What are the seasonal foods in winter in Tasmania?
Eating locally grown food can be good for you and your budget
This winter 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 winter favourites among our other staple foods:
- Cauliflower
- Broccoli
- Fennel
- Beetroot
- Citrus
- Brussels Sprouts
- Silverbeet
Check out Eat Well Tasmania’s excellent booklet with recipes you can make from foods available to us in winter right now.
How to make Smashed Broad Beans on Toast
Thanks to Eat Well Tasmanian for this recipe packed with greens. It works for breakfast, lunch or even a light dinner!
Visit Eat Well Tasmania for more great recipes.
Cooking time
15 mins
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup frozen peas
- 1/2 avocado
- 1/3 cup of cooked broad beans, mashed
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- Juice of half a lemon
- Handful of chopped mint
- 1 thick slice of sourdough or wholemeal bread, toasted with olive oil for drizzling
- Black pepper
- Pinch of salt
- 20g goats cheese or feta, crumbled (optional)
Method
- Put the frozen peas in a bowl and pour over a cup of boiling water. Let sit for five minutes then drain well.
- Dry the bowl and return the peas. Add the avocado, broad beans, olive oil, lemon juice and mint and smash and mix with a fork. You don’t want a smooth paste, keep it chunky.
- Place the toast on a plate, drizzle with a little olive oil, then spoon on and spread over the green smash.
- Add pepper and salt, then crumble the cheese over the top.
This information is general in nature and individualised medical advice should be sought from a general practitioner (GP) or appropriate medical practitioner.
