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Los seasonal vegetables they are those that are at their optimal moment of consumption and, therefore, provide us with more benefits and have a much more intense and natural flavour. Its smell, taste and texture are excellent at that moment.
The Organisation of Consumers and Users (OCU) creates every year a seasonal fruit and vegetable calendar in Spain. In Tapería Orgánica, we wanted to summarise that calendar for you in this article and answer some of the most frequent questions.
The vegetables that they reach their peak in spring these are artichokes, chard, spinach and leeks. It is also the season for lettuce, radishes, onions and carrots. The fruits with high availability in spring are strawberries, plums, apricots, cherries and blueberries.
The season of heat and sun is the time for a great variety of refreshing fruit such as pears, melon, watermelon, raspberry and blackberry. In summer, aubergines, peppers, tomatoes, potatoes, pumpkin, courgettes and beetroot are harvested.
Autumn It is the season for foods such as figs, Golden Delicious apples, Blanquilla pears, quinces, pomegranates, grapes and persimmons. In September, the first harvests of vegetables such as cauliflower, spinach, turnips, artichokes, wild asparagus and fennel also arrive.
Late autumn brings escarole and lettuce, and in December the season begins for most wintry vegetables like cabbage, celery and broccoli. Citrus fruits such as oranges, mandarins, grapefruits and lemons are the best allies at this time of year to keep your defenses always on high alert and to achieve radiant skin.
There are also fruits and vegetables that, depending on their reproductive cycle or where they are grown, can be found perfect all year round such as lemon, banana, avocado, mango, pineapple and kiwi.
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