It is now official: it's spring, although the weather could still occasionally play some trick with lower temperatures or sudden rains. Market stalls are starting to fill up with colors and from the point of view of nutrition this is the right month for prepare for summer (Easter parties aside) and ask remedy for winter excesses. Our body will benefit from fresh fruit and vegetables to face the ever rising temperatures in the coming months and for prepare the skin for sun exposure. April is also the right month for a light detox, after having perhaps exaggerated with rich meats and seasonings during the winter: let's eat the bitter herbs, asparagus and artichokes.

The expense of April from the greengrocer

Finally they start being in season le strawberries, even though they are now on the market since February. Sodas and intense and uniform color, those purchased in April should however be much more tasty. Keep your eyes open for the medlar – rich in fiber, mineral salts and vitamin A – they are widespread in some areas of the peninsula, while they are almost unknown in others. Always among the forgotten fruits, put in the basket also the rhubarb, if you are lucky enough to find it. Among the spring fruits there are also kiwi and grapefruit, while oranges, lemons, apples and pears are definitely at the end of the season (and then … who still wants it after having eaten them all winter?).

The fruit basket

Asparagus and artichokes, as already said, they cannot be missing in the expenditure of April: purifying and draining they are definitely detox foods, especially for the liver.
Leeks and spring onions this month they will replace the onion in sauté, omelettes and recipes, while the salads will be enriched with carrots, broad beans, radishes, spinach and lettuce. Get even with agretti, which are seen for a few weeks a year, and the chicory, perhaps one of the most famous and widespread bitter herbs (but then there are also the puntarelle, catalonia, ribs, watercress, herbs, hops and nettle, endive and rocket).

April Fool

Did you know that actually our seas are more fish in spring and summer? Take advantage of these seasons to find great deals on anchovies, nasaello, snapper, swordfish, sardines, tuna, mullet, mackerel, mullet, sole, monkfish, squid.

Eggs, not just chocolate

Store the Easter eggs we go hunting for real eggs! There egg production is affected by light solar: the hens lay, therefore, more eggs from April to September. If you usually stock up on this food from a trusted farmer, buy it, he will have more than usual (and that's why Easter recipes include a large number of eggs).