Seasonal calendar: what fruits and vegetables to eat in January

With the month of january we enter the middle of winter. It is a month that calls for generosity with hot dishes, that requires us to take good care of the immune system and in which, according to traditional Chinese medicine, we should pay special attention to organs such as the kidneys and bladder.

That is why it is a good month for roots and green leaves, or for citrus fruits, some of the foods that nature provides at this time.

What seasonal foods does the garden offer in January?

The beginning of the year is, without a doubt, an excellent time to find precisely roots and green leaves, especially the bitter salad leavesas the chicorythe endive wave endiveand all kinds of leafy vegetables. Swiss chard, borage, cabbage, cardoons, spinach, turnip tops… they are all in season.

Nor is there anything you need to make warm creams and good broths: celery, turnips, parsnips, leeks, onions, cabbages, beets, pumpkin… And you can still savor an autumn delicacy, the artichoke, which you can continue enjoying until spring.

For the salads we have, in addition to the most bitter leaves, some varieties of winter lettuce. And we can add some watercress or lamb’s lettuce, give it the freshness of fennel or enrich it with vitamins from carrots.

It is also an optimal month to find good citrus fruitssome of which are at their peak and come in handy for their richness in vitamin C.

The orange continues in its best season and, among the mandarins, a variety arrives, the clemenvilla, of exquisite sweetness. There are still many of the fruits that began to ripen in autumn and are so difficult to say goodbye to, such as the khakithe custard apple wave grenade.

12 fruits and vegetables for January: incorporate them into your menu!

Some of these foods start their season now, others started their season in the previous months, but all are in prime time. All are also ideal for eating healthy in winter.