Fresh Fruits and Vegetables - What's in Season?

What's in Season?

Oprah.com | March 11, 2009

Shopping for fruits and vegetables in season at the grocery store

If you want to start cooking with more fresh fruits and vegetables, see what's in season during the fall, winter, spring and summer months. Plus, eating in-season produce is a simple way to save money on groceries and slash your bill at the supermarket.

Spring Fruits

Apricots—Try this recipe for Grilled Apricots
Avocados—Try this recipe for Chile Lime Crab Salad with Avocado
Carrots—Try this recipe for Carrot Cake with Soy Cream Cheese Frosting
Cherries—Try this recipe for Couscous Salad with Dried Cherries and Hazelnuts or tempt your sweet tooth with 6 outrageously delicious cherry desserts
Grapefruit—Try this recipe for Bittersweet Chocolate Basil Tart with Honey Grapefruit Sauce
Kiwis—Try this recipe for Baked Coconut and Lime Rice Pudding
Kumquats
Lemons—Try these recipes for Lemon-Infused Angel Hair Pasta or Lemon Crisps
Mango—Try these recipes for Coconut Shrimp with Mango-Mojo Dip or Mango Coconut Dream Pie
Pineapple—Try this recipe for an Antioxidant Smoothie
Navel oranges—Try this recipe for Stir-Fried Orange Beef with Sesame Seeds
Strawberries—Try these recipes for Mango-Strawberry Griddle Cakes or Chocolate-Dipped Strawberries from the Biggest Loser Ranch

Spring Vegetables

Artichokes—Try this recipe for Grilled Artichokes
Arugula—Try these recipes for Chicken and Pancetta Panini with Fontina, Arugula and Provençale Mustard or Orange Arugula and Vidalia Onion Salad
Asparagus—Try these recipes for Asparagus with Butter and Soy Sauce or Creamy Asparagus Soup
Beets—Try these recipes for Crunchy Raw Beetroot Salad with Feta and Pear or Chocolate Beet Mini-Cakes
Fava beans—Try this recipe for English Peas, Favas, and Asparagus with Mint
Fennel—Try this recipe for Shaved Fennel, Grapefruit, and Arugula Salad with Avocado Oil Vinaigrette or Red Pepper and Fennel Soup
Fiddleheads
Greens—Try this recipe for Risotto with Spring Greens and Prosciutto
Leeks—Try these recipes for Artichoke, Mushroom and Leek Crostini with Pesto or Leek, Pea, and Mint Soup or Halibut with New Potatoes, Artichokes, Leeks and Spring Garlic Aioli
Lettuce—Try this recipe for Cristina's Caesar Salad or Chinese Chicken Salad in Lettuce Cups
Morels—Try these recipes for Cornish Game Hens with Mushroom-Rice Stuffing or Pork Leg Pate with Mushroom Salad
Nettles
Spring onions—Try this recipe for Warm-Three Onion Dip
Parsley—Try this recipe for Avgolemono Soup
Peas—Try this recipe for Low-Fat Spaghetti Carbonara with Peas
Radishes—Try this recipe for Warm Rare Beef Salad with Miso Mustard and Spring Vegetables
Rhubarb—Try this recipe for Rhubarb Crumble or Cindy Crawford's Strawberry Rhubard Pie
Scallions—Try these recipes for Chinese Scallion Pancakes or Miso Noodle Soup
Spinach—Try this recipe for Indian Lamb and Spinach Curry for the Crock-Pot or Italian-Sausage Burgers with Garlicky Spinach
Swiss chard—Try this recipe for Cornmeal Crust Pizza with Greens and Ricotta or Red Swiss Chard with Onions and Currants or Colin Cowie's Curried Red Lentil and Swiss Chard Soup
Turnips—Try these recipes for Roast Duck with Cherries and a mash of sweet potatoes, turnips, and Yukon golds or Turnips and Broccoli Rabe with Parsley

Summer Fruits	Summer Vegetables
Apples Apricots Avocados Blackberries Blueberries Boysenberries Cactus pears Cherries Figs Melons Mulberries Nectarines Peaches Plums Raspberries Tomatoes Tomatillos Watermelon	Asparagus Basil Beets Broccoli Corn Cucumbers Eggplant Green beans Okra Peas Radishes Rhubarb Spinach Summer squash Zucchini

Fall | Winter | Spring

Your Fresh Fruit and Veggie Guide

If you want to start cooking with more seasonal, local produce, see what's ripe for the picking during the fall, winter, spring and summer months.

Fall Fruits	Fall Vegetables
Apples Avocados Bananas Clementines Cranberries Dates Figs Grapefruit Grapes Kiwi Kumquats Mandarin oranges Melons Oranges Pears Persimmons Pomegranates Raspberries	Beans Beets Bok choy Broccoli Broccoli rabe Brussels sprouts Cabbage Carrots Cauliflower Celery root Collard greens Garlic Jerusalem artichokes Kale Leeks Lettuce Parsnips Pumpkin Rhubarb Rutabaga Snow peas Spinach Sweet potatoes Swiss chard Turnips Watercress Winter squash

Winter | Spring | Summer

Winter Fruits	Winter Vegetables
Avocados Bananas Blood oranges Clementines Cranberries Grapefruit Grapes Guavas Kiwi Kumquats Limes Oranges Passion fruit Pears Persimmons Pomegranates Tangelos Tangerines	Artichokes Bok choy Broccoli Broccoli rabe Brussels sprouts Cabbage Cauliflower Celery root Jerusalem artichokes Kale Lettuce Parsnips Radishes Rhubarb Rutabaga Snow peas Sweet potatoes Turnips Watercress Winter squash

Fall | Spring | Summer

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