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Zucchini is delicious barbecued at this time of year and can also be grated into fritters or other dishes. “A good vegetable to hide from kids,” she adds.<\/p>\n
Ms Wnuk says “underrated” zucchini is a great addition to a stir-fry or grilled side, but can also be used raw.<\/p>\n
Using a traditional potato peeler you can create “beautiful delicate ribbons”, or you could use a julienne peeler or spiraliser if you have one, she says.<\/p>\n
“You could just have the zucchini ribbons as they are with some olive oil, salt and pepper, or make a sort of soy, sriracha, sesame oil dressing.”<\/p>\n
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Sue Dodd says the price of red capsicums has dropped. (ABC News: Anna Chisholm\u00a0)<\/p>\n
Ms Dodd says red capsicum prices are finally falling in price (after weather events made then unusually expensive throughout January).<\/p>\n
They’re also versatile and as the weather cools in some states you can transition from using them in salads to stirfrys, pastas and casseroles.<\/p>\n
“Choose firm capsicums with smooth skin” and expect to pay between five to 10 dollars a kilo, Ms Dodd says.<\/p>\n
Recipes to try:<\/p>\n
Tomatoes are delicious at this time of year, Ms Wnuk says.<\/p>\n
“You can make them shine just by themselves.”<\/p>\n
“Something that I posted last year that was really popular was tomatoes \u2014 you can do it with fresh tomatoes or roasted \u2014 on a bed of whipped feta and then you can have that with some grilled chicken, some steak or some roast vegetables.”<\/p>\n
Ms Dodd says we’ll continue to see high-quality tomatoes through February, including saucing tomatoes from Victoria.<\/p>\n
Grapes, stone fruit and pineapples<\/p>\n
February brings fruit that “can be incorporated into dinner”, Ms Wnuk says.<\/p>\n
For example, a salad of zucchini ribbons, peaches and goat’s cheese “looks so beautiful on the plate [and] tastes a little bit more interesting”.<\/p>\n
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Stone fruit season in Australia usually falls between November and May. (ABC News: Anna Chisholm\u00a0)<\/p>\n
Ms Dodd says she still expects to see good quality and well-priced stone fruit \u2014 plums, peaches and nectarines \u2014 this month.<\/p>\n
It’s also a good time to enjoy the many varieties of grapes on offer, Ms Dodd says.<\/p>\n
“Through February to March is the peak season for grapes and we’re seeing some beautiful grapes come to market now.”<\/p>\n
While they’re perfect for snacking as is, Ms Dodd says you can also pop them into salads, freeze them as a cool treat, add them to a charcuterie or cheese board or roast them.<\/p>\n
Recipes to try:<\/p>\n
Ms Wnuk also loves cooking peaches and plums into a crumble or grilling nectarines on the barbecue and serving with vanilla yoghurt for dessert.<\/p>\n
Where she is, Ms Wnuk says she’s lucky to have mangoes, papaya, pineapples and passionfruit at local markets this month.<\/p>\n
“I feel like that’s all really effortless fruit to eat and serve.”<\/p>\n
Those fruits also easily lend themselves to pavlova, she says.<\/p>\n
It is also the time of year for one of Ms Dodd’s personal favourites, figs.<\/p>\n
“You can’t go past some beautiful figs.”<\/p>\n
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