Each refers to a stage of growth of the regular cultivated mushroom. Buttons are small unopened mushrooms and are normally sold for a higher price. Cups are button mushrooms which have grown to a stage where the cap is beginning…
Sweet Potato is a bright orange root vegetable, treated similarly to butternut squash, parsnips, swede and turnips. Sweet potato is much lower in starch than regular potato and actually does count towards your ‘5-a-day’. One of the great things about…
Related to the silverbeet and sugarbeet A spherical root crop tuber Red/purple skin often streaked with white Leafy stalks which may be used in the same way as silverbeet Dark red/purple flesh which is crisp and juicy Roots are 6-8cm…
The most common bean shoots are mung beans. They have been used in Chinese cuisine for centuries. Shoots are about 6 to 8 cm long, thin and white and contain the intact roots. Are sometimes grown in the dark so…
The bean is an immature pod Pale yellow lavender or white flowers A firm, long, straight pod Contains soft seeds Grow on a bush 30-100cm in height or as a trellised climber up to 2m in height Green/yellow/purple depending upon…
most varieties are easy to grow over the summer months in the garden or in pots considered the ‘King of Herbs’ by many cooking experts, and the name reflects this as it is derived from the Greek word for ‘king’…
The young shoots of certain species of bamboo are harvested when they have barley broken through the surface of the soil. They should be peeled and boiled for about 20 minutes to remove the cyanide compounds they contain in their…
Solid head, round or oval in shape. Closely compacted smooth leaves. Green in colour.
Oval shaped with dark green skin. Large seed. Easy to peel with a thin skin, yellow fresh. Skin darkens slightly and fruit feels a little soft when ripe. Available: early August – December.
Baby Green are a young Asparagus picked, by hand, in the early stages of development. They have a succulent, sweet, nutritious, tender flesh and are good for fresh salads. They are related to onions, leeks and garlic. Asparagus is dense…
Baby corn is sweet corn that is harvested while very young. Harvesting takes place within 2 days of silks emerging. Cob size is usually 4–10 cm long and 1–1.5 cm in diameter. Cobs are a pale yellow in colour. Most…
Related to the silver beet and sugar beet. A spherical root crop tuber. Red/purple skin often streaked with white leafy stalks which may be used in the same way as silver beet. Dark red/purple flesh which is crisp and juicy.…
