Eating seasonal fruits and vegetables is important for the environment, for health and for your wallet. We tend to think that the winter months are not very rich in healthy vegetables. But that’s not the case: even the December shopping can be enriched with seasonal fruit and vegetables. Indeed, eating fresh food is most important during the winter months. Vitamins can in fact help the body’s immune defenses. So here are the products that should not be missing in the cart in December.
Seasonal fruit in December
Among the fruits to taste in December, there are certainly citrus fruits: oranges, clementines, cedars, grapefruits, lemons and mandarins. Less known throughout Italy, but just as nutritious, is the bergamot. This fruit grows along the Costa dei Gelsomini, in Calabria. Citrus fruits are recommended for their high vitamin C content. But not everyone knows that another winter fruit is even richer in this important nutrient. This is the kiwi, which therefore enters among the products that must not be missing in the cart in December.
In addition, in December you can still taste:
cachi;
chestnuts;
my;
melograno;
pear;
grapes.
The best vegetables to buy in the winter months
In winter, it’s time to fill up on cabbage. You can taste cauliflower, cabbage, savoy cabbage and Brussels sprouts. Among these stands out the kale, with extraordinary nutritional properties. Space also for beets, not very present in Italian cuisine. They can be eaten cooked, but also raw, in salads. We must also not forget the potatoes. We often tend to demonize them, thinking they make you fat. But they can be safely used to replace cereals and legumes.
Finally, here are all the other vegetables that cannot be missing in the cart in December:
garlic
beets;
broccoli;
artichokes;
cardi;
carrots;
chicory;
turnip greens;
onions;
fennel;
endive;
lettuce;
leeks;
radicchio;
celery and celeriac;
topinambur;
pumpkin
You are spoiled for choice!
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