What to Cook with Your June Produce

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Are you enjoying fresh produce from your garden, farmers’ market, or even roadside stands? June in the Northern Hemisphere means the beginning of summer and the beginning of garden abundance. June is also a wonderful month for fresh fruits! I’ve put together a few of the popular vegetables or fruits you may be picking this month and my favorite ways to cook June produce.

A great way to stretch your food dollars is to purchase fruits, vegetables, and even protein in-season or to (frugally) grow your own. If you’re in an area where you started your garden several weeks or months ago, you may be harvesting now. If you’re in Zone 4b, like me, harvest is still weeks—ahem, months—away. Even so, I’m picking up items in the grocery store when they’re at rock-bottom prices.

Last year, I did a Preserving Your Harvest series. This focused on popular fruits and vegetables harvested each month—May through October—and the best ways to preserve each of them. Here are my favorite ways to preserve June produce so I can enjoy them year-round.

This year, I’ll be giving you delicious, nourishing recipes for cooking with your harvest each month!