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Dave's Market Picks Fruit and Veg Box

Dave's Market Picks Fruit and Veg Box

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Dave's Market Picks Fruit and Veg Box will be ever changing due to current market availability. You'll get the best balance of value and quality in this perfectly selected offering of the market's very best.

WHAT'S IN THE BOX THIS WEEK?

Cucumber Lebanese Each
Celery Whole
2 Kiwifruit Green Each
2 Sweet Potato Imperfect Kumera Each
Buk Choy Shanghai Baby Bunch of 2-3
Broccoli Head Each
Fresh Herbs Coriander Bunch
Tomato Truss 5 Pieces
3 Banana Each
Blueberries 125g
Capsicum Red Each
Brussels Sprout min 500g
Carrots Medium 1kg
Potato Brushed Bag 2kg
Cauliflower Whole
2 Avocado Hass Small Each
3 Pear Packham Imperfect Each
2 Apple Pink Lady Small Each
3 Orange Blood Each
Strawberries 250g
2 Zucchini Black Imperfect Each

Pick of the Week - Imperfect Zucchini

"Zucchini is an extremely versatile vegetable and can be eaten cooked or raw. In our house, we sometimes slice them thinly into ribbons with a mandolin and put them in lemon juice and olive oil salt & garlic, which cooks them nicely.

They grow very quickly especially in warm weather with rain, so picking them can be a daily task. Miss a day and they end up in our Imperfect stack, miss a week, and they can be a metre long! Ideally, they should be 10 to 14 centimetres long. This size will be tender and flavoursome. Much smaller is not desirable either.

At this time of the year, we get warmer weather in Qld,  the zucchinis tend to grow quickly.  They have halved in price since last week so take advantage of this bargain."

- David Harris

HOW TO PICK

In premium fruit, you would normally look for zucchini that's around 10 to 14 centimetres in length and still relatively thin. Most of the imperfects are somewhat larger. The zucchini should feel heavy for its size. The skin should be dark green and smooth and free of blemishes. If the skin looks slightly shrivelled, it likely wasn't picked fresh.

HOW TO STORE

Store zucchini in the fridge, whole, dry and unwashed. Store them in a paper bag with one end open to encourage air circulation and pop them in the refrigerator crisper drawer. They'll keep there for 1 week or more, though you'll probably see the skin start to shrivel over time."

Dave's Market Update

In Veg

"There  are a number of fabulous bargains in Winter/ Spring lines this week.

First of all, on offer we have imperfect zucchini - really inexpensive and great quality.  Cauliflowers are also great value, as they were last week. I would not enjoy being a cauliflower grower - it's feast or famine for these guys.  

In NSW, we have good supplies of rhubarb, along with the same inexpensive brushed potatoes that were on special last week.

Pre-pack carrots remain reasonable as ever and there are plenty of Brussels sprouts available.

By the weekend, I think beans will have fallen in price, allowing us to offer a really keen special. And with spring around the corner, the outlook for veg is fantastic."

- David Harris

In Fruit

"Like last week, strawberries are the pick of this week. The price is easing in the next few days, weather permitting. Blueberries unfortunately are still suffering and we would normally have massive quantities now, but the Coffs fruit just isn't happening.

Citrus especially blood oranges and imperfect lemons are well supplied and peak quality. Apples and pears remain reasonable as our avocados.

I am really enjoying our new season white grapes from North Qld, which have effectively closed the window that is normally filled by USA fruit at this time.

Mangoes are still very early and dear, however in a fortnight, this will adjust and there will be bargains here to also. "

- David Harris

*The Box pictured is for illustration purposes and may contain different/varying products due to seasonal variations & current market availability.

Contents updated 12pm on 27/08/2025