seasonal ingredients

Meaning

Seasonal ingredients refer to fruits, vegetables, and other foods that are harvested and eaten during the time of year when they are naturally at their peak flavor and abundance. Using these ingredients is a sign of fresh, sustainable, and high-quality cooking.

Examples

• The chef changes the menu every month to highlight seasonal ingredients.

  The chef changes the menu every month to highlight seasonal ingredients.

• Cooking with seasonal ingredients is both cheaper and much tastier.

  Cooking with seasonal ingredients is both cheaper and much tastier.

• This summer salad relies entirely on fresh, seasonal ingredients like heirloom tomatoes.

  This summer salad relies entirely on fresh, seasonal ingredients like heirloom tomatoes.

• Many farm-to-table restaurants focus heavily on sourcing seasonal ingredients.

  Many farm-to-table restaurants focus heavily on sourcing seasonal ingredients.

• In the winter, the menu features seasonal ingredients like root vegetables and squash.

  In the winter, the menu features seasonal ingredients like root vegetables and squash.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ We only cook with season ingredients.

  ✓ We only cook with seasonal ingredients.

  Use the adjective 'seasonal' instead of the noun 'season' to describe the ingredients.

• ✗ These tomatoes are seasonal ingredients of the winter.

  ✓ These tomatoes are not in season during the winter.

  Tomatoes are a summer crop. Calling them winter seasonal ingredients is factually incorrect; use 'in season' or 'out of season' to describe their availability.

Related Expressions

Practice

• The restaurant's philosophy is to cook only with fresh, ___.

  💡 Produce harvested at its natural peak time of year

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  seasonal ingredients

• Because they use ___, the menu changes depending on the time of year.

  💡 Foods that grow in specific seasons

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  seasonal ingredients