Food Ideas For February

Scroll down for ideas for growing, cooking and exploring seasonal foods in February.

First, enjoy this video of the February Book "Cabbage's New Friend"

February Eating

Seasonal foods in February

Grow your own, or buy local this month:

Apples (stored, eating and cooking types)

Brussels Sprouts

Cabbage

Carrots (stored)

Cauliflower

Celeriac

chard

Chicory

Jerusalem artichokes

Kale

Leeks

Mushrooms (cultivated)

Onions (stored)

Parsnips

Potatoes (stored)

Pumpkins (stored)

Purple Sprouting Broccoli

Rhubarb (forced and early types)

Shallots (stored)

Squash (stored winter types)

Swede

Turnip

These can grow here, but most of the ones you will find in shops are imported:

Collard Greens

Lemons

These have to be imported :

Banana

Blood oranges

Clementines

Grapefruit

Mango

Oranges

Plantain

Sweet potato

February Growing

Jobs in the garden this month, things for children to grow and do.

February Cooking

Things to cook with children with seasonal foods in February.

Buy the book of the month - click the book image below

Cover image for The Foodies Books February Book of the Month - Cabbage's New Friend. It is a colourful book cover for children in salmon pink and green showing a cabbage character. This is a lower res version for the web.