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    Home • Recipes • Market Produce

    Vegetables

    Seasonal vegetables at a typical French market with details of varieties and how to prepare them. Includes serving ideas, French recipes, fun facts - even some slang French expressions using them! More market fruit.

    • crates of green and white asparagus at the market
      Asparagus (Asperges)
    • two large heads of Savoy cabbage at the French market
      Guide to Cabbages (Choux) and Recipes
    • bunch of orange and mixed coloured carrots at the market
      Carrots (Carottes)
    • cauliflowers in bowls at the French market
      Cauliflower (Chou-fleur)
    • crate of French onions from Roscoff
      French Onions (Oignons)
    • crates of fresh tomatoes in all shapes and colours at the French market in Provence
      Tomatoes (tomates)
    • bunches of fresh herbs at the French market (with a sign in French saying herbes fraiches)
      Fresh Herbs (Herbes Aromatiques)
    • bunch of fresh watercress with dark green leaves
      Watercress (Cresson)
    • French breakfast radishes, long cylindrical pink radishes with white tips and root
      French Radishes (Radis)
    • French Charlotte potatoes at the market
      Potatoes (Pommes de Terre)
    • basket of French potimarron pumpkins, most popular in France
      Pumpkin & Squash (Potiron & Courges)
    • crate of Parisian chestnut mushrooms at the French market
      Mushrooms (Champignons)
    • French leeks at the supermarket
      Leeks (Poireaux)
    • crate of fresh peas in their pods at the French market
      Peas (Petits Pois)
    • crate of green beans with a French flag at the farmers' market
      French Green Beans (Haricots Verts)
    • beetroot with stalks and leaves
      Beetroot (Betteraves)

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