What Fruits and Vegetables are in Season Right Now? October 2025

A quick stroll through the market right now and you know it's October because you've got everything from Apples to end-of-summer Zucchini. Whether you're clinging tightly to last of the tomatoes, or already spicing up apples and pumpkins, use this list of all the fruits and vegetables in season for October, along with the BEST recipes and ideas to eat. Shall we?

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Fruits and Vegetables in Season Year-Round

Fruits and Vegetables in Season in October

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.

• Apples
• Beets
• Broccoli
• Brussels sprouts
• Cabbage, kale and all the other brassicas
• Cauliflower
• Butternut and other hard squash like Delicata, Honeynut, Kabocha, Spaghetti
• Carrots
• Celery
• Chicories like radicchio and treviso
• Dates
• Figs
• Green beans
• Pears
• Persimmons
• Plums
• Pomegranates
• Pumpkins
• Quince
• Sweet potatoes

Recipes and Ideas for October

APPLES

If there's any fruit that is the quintessential pre-Holiday fall fruit, it's apples. And though most everyone's first instinct is ALWAYS to just eat an apple out of hand, slicing them and including apples in dishes adds a supernatural sweetness and superb crunch. And can we all agree that Honeycrisp apples are the elite apple?

• Apple Kimchi
• Apple Cabbage Salad with Miso Mustard Dressing
• Apple Salad with Walnuts and Feta
• Invisible Apple Cake
• EASY Apple Cake with Olive Oil

BEETS

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

• Beet hummus
• Tzatziki with roasted beets

BROCCOLI

• Brady and Connor's Best Burnt Broccoli
• Korean Sesame Broccoli Banchan

BRUSSELS SPROUTS

• Crispy Shaved Brussels Sprouts
• Miso Roasted Brussels Sprouts
• Shredded Brussels Sprouts Hash
• Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Kimchi

CABBAGE

• Cabbage Apple Salad with Miso Mustard Dressing
• Chicken Cabbage Salad
• Roasted Cabbage with Gochujang Glaze
• Green Cabbage Kimchi for kimchi emergencies

CAULIFLOWER

• Cauliflower Parm
• Cauliflower Gratin
• Whole Roasted Cauliflower
• Roasted Curried Cauliflower
• How to Cut Cauliflower Steaks
• Pull Apart Garlic Cheese Whole Cauliflower "Loaf"

KALE and other LEAFY BRASSICAS

• Kale and White Bean Salad, Better than Erewhon
• Emerald Kale Salad, Better than Hillstone
• Kale Rotisserie Chicken Salad with Peanut Vinaigrette, Houston's Dupe
• Kale Slaw
• Superfood Kale Pesto
• Kale Tabbouleh
• Kale Caesar Salad

BUTTERNUT AND OTHER HARD SQUASH

• Roasted Butternut Squash with Whipped Feta and Pomegranate
• Pan Roasted Honeynut Squash
• Roasted Honeynut Squash with Kale Pesto
• Butternut Squash Carbonara Pasta

CARROTS

• Spicy Carrot Salad
• Pickled Carrots and Daikon
• Gochujang Glazed Roasted Carrots
• Spicy Carrot Lentil Soup
• Carrot Cake

FIGS

• Fig Arugula Salad
• Fresh Fig Ice Cream
• Fig Walnut Olive Oil Cake
• Fig Ricotta Toast with Honey, Balsamic, and Pistachios Recipe

GREEN BEANS

• Classic Salade Niçoise
• Salmon Niçoise Salad

PEARS

• Pear Arugula Salad
• Brussels Sprouts Salad with Pears
• Korean pears on top of Spicy Buckwheat Noodles Salad Bibim Naeng-Myeon
• Asian pears on top of Buckwheat Noodles in Chilled Broth

PERSIMMONS

• Persimmon "Caprese" Salad
• Fall Farmers' Market Salad with Maple Citrus Vinaigrette
• Sqirl Café Persimmon Upside Down Cake

PLUMS

• Plum Tart in Oatmeal Cookie Crust
• Rosé Plum Cake

POMEGRANATES

• Roasted Butternut Squash with Whipped Feta and Pomegranate
• Pomegranate Salsa
• Spicy Pomegranate Salsa
• Homemade Pomegranate Molasses

PUMPKIN

• Perfect Pumpkin Bread
• Pumpkin Spice Baked Oatmeal
• Pumpkin Spice Chia Pudding
• Pumpkin Butter Mochi
• Cook's Illustrated Pumpkin Pie Recipe
• Pumpkin Spice Layer Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
• Pumpkin Cheesecake
• Pumpkin Pie Ice Cream Sandwiches

SWEET POTATOES

• Whipped Sweet Potatoes with Feta and Pomegranate
• Crispy Smashed Sweet Potatoes with Dips

Fruit and Vegetables in Season Right Now and Always

These fruits and vegetables are considered "always in season!" At least here in California!

• artichokes
• beets
  • Beet hummus
  • Tzatziki with roasted beets
• broccoli, cauliflower and fam, except brussels
  • Best Burnt Broccoli
  • Sesame Broccoli
• Cauliflower
  • Cauliflower Parm
  • Cauliflower Gratin
  • Whole Roasted Cauliflower
  • Roasted Curried Cauliflower
  • How to Cut Cauliflower Steaks
  • Pull Apart Garlic Cheese Whole Cauliflower "Loaf"
• cabbage
  • Cabbage Apple Salad with Miso Mustard Dressing
  • Chicken Cabbage Salad
  • Roasted Cabbage with Gochujang Glaze
  • Green Cabbage Kimchi for kimchi emergencies
• carrots
  • Spicy Carrot Salad
  • Pickled Carrots and Daikon
  • Carrot Cake
• flowers, edible and otherwise!
  • Spring Rolls with Flowers
  • Carrot Cake topped with Nasturtiums
• fruit, dried
  • Brownie Baked Oatmeal with Prunes
  • Pinot Prune Jam
  • Healthy Chocolate Spread aka "No-tella"
  • Chocolate Salami for Dessert Platters
  • Homemade Hoisin Sauce
  • Cauliflower Sicilian-style with Raisins and Pistachios
• garlic
  • Asian Garlic Noodles
  • Thomas Keller's Garlic Confit
  • Caramelized Garlic Cauliflower Soup
• herbs
  • Rosemary Olive Oil Cake
  • Rosemary White Bean Dip
  • Olive Salsa Verde
  • Italian Salsa Verde
• lemons
  • Lemon Vinaigrette Dressing
  • Lemon Olive Oil Cake
  • Marcella Hazan's Roast Chicken with Lemons
• lettuces and leafy greens
• mandarins and tangerines
  • Avocado Citrus Salad
  • Baked Salmon with Citrus
  • Mandarin Chicken Salad
• mushrooms
  • Roasted Shiitake Mushroom "Bacon"
  • How to Cook Lion's Mane Mushrooms
  • California Sushi Rolls with Mushrooms
  • Summer Rolls with Mushrooms
• onions
  • Perfect Pickled Onions
  • Salsa Criolla Lime Pickled Onions
  • Caramelized Onion Dip
  • French Onion Soup
  • Pissaladiere with Caramelized Onions
• oranges
  • Orange Olive Oil Cake
  • for your Cheese and Charcuterie Boards: Candied Oranges
  • for your cocktail garnishes: Dried Oranges
• potatoes
  • Korean Potato Salad
  • Roasted Garlic Potato Salad
  • Crispy Smashed Potatoes with Feta and Honey
  • Salt and Vinegar Crispy Smashed Potatoes
• radishes
  • Pickled Radish
  • Vietnamese Pickled Carrots and Radish Do Chua
  • Soy Sauce Pickled Radish and Onions
  • Spicy Radish Salad, aka musaengchae
  • Radish Kimchi, aka "kkadugi"
• strawberries
  • Strawberry Salad
  • Strawberry Mochi Cake
  • Strawberry Ice Cream
  • How to Keep Strawberries Fresh
• sweet potatoes
  • Whipped Sweet Potatoes with Feta and Pomegranate

What Fruits and Vegetables are in Season, by Month

Planning ahead? Here's what fruits and vegetables are in season for the months coming up:

• What Fruits and Vegetables are in Season in October—we're here!
• What Fruits and Vegetables are in Season in November
• What Fruits and Vegetables are in Season in December
• What Fruits and Vegetables are in Season in January
• What Fruits and Vegetables are in Season in February
• What Fruits and Vegetables are in Season in March
• What Fruits and Vegetables are in Season in April
• What Fruits and Vegetables are in Season in May
• What Fruits and Vegetables are in Season in June
• What Fruits and Vegetables are in Season in July
• What Fruits and Vegetables are in Season in August
• What Fruits and Vegetables are in Season in September

You don't NEED a reason to celebrate, throw a dinner party, gather friends and family to grill, but if you do, here's an entire monthly calendar of food holidays in October to celebrate!