At least it’s cheap: celery headlines Australia’s best-value fruit and veg for August

Celeriac, celery and cauliflower are in for August, while asparagus and other spring produce will start to arrive towards the end of the month. Photograph: Anastasiia Krivenok/Getty Images

When it comes to August vegetable picks, the letter of the month is “c”: cauliflower, celeriac and celery are the cream of the crop.

At $3.50 a head, cauliflower is one of the best picks. Use it whole, leaves and all, in a merguez-spiced roasted cauliflower with tahini sauce, or in Meera Sodha’s baked orzo with cauliflower and dijon mustard.