Food Ideas For January
Scroll down for ideas for eating, growing, cooking and learning in January.
First, enjoy this video of the January Book "Parsnip Meets A Snowman"
January Eating
What's in season this month?
Grow your own, or buy local this month:
Apples (stored, eating and cooking types)
Beetroot (stored)
Brussels Sprouts
Cabbage
Carrots (stored)
Cauliflower
Chard
Chestnuts
Chicory
Garlic (stored)
Jerusalem artichokes
Kale
Leeks
Grow your own, or buy local (continued):
Mushrooms (cultivated)
Onions (stored)
Parsnips
Pears (last few stored)
Potatoes (stored)
Pumpkins (stored)
Purple Sprouting Broccoli
Rhubarb (early forced pink types)
Shallots (stored)
Squashes (winter varieties, stored)
Swedes
Turnips (stored)
Winter salads (most grown indoors)
These can grow here, but most of the ones you will find in shops are imported:
Collard Greens
Cranberries
Lemons
These have to be imported :
Banana
Clementines
Dates
Grapefruit
Mango
Oranges
Plantain
Pomegranate
Sweet potato
January Growing
Jobs in the garden this month, things for children to grow and do.
January Cooking
Things to cook with children this month.
January Learning
Things to read, learn and have fun with this month.
Buy the book of the month - click the book image below
Want to take this to the next level?
The Little Foodies Club was designed to spread the seasonal fun throughout the year, straight to your letterbox or classroom.
We have two versions - one for families, sent through the post to the child each month, and one for group settings with resources to use for a whole class.
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