I post zucchini noodle recipes all throughout the winter. However, outside of summer, zucchinis tend to be smaller, won’t show up in your CSA deliveries, nor can you find them at your local farm stand past October.
Clearly, that hasn’t stopped me. Luckily, grocery stores tend to keep all types of vegetables year-round and zucchinis are one of them.
However, if you only get your veggies from CSA deliveries or going to that local farm, today I’m going to prepare you for the rest of the 2014 season (and beyond!) with this “Spiralizing in Season” veggie seasonality chart.
This seasonality chart is a rough guideline of the seasonality of these popular spiralizable vegetables (to find out if your vegetable is spiralizable, click here.)
Of course, you can find apples year-round. However, their peak harvest is in the fall and certain apples don’t show up in the grocery stores during certain months, as they’re not at their freshest, prime for the picking and then selling.
However, if you’d like to eat in season, then check out this chart:
To review, to maximize the freshness and best consistency/size of your vegetables, follow these roules:
In the spring, spiralize…
- Carrots
- Beets
- Jicama
- Rutabaga
- Celeriac
- Kohlrabi
- Parsnip
- Turnip
- Daikon radish
- Pear
- Apple
- Plantain
- Onion
In the summer, spiralize…
- Zucchini
- Cucumber
- Carrot
- Potato
- Beet
- Jicama
- Celeriac
- Turnip
- Pear
- Apple
- Plantain
- Onion
In the fall, spiralize…
- Cucumber
- Carrot
- Sweet potato
- Butternut squash
- Beet
- Jicama
- Rutabaga
- Celeriac
- Kohlrabi
- Parsnip
- Turnip
- Daikon radish
- Pear
- Apple
- Plantain
- Onion
In the winter, spiralize…
- Carrot
- Sweet potato
- Butternut squash
- Beet
- Jicama
- Rutabaga
- Celeriac
- Kohlrabi
- Parsnip
- Turnip
- Daikon radish
- Pear
- Apple
- Plantain
- Onion
And if you don’t have one already, grab an Inspiralized Canvas Tote Bag to lug in all of these spiralizable veggies. In honor of the summer beginning, I’m offering a summer discount off the new inventory, until July 1! Just enter code “SUMMER25” for a 25% off discount!
Now that we’re entering summer, expect to see a lot of zucchini noodle recipes on the blog. I can’t help it – they’re the best!
Do you find these types of charts helpful?
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