Winter feels as if it’s getting closer this month and it is. With cool 16 degree nights intermittently, preparing us all for winter we are blessed to live in the subtropical weather that Queensland enjoys. In this post, we share with you our Autumn Produce Guide April 2017 and encourage everyone to enjoy the wide selection of fruit and vegetables available this month.

Fruit

Although it’s getting colder doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy the exotic fruits. This month custard apples, guava and persimmons (among a whole bunch of other fruits as below) are in season! How about a coconut creamed rice with custard apple and lime? Or honey-baked Persimmons with Vanilla and Cinnamon? Take a browse through taste.com to see how many fruits can be made into warm and delicious desserts or add that special twist into a salad or soup.

• Apples (Red)
• Apples (Green)
• Avocados
• Bananas
• Blueberries
• Breadfruits
• Carambola
• Coconuts
• Cumquats
• Custard Apples
• Dates
• Dragonfruit
• Figs
• Grapefruit
• Guava
• Honeydew Melons
• Kiwifruit
• Lemons
• Limes
• Mandarins
• Mangosteen
• Nectarines
• Olives
• Oranges
• Passionfruit
• Paw Paw
• Pears
• Persimmons
• Pineapples
• Plums
• Pomegranate
• Quince
• Rambutan
• Raspberries
• Rockmelons
• Rosella
• Strawberries
• Watermelon

Vegetables

This month, Soups are already likely to be on the menu, and look at the selection. Here’s a couple of ideas, instead of your traditional Pumpkin soup, change it up a bit with one these ideas on bbcgoodfood. And have you tried Fennel before?  Serious Eats shares 16 recipes with Fennel to truly appreciate its unique qualities.

• Artichokes
• Asparagus
• Beetroot
• Broccoli
• Brussel Sprouts
• Cabbage
• Capsicum
• Carrots
• Cauliflower
• Celery
• Chinese Cabbage
• Chinese Spinach
• Chillies
• Chokos
• Cucumbers
• Eggplants
• Endive
• Fennel
• Garlic
• Ginger
• Kale
• Leek
• Lettuce
• Lo Bok (Daikon)
• Mushrooms
• Okra
• Onions
• Parsnip
• Peas
• Potatoes
• Pumpkin
• Rashish
• Rhubarb
• Silverbeet
• Snow Peas
• Spinach
• Sprouts
• Squash
• Sweet Corn
• Sweet Potatoes
• Taro
• Tomatoes
• Turnip (Swede)
• Watercress
• Witlof
• Zucchini