Lemons are tangy, refreshing and versatile. Eureka lemon is a firm, thick-skinned lemon with high juice content. Homemade lemon curd is a delicious way to use lemons. Serve lemon curd with pastry cases, pancakes or with shortbread
Cooking with pears is easy. Baked pears wrapped in pastry, poach in red wine or add sliced pears to a bread-and-butter pudding. Pears make a nutritious and economical dessert
Winter is the peak time for citrus, especially Navel oranges. Enjoy the traditional orange-fleshed Washington or Leng navels. For something different, try the Cara Cara navel. This seedless, sweet pinkish orange-fleshed variety originated in South America and is available from June to August
Did you know that swapping 20g of butter for 2 tablespoons of avocado reduces the kilojoule count and fat content by half? So, using avocado on a sandwich instead of butter makes health sense
There are plenty of varieties of mandarins to choose from, including Murcott, Honey Royal, Daisy, Clementine, Monarch, Imperial, and Hickson. Mandarin segments add a unique flavour to a winter fruit salad
Pop a few Zespri gold kiwifruit into your shopping basket this week; their golden flesh has a sweet tropical flavour reminiscent of melon, peach and citrus. Gold kiwifruit is in season until September.