Winter - what a great time to indulge in comfort food, using the best cool-weather produce from local growers!  Follow up Alison’s parsnip soup with a classic winter dessert like pecan pie or apple and rhubarb crumble, or just tuck into a freshly-cut navel orange… perhaps with a little dark chocolate on the side?

Apples
Grapefruit
Lemons
Limes
Mandarins
Nashi
Oranges (navel)
Pecans
Persimmons
Passionfruit
Pears
Pomelo
Quince
Rhubarb (ok, we know it’s not a fruit.  perhaps we should call this list ‘things you might like to make dessert from’)

Beetroot
Broccoli
Brussels sprouts
Cabbage
Carrots
Cauliflower
Celeriac
Celery
Fennel
Jerusalem artichokes
Kale
Kohlrabi
Leeks
Olives
Onions
Parsnips
Potatoes
Pumpkin
Silverbeet
Spinach
Swede
Sweet potato
Turnips