Vegetables and fruits to cook with in June

Vegetables and fruits to cook with in June

Eating seasonal, cooking for the climate

This page helps you decide which vegetables and fruits to cook with in June. Which are best to buy, because they are locally available. Including inspiration on which recipes you can make with these produce. We also explain what impact eating seasonal has on the climate.

June has even more variation than May, with many new vegetables and fruits on top of the ones that are ‘at their best’. Like zucchini, broad- and green beans, and raspberries, red currant and blue berries.

Want a physical reminder of fruits and vegetables to use in June?

Our seasonal calendar shows what’s in season for each month. Here you see the page with all the seasonal fruits and vegetables in June. It also comes with 4 recipes per month.

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Which fruits and vegetables to use in June

Last chance

Almost out of season

rapini

Rapini

asparagus

Asparagus

Great from storage

These products you can store and enjoy for a while longer

picture of an apple for an overview of during which months this fruit is best to use

Apple

Prime Time

When they’re harvested and at their best!

a picture of broccoli

Brokkoli

a picture of kohlrabi

Kohlrabi

cauliflower

Blumenkohl

a picture of spring onion

Spring onion

a picture of spinach leaves

Spinat

a picture of bok choi

Pak choi

rhubarb

Rhubarb

a picture of radish

Radish

a picture of a tomato

Tomato

strawberry

Strawberry

a picture of endive

Endivie

rocket

Rucola

a picture of chinese cabbage

Chinese cabbage

peas

Erbsen (tiefgekühlt)

Starting now

Coming into season

potato

Potato

beetroot

Beetroot

green beans

Grüne Bohnen

savoy cabbage

Savoy cabbage

Fenchel

Fenchel

broad bean

Broad beans

oxheart cabbage

Pointed cabbage

leek

Lauch

lettuce

Lettuce

a picture of a red cabbage

Rotkohl

zucchini

Zucchini

cherry

Cherry

white cabbage

White cabbage

cucumber

Cucumber

red currant

Red currant

carrot

Carrot

celery

Stangensellerie

raspberry

Raspberry

blueberries

Blueberry

The following sources were used for the creation of the seasonal calendar:

Natuur&Milieu, Milieu Centraal, Velt, BZFE, British Seasonal Chart.

Hang a pretty overview of in-season ingredients for June in your kitchen!

Our seasonal calendar shows:

  • Products that are almost out of season categorize as Letzte Gelegenheit.
  • Produkte die schon geerntet wurden aber als Lagerware for several months.
  • Hochsaison is when products are harvested and are at their best.
  • Starting now shows you the new arrivals.
to have an overview of seasonal vegetables and fruits nearby in your kitchen, handy when you're cooking Order here

What to make with fruits and vegetables in June?

Knowing what’s in season is only half the job. Of course you also want to know what to actually make with these seasonal vegetables. In our seasonal calendar, we show four recipes for each month. This is one of our favorites for June:

Fenchel Risotto

Getting risotto right isn’t always easy but incredibly delicious. It doesn’t have to take long but requires your constant attention. Also: it’s worth buying high quality ingredients, especially for the stock and rice.

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Get 48 seasonal vegetable recipes with our calendar

Scan the QR code on each month to get 4 delicious recipes:

  • Make use of various in-season produce
  • No meat
  • Are filled with natural ingredients and herbs, no mixes or processed stuff
  • Exciting flavors, no standard salads or boring meals
use your phone to scan the QR code at the bottom of each month's page to get access to the recipes. You can also check in which other months you can make these recipes in with the same in-season vegetables and fruits Order here

or shop at local stores in the Netherlands: Oogst in Leiden, Ekoto in Etten-Leur, De Poelboerderij in Wormer, De Gieterij in Wageningen and many more…

Why is it important to eat fruits and vegetables in-season?

We all know vegetables and fruits are most delicious when they’re fresh.
But these days you can get anything at any time you want from the supermarket.

We’ve all gotten used to having a rainbow of produce being available always. Almost the only thing that we still have is ‘pumpkin season’ for Halloween 🎃

Who even knew anymore that spring-onions are not really at their best in spring? They’re always in store. So it’s not strange that you might not realize this has quite the impact on our climate.

When something does not naturally grow in season, it costs a lot extra to produce it,

  • in a greenhouse 🏭,
  • to freeze it to prolong shelf-life ❄️,
  • or to transport it from somewhere else 🚚.

In other words: convenience is costing us in energy and polution.

 

Just a simple example to visualize it, with spinach:

spinach seasonal

Luckily, it’s easy to make a change. By cooking and eating what’s in season and locally available, you can make a difference.

By choosing to make concious choices when shopping instead of going for convenience, you can already make a difference.

And as added benefit, eating in-season will also help you:

  • appreciate variation in veggies and fruits more. Better enjoy those now!
  • be more in-tune with nature – berries are best in spring and summer, kales come when it’s cold
  • make it easier to support locally harvested from local farmers
  • often automatically reduce your shopping costs
Learn more in our blog post Fork Ranger cooking

Auch eine Reise von tausend Kilometern beginnt mit einem ersten Schritt

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