The last official month of summer where the children enjoy the time off of school and many people enjoy their summer holidays. With weather continuing to bring us warmth and a vast selection of fruits and vegetables, why not enjoy this month's food with a picnic!
Vegetables
Artichoke, aubergine, beetroot, broad beans, broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, celery, courgettes, cucumber, curly lettuce, fennel, french beans, iceburg lettuce, leeks, curly lettuce, mangetout, marrow, onions, peas, peppers (capsicum), potatoes (maincrop), radishes, red cabbage, rocket, runner beans, savoy cabbage, sorrel, spinach, spring green cabbage, sweetcorn, and watercress
Fruit
Apricots, blackberries, blueberries, Bramley apples, kiwi fruit, melons, nectarines, peaches, plums, raspberries, redcurrants, strawberries and tomatoes
Meat/Poultry
Beef, lamb and pork.
Fish/Seafood
Cod, crab, crayfish, dover sole, grey mullet, haddock, halibut, herring, john dory, lemon sole, lobster, mackerel, monkfish, plaice, salmon, sardines, scallops, sea bass, squid and turbot.
Other
Garlic.
Facts
- Tomatoes - Contain vitamin C, which helps keep bones strong and skin healthy.
- Blackberries - Provide the antioxidant vitamin E which helps to protect the body's cells from damage.