One of the things you have to get used to, growing your own produce, is that when things come into season, you generally have heaps of the one fruit or vegetable (assuming the rabbits or wallabies haven’t helped themselves to your crop. Damn those rabbits). Conversely when things are out of season, that’s just it, there are none.
This is the beauty of eating with the seasons – you make the most of produce when it’s fresh and tasty and you seek alternatives for your meals when they’re no longer in season. We’re so used to being able to buy what we want, when we want it, I think we’ve forgotten when we should be picking and eating apples from the tree, when strawberries are at their best and when broccoli is being harvested. Because they’re in our supermarkets all the time. Goodness knows how far they’ve travelled, how long they’ve been frozen for, or what chemicals have been used to keep them looking good.
To get more into sync with Mother Nature, we’re trying to eat food that is as fresh and as local as possible. Continue reading →