Tomatoes triumph, peaches sweet: Australia’s best value fruit and veg this December

Make the most of several star ingredients at once with Claire Thompson’s tomato, oregano, peach and grape salad. Photograph: Ola O Smit/The Guardian. Food styling: Ellie Mulligan. Prop styling: Louie Waller. Food assistant: Sophie Denmead.

Summer produce is feeling particularly festive this month, as vegetables show off their red and green.

Tomatoes are going “gangbusters”, says Julio Azzarello, director of sales at Gourmand Providore in Sydney. “Buy tomatoes and bottle them now. Don’t wait till the end of the season. Roma tomatoes are absolutely amazing.”