Seasonal Veggies from Fratelli

Once in a while when I go shopping at a decent green-grocers, I remember that I should be embracing the change of weather and eating seasonally. Not only do the veggies taste better but it's probably more responsible to avoid having food shipped out from across the globe or have it sitting in cold storage for months on end.

Fratelli always have great veggies and they tell you what's currently in season. I also noticed for the first time their useful board with a long list of potatoes and their uses. My shopping bag included: broad beans, celeriac, brussell sprouts and fennel that are in season now. This is a useful list of seasonal veggies in Sydney throughout the year.

Broad beans have a really short season. Even though it's a pain to shell them, boil them and then pull them out of the second grey coloured shell, just remember that in a few weeks you'll have to wait another year before you can buy fresh broad beans again. So, enjoy them while they're here.

For tonights menu, we have: broadbean and mint bruschetta, celeriac and dutch cream potato mash, lemon and honey fried haloumi on red oak leaf lettuce. I have to go a bit easier on the honey next time and remember to give the haloumi just 2 minutes on each side. Marinating the haloumi in the 4 tablespoons of lemon juice and 2 tablespoons of honey for at least an hour makes a tasty difference.