seasonal cooking

Why try to eat seasonally? Four reasons: You will save money, enjoy better flavor, eat food at it’s most nutritious, and help the environment.

For those of us wanting to live a simple homemade life, seasonal eating includes more than just what produce is in season! It also encompasses:

• Produce that’s available locally that month.
• Produce that is “globally seasonal” – in season that month but not grown locally (like citrus and pineapple).
• Frozen fruits and veggies.
• Home-canned and/or dried produce.
• Food dictated by the weather (soups in winter, salads in summer, etc.).

The monthly tips, lists, recipes included here will help you to eat more seasonally – and then you can plan and organize with the free seasonal meal planning pages!