are also very good cooked, with carrots, in Cantonese rice, pan-fried vegetables…
- gourmet peas
- watercress, purslane, spinach: it’s the season for leafy vegetables, rich in antioxidants and renowned for their ability to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, so many good reasons to enjoy them!
- cucumber
- morel, if the first morels are found on the sunny days of February, the peak season for this mushroom really begins in March… and lasts until June!
- the hub…
The fruits of the month of April:
- Kiwi ; the kiwi season lasts from November to May there is still time to enjoy it! Originally from China, this little fruit is also grown in the Pays de l’Adour – between Pau and Bayonne -; a good option to reduce your carbon footprint.
- apple
- attorney ; this is the very end of the avocado season, which lasts from October to April. April is the ideal month to feast on this fruit full of benefits without further contributing to the harmful impact of its cultivation on the environment.
- banana
- lemon ; it is available all year round, so take advantage of it!
- passion fruit ; passion fruit is eaten throughout winter and early spring, April offers the last chance to taste seasonal passion fruit!
- mango; they can be found all year round because mangoes come from all over the world, depending on the season. In April, it is the ideal season to taste the mangoes from Burkina Faso and Côte d’Ivoire
- orange ; April is the last month to take advantage of oranges, the full season of which begins in December.
- grapefruit
- papaya
- pear ; like the mango and the apple, you can find them all year round on the stalls. In April, we feast on William pears, Conference and Abate
Fruits and vegetables for May
“In May, do what you please”, it is also valid on the plate! May is asparagus season; a vegetable that appeals to the masses – and whose season lasts too little in the general opinion of gourmets -! It is also an opportunity to feast on sweet products: peach, plum, nectarine but also strawberries delight us and give substance to all desserts! We also think of taking advantage of rhubarb season : sublimated in tarts as beautiful as they are tasty, it’s a delight!
Vegetables of the month for May :
- ail
- artichoke; grown in Brittany and the South of France, it can be tasted en primeur from May … and is full of health benefits. Enjoy your food !
- asparagus
- eggplant ; this vegetable of the sun is harvested from the month of May. It is rich in fibre, B vitamins and minerals. It is eaten mainly cooked, both cold in dips and hot in a Provençal tian, a ratatouille…
- chard; rich in fiber, antioxidants, vitamins and minerals, we have everything to gain by putting them on the menu.
- beet ; they can be found all year round, vacuum-packed, but the peak beet season extends from April to September.
- chou
- cucumber ; raw, in a salad or to dip in a homemade spread and even to cook in tzatziki, cucumber has the taste of sunny days!
- zucchini ; this sun vegetable is harvested between May and September.
- cresson
- spinach
- fennel
- lettuce
- onion
- potato
- pea
- radish
- rhubarb,
- rocket,
- sage
- thyme…
The fruits of the month of May:
- banana
- cherry ; its season is short – from the end of May to August maximum – we waste no time in enjoying it!
- citron
- strawberry ; it’s the perfect time to taste gariguette or ciflorette!
- passion fruit
- kiwi
- mango
- strawberry
- melon
- nectarine
- orange
- grapefruit
- papaya
- grapefruit; May is the last chance to consume this seasonal fruit, because its season ends precisely in May.
- apple ; May marks the beginning of the Pink Lady apple season, advice to lovers…
- prune
- fishing
- rhubarb; its season is very short (April to July) and the month of May is really the peak season for rhubarb. Fan of this tangy fruit? It supports freezing very well, so it’s also time to stock up!
- tomato…
Fruits and vegetables for the month of June
June is cherry season. We won’t add anything more (even if the month of June has other excellent vegetables and fruits)!
Vegetables of the month for June:
- artichoke
- asparagus
- aubergine
- beet
- chard
- broccoli; its peak season begins in June and lasts until November.
- cauliflower
- cucumber
- courgette
- fennel,
- bean
- green bean, its season begins at the very end of June.
- lettuce
- onion
- sorrel
- pea ; it’s the plain season for vegetables whose seasonality is ultra short
- pepper ; from June until the end of summer, the pepper – in all its colors – offers the possibility of feasting as well as filling up with antioxidants, vitamins…
- potato
- radish; it’s the end of the season for radishes!
- rhubarb
- arugula …
The fruits of the month of June:
- apricot
- almond
- attorney
- banana
- cerise
- citron
- fig
- strawberry
- raspberry ; it is picked from the end of June in the sunniest regions… Pies, clafoutis, ice cream, smoothies, cheesecake, jams: a delight for gourmets!
- passion fruit
- kiwi
- lychee; June marks the start of the lychee season… which we can enjoy until August!
- melon
- nectarine, its season lasts from June to September. It is eaten juicy by biting into it, but the nectarine can also be cooked in pies, cakes, jams, jellies…
- papaya
- watermelon
- fishing … but not fishing, the season of which begins in September!
- prune
- tomato, the season begins in July but in the sunniest regions, you can taste the first tomatoes from the end of June…
Why prefer seasonal fruits and vegetables?
Prefer seasonal fruits and vegetables? We hear about it all the time! But between expert recommendations and real usefulness, we sometimes see a little blurry. Are seasonal products really better, and to what extent? We take stock.
- 1/ To take advantage of the nutritional benefits
The major advantage of seasonal products is that they have matured naturally … and are thus tastier and bursting with nutritional benefits (unlike fruits that have ripened during transport, for example).
- 2/ To preserve the environment
Offering fruits and vegetables that are not in season is a source of pollution; at several levels. Generally imported, fruits and vegetables that are not in season travel for long hours by plane, boat, truck … all very polluting. Other pollution attributed to these fruits and vegetables? THE chemical products used to allow their conservation, the chemical fertilizers and pesticides spread on agricultural land to allow their cultivation, unnecessary and numerous packaging …
- 3/ To support short circuits
Everything is connected. By favoring fruits and vegetables that have not crossed the planet (or even the country), we reduce pollution but we can also contribute to supporting small local producers – whether by obtaining supplies directly from farmers or by ensuring at the origin of those that we buy in supermarkets – and limit its carbon footprint. Ready to enter the virtuous circle?
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