Cavendish – Banana
The Cavendish is the most common banana in Australia. It is ideal for eating when ripe and lends itself well to cooking or drying.
Button, Cups, Flats – Mushroom
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
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…
Honeydew Melon
Honeydew is part of the Cucumis Melo family and is known for its pale green flesh and yellow rind, however it can come in other colours too. If you are looking for something sweet and refreshing, honeydew is the perfect…
Arctic Star – Nectarine
A white fleshed early season nectarine. Fruit are round to oblong in shape. Red in colour with a cream background. Flesh is white with red areas, firm and moderately juicy. A clingstone variety, meaning the stone is hard to separate…
Beetroot
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…
Bean Shoot – Sprout
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…
Bean
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…
Basil
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’…
Bamboo Shoot
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…
Ballhead – Cabbage
Solid head, round or oval in shape. Closely compacted smooth leaves. Green in colour.
Bacon – Avocado
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.