Seasonal Fruits and Vegetables for July + What You Can Cook With Them
In this article, you’ll find an overview of the seasonal vegetables and fruits for the month of July. By cooking with seasonal produce, you’re always working with the most flavorful ingredients available right now. It’s also more environmentally friendly because it requires less energy—for example, to heat greenhouses. Seasonal vegetables also travel far fewer kilometers when it comes to transportation. Of course, make sure the country of origin is Belgium (or the Netherlands, if you live there😉). For the reasons mentioned above, seasonal produce is often much cheaper as well.
If you click on the underlined ingredients, you’ll be taken to a recipe that features these summer vegetables or fruits. That way, you can get started right away on capturing that wonderful summer feeling in a dish. Because eating seasonal produce is a fantastic way to experience the world right in your own neighborhood. Let that sink in for a moment. 😉
Would you please give a thunderous round of applause for the stars of… July!
Seasonal vegetables for July:
- Endive
- Artichoke
- Eggplant (recipe: Eggplant Salad with Halloumi: One-Pot Meal)
- Pickle
- Cauliflower(recipe: Summer Cauliflower Salad)
- Beans (recipe: curry packed with vegetables)
- Broccoli (recipe: pan-seared salmon with vegetables)
- Broccolini
- Mushrooms (recipe: one-pot dish with eggplant and spinach)
- Chinese cabbage
- Zucchini (recipe: chocolate spread with zucchini)
- Peas
- Celeriac
- Cucumber (recipe: pasta salad with cottage cheese)
- Kohlrabi
- Spring onion (recipe: Quick 6-Ingredient Salad)
- Pak choi
- Bell Pepper (recipe: wrap with bell peppers and sun-dried tomatoes)
- Parsley (recipe: salad with pear and feta cheese)
- Pumpkin
- Purslane
- Leek
- Turnip
- Rhubarb
- Radish
- Black radish (recipe: creamy soup with daikon radish)
- Beet (recipe: Açaí puree with beets and parsnips)
- Red Cabbage
- Savoy Cabbage
- Celery
- Lettuce (recipe: Surprising Lettuce Boats)
- Spinach (recipe: spinach and feta salad)
- Pointed Cabbage
- Tomato (recipe: wrap with avocado and salmon)
- Garden cress
- Fennel
- Swiss chard
- Watercress
- Chicory (recipe: chicory salad)
- White cabbage
- Carrot (recipe: spaghetti packed with vegetables)
Seasonal Fruit for July
- Strawberry (recipe: Summer Drink with Grapefruit and Strawberries)
- Apricot (recipe: tarts with apricot filling and chocolate)
- Blueberry (recipe: blueberry parfait)
- Blackberry (recipe: chocolate cake)
- Raspberry (recipe: raspberry smoothie)
- Cherry
- Nectarine (recipe: Oven-Baked Nectarines with Crumble)
- Red berry
- Black currant
Did you find this list of seasonal produce helpful? If so, share it with everyone you love. That way, together we can help the world enjoy healthy food!
Sources:
Seasonal Calendar | Velt. (n.d.).https://velt.nu/seizoenskalender?tid%5B251%5D=251&field_groente_target_id=All&field_fruit_target_id=All&page=1
Seasonal Vegetable Calendar. (n.d.). Lekker van Bij Ons.https://www.lekkervanbijons.be/producten/groenten/seizoenskalender-groenten
Fruit and Vegetable Seasonal Calendar. (n.d.). http://www.vlaanderen.be.https://www.vlaanderen.be/publicaties/groente-en-fruitseizoenskalender
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