Menu Plan Monday – Seasonal Fruit And Vegetables For January

1. Strawberries, 2. Boysenberries, 3. Raspberry harvest – close- up, 4. Blueberries

This has to be the best time of year for fruits – berry time!

The following fruits and vegetables listed below are at their best and cheapest this month. These lists are for Australia, but if you live in the UK you can see what’s in season at Eat the Seasons UK and for North America Eat the Seasons US.

Fruits:
apricot, banana, berries – blackberry – blueberry – boysenberry – gooseberry – loganberry – mulberry – raspberry – strawberry, cherry – morello (sour), currants – red currant – black currant, lemons, lychee, mango, mangosteen, melons – honeydew – rockmelon – watermelon, nectarine, passionfruit, peach, pineapple – smooth leaf, plum, prickly pear, rambutan, starfruit, tamarillo.

Vegetables:
asparagus, avocado – reed, beans – butter – green – snake, capsicum, celery, choko, cucumber, eggplant, lettuce, okra, onions – salad – spring, peas – green – snow – sugar snap, radish, squash, sweetcorn, tomato, zucchini, zucchini flowers.

Now here is weekly family menu plan for the week:

Monday: Spaghetti Alla Matriciana

Baking: Chocolate Balls

Tuesday: Sausages And Steamed Vegetables

Wednesday: Fried Rice

Thursday: Baked Penne With Bacon

Friday: Left Overs

Saturday: Souvlakis

Sunday: Home Made Hamburgers And Salad

For more menu planning ideas head on over to Laura’s place at “I’m an Organizing Junkie“.