With a week of rain keeping many of us indoors, now is the perfect time to get creative in the kitchen. From warming family favourites to colourful salads and sweet seasonal fruit, your local independent fruit and vegetable store displaying the A better choice! logo has plenty to inspire meals that brighten grey days.
This week, our pick of the week is Green Cabbage from Toowoomba and Gatton. With strong supply making it great value for shoppers, Green Cabbage is a versatile kitchen staple with a mild, slightly sweet flavour and satisfying crunch. Rich in vitamin C and fibre, it is delicious in salads, slaws, stir-fries or cooked in hearty family meals. For a fun meal the kids can help prepare, try Okonomiyaki – Japanese Pancake for Kids.
Grown in Stanthorpe, Button Mushrooms are a kitchen favourite and readily available, making them an easy choice for this week’s menu. With their earthy flavour and tender texture, Mushrooms are delicious sautéed, roasted or added to pasta, omelettes and stir-fries. They provide B vitamins and are a source of selenium, which acts as a powerful antioxidant. Store them in a paper bag in the refrigerator to help keep them fresh. For a flavour-packed meal, try Creamy Mushroom and Blue Cheese Pasta.
Fresh Flat and Broad Beans from Bundaberg, Childers and North Queensland are arriving in plentiful volumes, bringing colour and crunch to the dinner table. Packed with fibre, folate and plant-based protein, Beans are a nutritious addition to spring meals. Choose Beans that feel firm and look bright, with no signs of wilting or blemishes. Steam, blanch or lightly sauté them with garlic and olive oil for a simple seasonal side.
Continuing its reign from North Queensland, Seedless Watermelon is delivering excellent eating quality, with sweet, juicy flesh that offers a refreshing taste of summer. Naturally rich in water, Watermelon is ideal for keeping hydrated on warmer days and is delicious in fruit salads, smoothies or enjoyed chilled. For a fresh, flavour-packed twist, try Seedless Watermelon Fire and Ice Salsa.
Bringing a little sweetness to the fruit bowl, Honeydew Melons from Bowen and Gumlu are also in good supply. Their pale green flesh is delicious chilled, served with breakfast or added to fruit platters. Choose a Melon that feels heavy for its size and has a subtle sweet aroma. Once cut, store it covered in the refrigerator and enjoy within a few days.
Brighten rainy days with fresh, seasonal produce and a little creativity in the kitchen. Visit your local independent fruit and vegetable store displaying the A better choice! logo for quality produce sourced through the Brisbane Markets, Queensland’s Heart of Fresh Produce.
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 50 wholesalers who receive fresh produce from thousands of 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 community experts in their field and provide excellent customer service… with a smile.
Here’s the thing: no one can match A better choice! fruit shops for FRESH! Every morning, your local fruit shop retailer hand picks a diverse selection of high-quality fresh fruit and vegetables from the Brisbane Markets.
Make your first choice A better choice! with local, independent retailers throughout Southeast Queensland. Find your local fruit and vegetable retailer at www.abetterchoice.com.au/store-locator/ and make A better choice!
