With the winter football season coming to an end, why not support another team of Queenslanders that provides you with fresh, quality produce every week, even when the season is over. That is right, your local independent A better choice! store is stocked with premiership-quality fruit and vegetables from growers across Australia, sourced through the Brisbane Markets.
Our pick of the week is Green Oak Lettuce from the Sunshine Coast and Caboolture. Green Oak Lettuce is a variety of hydroponic Lettuce that has a mild, sweet flavour, and is perfect for salads, sandwiches and burgers, as well as for the big game. Only wash your lettuce once you are ready to use it and keep the head of the lettuce intact until you are ready to eat. When storing the lettuce, wrap the head in a damp paper towel and place it in an open plastic bag to ensure it can breathe before placing it in the fridge, where it should keep for anywhere between seven and 10 days.
Roma Tomatoes from Bowen are in abundance this week, and they are the perfect ingredient for cooking, making sauces, and drying. Stock up on these juicy tomatoes while they are of fantastic value. If you are up to the challenge, get creative in the kitchen and whip up a pasta sauce from scratch, or prepare some Tomato chutney or paste to store for later use.
Also from growing regions in Bowen, the Yellow Bull Horn Capsicum, also known as Corno di Toro Giallo, is in great supply. Give this Corn Cakes with Yellow Capsicum Relish a try this week. You could also combine with our other picks, Green Oak Lettuce and Roma Tomatoes, and create yourself a delicious, vibrant salad or add them to a juicy burger, especially for those who may be entertaining at home watching the Grand Final on Sunday.
A unique fruit that is in great supply right now is Bitter Melon, also known as an Asian Gourd. Bitter Melons are grown in North Queensland and the Northern Territory. For those who have not come across this fruit before, they are an oblong cucumber-like fruit with wrinkled skin. Although Bitter Melons are commonly used as a vegetable, they are a fruit and can be eaten just like a cucumber or added into stir-fries and curries.
From the Sunshine Coast, Mulberries are also making their way to your local fruit and veg shop through the Brisbane Markets right now. These sweet, slightly tart, and juicy berries are the perfect snack or healthy addition to your dessert. Mulberries have various health benefits, and contain vitamins C, E and K as well as fibre, potassium and iron. With a large array of Queensland-grown produce in offer this week, make sure you head to your local independent A better choice! store with produce sourced through the Brisbane Markets.
About Brisbane Markets
As Queensland’s only central fruit and vegetable market, the Brisbane Markets is the state’s most important centre for the marketing and distribution of fresh fruit and vegetables. It records an annual trade of over 700 million kilograms of produce valued at more than $2 billion.
An important economic and employment hub, more than 4,500 people work or do business at the markets each day through over 170 businesses. This includes over 45 wholesalers who receive fresh produce from over 7,000 growers and trade five days a week to more than 800 registered buyers.
About Brisbane Markets Limited
Brisbane Markets Limited (BML) is the owner of the Brisbane Markets site and is responsible for its ongoing management and development.
BML provides infrastructure and services to facilitate the marketing of fresh food, flowers and other ancillary products for fruit, vegetable and flower wholesalers, retailers, provedores, secondary wholesalers, food processors, transporters, exporters, industry organisations and market support businesses.
More information can be found on our website: www.brisbanemarkets.com.au.
About A better choice!
The A better choice! retailers are hardworking local family business owners, who are passionate about fruit and vegetables, they are our experts in their field and provide excellent customer service… with a smile.
Here’s the thing: no one can match A better choice! fruit and vegetable retailers for FRESH! Every morning, they hand pick a diverse selection of high-quality fresh fruit and vegetables from the Brisbane Markets, sourced from thousands of Australian farms.
Make your first choice A better choice! with local retailers throughout Southeast Queensland including Brisbane, Ipswich, Toowoomba, Sunshine Coast, Gold Coast and Tweed Heads. Please click on the link to find your local fruit retailer www.abetterchoice.com.au/store-locator/ . By shopping at your local fruit and veg shop, you are making A better choice!
About Brismark
Brismark is a member organisation which represents and serves the needs of the wholesaling sector of the fresh fruit and vegetable industry – in particular, the primary wholesalers that operate out of the Brisbane Markets at Rocklea. Brismark provides industry representation, and a range of financial and business services to support the wholesaling sector of the fresh fruit and vegetable industry and their associated businesses and actively contributes to strengthen the Central Market system. Brismark also oversees the A better choice! retailer program in Queensland.
