Fruits and Vegetables in Season Right Now, January 2025 Produce Guide

A quick stroll through the market right now and you know it's January because every basket, table, and farmstand is overflowing with the crown jewel of winter fruits and vegetables, citrus! Use this list of what's in season in January, along with the BEST recipes and ideas to eat. Shall we?

Fruits and Vegetables in Season in January | Recipes and Ideas for January |
Fruits and Vegetables in Season Year-Round

What Fruits and Vegetables in Season in January

Here's the tl;dr list easy to copy and paste into your grocery list for the week ahead. Peep the following section for more details, and the best recipes that are fast, fresh, easy, and of course, healthy.

ALL. THE. CITRUS! lemon, lime, grapefruit, oranges, mandarins, tangerines, and more
Beets, year-round
Brussels sprouts, ending soon!
Butternut and other hard squash like Honeynut, Kabocha, Spaghetti
Cabbage, kale, and the leafy brassicas kohlrabi, collard greens
Carrots (year-round)
Cauliflower and broccoli (year-round)
Celery
Chicories like radicchio and treviso
Kiwi
Lettuce and Leafy Greens (year-round)
Mushrooms
Pears and apples, end of season
Quince
Radishes (year-round)
Roots like Parsnips and Turnips (year-round)
Sweet potatoes (year-round)

Recipes and Ideas for January

sliced citrus varieties: cara cara, navel, valnecia, blood oranges, kumquats

ALL the CITRUS

Though oranges, lemons, and limes are available in regular grocery stores year-round, most citrus actually start the peak in January, just in time to brighten up your winter foods!

BEETS

Technically, beets are in season year-round, but their earthy, hearty flavor and texture really vibes with winter. Other than just straight up roasting them, whizz them into highly dippable hummus and yogurt dips!

BRUSSELS SPROUTS

CABBAGE, KALE and more LEAFY BRASSICAS

CAULIFLOWER and BROCCOLI

BROCCOLI

Charred Broccoli Recipe

Brady and Connor's Best Burnt Broccoli

BUTTERNUT and HARD WINTER SQUASH

CARROTS

You probably don't pay that much attention to carrots the rest of the year except as a flavor base along with fellow NPCs onions and celery for soups or as a supporting ingredient. But in the winter, when other main character vegetables are off-duty, carrots can take center stage with their bright, crisp, subtly sweet, vitamin A-rich glory.

MUSHROOMS

fall salad with apples and walnuts plated

fall salad ingredients on cutting board: little gems lettuce, radicchio, apples, radishes, red onion, dried cherries, feta, and walnuts

PEARS and APPLES

Though most everyone's first instinct is ALWAYS to just eat apples and pears out of hand, slicing them and including apples and pears in dishes adds a supernatural sweetness and superb crunch.