What are the seasonal foods in spring in Tasmania?
Eating locally grown food can be good for you and your budget
This spring try foods that are fresh, in season, grown locally and support local farmers, which sometimes are cheaper too. Fresh, locally grown foods may be more nutritious than foods that have been in storage or travelled from overseas. If you’re looking for lower priced foods, locally grown, in-season foods are sometimes cheaper too. You may find them at local grocers, markets, roadside stalls, local food ‘crop swap‘ groups, and community gardens (volunteer to help, grow your own and sometimes they have free excess produce to share), or you or a friend or family member may even grow them at home.
So, what are the seasonal foods in winter? Our good friends at Eat Well Tasmania suggest we enjoy some of these spring favourites among our other staple foods:
- Asparagus
- Cabbage
- Carrots
- Daikon radish
- Lettuce
- Mushrooms
- Zucchini
Check out Eat Well Tasmania’s excellent booklet with recipes you can make from foods available to us in spring right now.
How to make Asparagus & Spring Greens Quiche
Thanks to Eat Well Tasmania for this recipe packed with spring greens for a great breakfast, lunch or light dinner. Serve hot with vegetables or cold with salad. Visit Eat Well Tasmania for more great recipes.
Cooking time
50 minutes. Serves 6.
Ingredients
- 6 eggs
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 3 cups spring greens (e.g. kale, silver beet, spinach), roughly chopped
- 150g feta or goat’s cheese
- 1 bunch asparagus, trimmed and cut into bite sized pieces
- 1 brown onion
- 1 tbsp fresh rosemary, chopped (or 1 tsp dried)
- 1 tbsp fresh thyme, chopped (or 1 tsp dried)
- 1/2 cup mushrooms, sliced
- Wholemeal short-crust pastry
- Salt and pepper
Method
- Preheat oven to 180ºC.
- Whisk eggs and milk together in a bowl.
- In a medium saucepan, over medium heat, add olive oil then sauté onions, mushrooms, rosemary and thyme for 5-7 minutes. Remove pan from heat and stir through chopped greens until wilted.
- Grease a 24cm quiche dish and line with pastry. Pour in veggie mix and evenly spread over base.
- Top the veggie mix with asparagus and crumbled goat’s cheese or feta. Pour the egg mixture evenly across the dish. Season with salt and pepper.
- Back for 40 minutes or until set.
This information is general in nature and individualised medical advice should be sought from a general practitioner (GP) or appropriate medical practitioner.
