In season late spring: Peas
Pea varieties include green peas, petit pois, sugar snap peas and snow peas.
Of...
In season late spring: Blackberries
Although this summer fruit has ‘berry’ in its name, botanically speaking blackberries aren’t...
20 easy vegetable snacks
Vegetables are the perfect snack food. Including veges as snacks gets you closer...
In season mid-spring: Broad beans
The hardy broad bean plant can grow through winter to emerge as one...
Your guide to chillies
What are chillies?
Chillies are part of the capsicum family. They are readily available...
In season early spring: Parsnips
With their pale, carrot-like appearance, it’s not surprising parsnips are a relative of...
Can you have too much of a good thing?
We all know what’s good – but is more always better? HFG nutritionist...
In season late winter: Silver beet
This dark-green, leafy vegetable is called chard, Swiss chard in the US and...
In season late winter: Tamarillos
This smooth, egg-shaped sub-tropical fruit originated in South America. And to avoid confusion...
In season late winter: Persimmons
This fruit (pronounced per-SIM-mon) resembles a large, firm, orange/red tomato. The melon-like sweet...
In season early winter: Fennel
Buying
Choose firm, round bulbs without bruises and with stems and leaves attached. Make...
How do they produce potatoes?
Kiwis love potatoes! Niki Bezzant looks at how our favourite vege is grown...
In season mid-summer: Avocados
Hass is the main avocado variety grown in New Zealand.
Buying
Squeezing an avocado causes...
In season early summer: Yellow-fleshed plums
This smooth-skinned, sweet and succulent stone fruit is one of the only fruits...
In season late spring: Potatoes
Potatoes are the most popular vegetable in New Zealand, with most of us...
In season late spring: Blackcurrants
These small round berries have a glossy, very dark purple skin and a...
