September marks the passage from summer to autumn: the colors get warmer, the days get a bit shorter, the temperatures return to be pleasant and good intentions and all the daily activities come back in hand. Nature offers us its support to face this change of season with sweeter and sugary fruits, more nutritious and less water-rich than summer ones that also help quench your thirst. The vegetables instead they contribute slowly to strengthen the immune system, it is too early to think about it, but it is better not to be caught unprepared when temperatures drop in a few months. In the meantime, however, let's enjoy the summer products, which are certainly not lacking in the market at this time.

The September shopping: fruit stock for the winter

There September fruit it is very sweet and abundant, perfect to be preserved in the form of marmalade. We must therefore stock up on peaches of all kinds, figs and berries (in particular raspberries) for tarts that will cheer up the next Sundays.
There is no shortage on the market stalls watermelons and melons, typically summer, because often the days are still hot in this period and the only solution is to dine with ham and melon or make a feast of watermelon.
Instead they are typically Settembrini grapes, plums, plums and prickly pear, known perhaps more to the South, but loved throughout the peninsula. If, then, you look hard you will also find the first apples and pears of the new harvest: start to dust off grandma's cake recipes. And just this month the ones are starting to arrive pomegranates that with their grains of intense color are rich in beneficial properties fundamental to face the months to come.
If your gardener is also particularly well equipped you will also find almonds and pistachios fresh, which are collected in this period.

The September vegetable garden

The cabbage season is still far away (even if the first could already be found): this month is still rich in typical summer vegetables such as zucchini, aubergines, tomatoes and peppers.
Even the ingredients for fresh salads – because to turn on the stove is still early – like cucumbers, rocket, lettuce and radishes I'm in season this month.
To remind us that summer is running out we think the first mushrooms and the first pumpkins, Halloween isn't that far away.
To finish the September shopping cannot not contain i fresh beans: it will be enough to shell them (you can also let the little ones help you) and boil them for 20-30 minutes and they will be ready for fresh salads, pastas or soups to eat maybe warm.

Fish to feel at sea even in the city

Those who are lucky enough to live by the sea or go on vacation in September, know that the light on the beach these days is almost magical. Even the products that the sea offers this month are truly precious: mussels, clams, prawns, lobsters, squid and sardines they can be cooked in a thousand ways and make you feel on the beach even if you are back in the city.