Vegetables and fruits to use in April

Seasonal vegetables and fruits to use in April

Eating seasonal, cooking for the climate

This page helps you decide which vegetables and fruits to use in April. 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.

April has kind of the best of both worlds. Or actually of both seasons in this case. You can still make last use of winter veggies like cabbages and carrot, apples. You can combine these with ‘new’ produce like spinach and rhubarb. And not to forget, asparagus of course!

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

Our seasonal calendar shows what’s in season for each month. Here you see the page with all the seasonal fruits and vegetables in April.

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Which fruits and vegetables to use in April

Last chance

Almost out of season

chicory

Chicory

Great from storage

These products you can store and enjoy for a while longer

a picture of a red cabbage

Rotkohl

pear

Birne

white cabbage

White cabbage

parsnip

Parsnip

carrot

Carrot

potato

Potato

beetroot

Beetroot

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!

cauliflower

Blumenkohl

rapini

Rapini

Starting now

Coming into season

a picture of spinach leaves

Spinat

asparagus

Asparagus

a picture of radish

Radish

a picture of endive

Endivie

rhubarb

Rhubarb

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 April 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 April?

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 April:

Geröstete Süßkartoffeln

Dies ist eine Variation einer typisch holländischen Mahlzeit mit den üblichen Bestandteilen Kartoffeln, Fleisch, und Gemüse. Ein Schuss Sojasauce verleiht dem cremigen Spinat eine zusätzliche Umami-Note.

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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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