Currently, supermarkets offer us a multitude of fruits and vegetables throughout the year, to the point of making us lose track of seasonal products.

In order to benefit from all Nutrients present in food, it is important to consume them at the right time, preferably of local origin and as soon as possible after harvesting for fruits and vegetables.

Moreover, eating seasonal products is a gustatory pleasure, a pleasure for our wallet and especially a good environmental boost for our overexploited planet.

But what are the foods to eat in February?

Fruit side

February is the end of the apple and pear season, which usually grows in abundance in your home and stores well.

If you want a little variety, you're going to have to resort to importing with all the ecological footprint that entails. In addition, in order for fruit to arrive ripe at our retail shelves, it must be picked before it is ripe, making it lower in nutrients.

February Fruits:

• Citrus fruits (orange, mandarin, lemon, grapefruit)
• Pineapple
• Banana
• Chestnut
• Passion fruit
• Guava
• Grenada
• Khaki
• Kiwi
• Litchi
• Mango
• Coconut
• Papaya
• Pear
• Apple

Vegetable side 

February is a pretty poor month in our vegetable gardens. This includes mostly. cabbagesBeets, salsify, pumpkins and winter salads such as lamb's lettuce, escarole and sorrel.

The preserving vegetables like potatoes, carrots and turnips are slowly coming to the end of their life and becoming harder and more fibrous.

To bring a little variety, we often resort to importing, with all the disadvantages mentioned above.

February Vegetables:

• Beet
• Broccoli
• Carrot
• Squash (Butternut, spaghetti squash, ...)
• Celery
• Cabbage
• Shallot
• Endive
• Spinach
• Fennel
• Lamb's lettuce, sorrel, escarole
• Turnip
• Onion
• Parsnip
• Leek
• Potato
• Pumpkin, pumpkin
• Rutabaga
• Salsify
• Jerusalem artichoke

Your fish and seafood products in February

The biggest advantage of eating seasonal produce, in the fishand seafood, is their price. So this is your chance to stock up on good oils at reasonable prices!

• Cod
• Carp
• Scallops
• Grey sea bream
• Haddock
• Herring
• Oysters
• Pollock
• Saithe
• Dab
• Lotte
• Wolf
• Whiting
• Sea Urchins
• Stingray
• Salmon

Meat on your plate in February

Beware, it is recommended to limit your meat consumption both for your health and for the planet!

"Is there a season for meats? "you might ask. And yes, the meat arrivals depend on the breeding cycles and births.

Meat of February 

• Lamb
• Beef
• Quail
• Capon
• Deer
• Turkey
• Pheasant
• Sheep
• Goose
• Guinea fowl
• Pork
• Wild boar

You may have noticed that February is a rather poor month for fruits and vegetables from our region. If you want to limit consumption of imported products, you're going to have to get creative to vary as much as possible around these few foods. A good source of inspiration is the internet and the ease with which you can find many recipes to delight your taste buds!

But rest assured, in a few weeks, spring will be back with a whole new variety of fruits and vegetables!