Apples continue to be a popular choice, offering a wide range of varieties and sizes perfect for snacking or cooking. This week, try a new apple variety: Cosmic Crisp. Originating from Washington, these apples are a delightful cross between the Enterprise and Honeycrisp varieties. They are generously sized, with a vibrant red colour and crisp white flesh. Cosmic Crisp apples are incredibly sweet, juicy, and remarkably slow to brown.

Oranges are plentiful, and you have so much choice in winter. Traditional navels. Cara Cara navels, and blood oranges are the choice pick. Easy peel navels are also now available.

Spreading avocado on a sandwich instead of butter makes healthy sense. Simply swapping 20g of butter for 2 tablespoons of Hass avocado reduces the kilojoule and fat content by half. Hass avocados have no cholesterol, so pop two in your shopping basket this week

Sweet and tangy tangelos are bell-shaped citrus that have a vibrant orange rind. Fruit can range in size from mandarin size to as big as an orange. Each tangelo has 12 large, juicy, brilliant, orange-coloured segments that are easy to separate and very few seeds. They are perfect for juicing; add segments to a winter salad. Tangelos are in season until September.

The vibrant green coloured flesh of kiwifruit adds colour to a fruit platter or salad and has the added bonus of being sweet tasting and rich in vitamin C.

Winter is a great time to enjoy fresh Medjool dates. Plump, soft, and caramel-sweet, fresh dates are also a good source of vitamin C, which is important for helping prevent infection. Add dates to a curry, enjoy them as a snack, or whip a delicious sticky date cake pudding.