Celebrate your mum this Mother’s Day, by taking over the kitchen and preparing a delicious home-cooked meal or special treat made from fresh, seasonal, and quality produce available at your local, independent A better choice! fruit and veg store.
This week’s pick of the week is Pink Lady Apples, from Stanthorpe and growing regions in New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia. Pink Ladies are known for their bright, tangy-sweet flavour with subtle buttery notes and crisp texture, making them a great option to match with savoury ingredients. Although Pink Lady Apples stand out, all varieties of Apples are a great buy this week. Incorporate them into your everyday diet, from oatmeal topped with Apple slices for breakfast, Apple sauce to pair with dinner or even the perfect on-the-go quick snack. If heading out for a Mother’s Day picnic, why not try this delicious Ploughman’s Lunch, or if you need a great dessert to treat Mum, try these scrumptious Hasselback Apples.
Add some zing to your shopping cart with some juicy North Queensland-grown Lemons, which are in great supply right now. This Lemon Drizzle Cake is the perfect table centrepiece for your Mother’s Day brunch, lunch or afternoon tea!
Imperial Mandarins continue to be a Markets favourite and are great value this week. For those who enjoy a high tea, get creative in the kitchen and whip up this Mandarin Marmalade to go with scones. A simple, yet tasty way to incorporate seasonal produce into your baking.
Brassica varieties are plentiful right now, specifically Broccoli from Gatton. As the cold weather hits, there is nothing more enjoyable than a great Broccoli and Cauliflower Bake to be served with dinner. It is hearty and reliable and full of goodness for the whole family. Other Brassica varieties of great value for you also this week are Cauliflower and Cabbage also from the Lockyer Valley, and Baby Broccoli and Brussel Sprouts from Victoria.
Another hearty vegetable that is great for menus during the cooler months is Eggplant. Harvested from the Glasshouse Mountains and South Australia, Eggplant is high in fibre, low in calories and packed with vitamins and minerals. Give this Eggplant Lasagne a try to incorporate a delicious vegetarian option for everyone to enjoy!
Remember, continue to shop at your local, independent fruit and vegetable store displaying the A better choice! logo for your chance to win in-store vouchers over the next three weeks as part of the Shop and Win campaign. All A better choice! stores source their fruit and vegetables through the Brisbane Markets, Queensland’s Heart of Fresh Produce. To find your nearest participating store, visit abetterchoice.com.au.
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.
