Today is a big day for the football in our house as we’re nearing the end of the season and today’s Chelsea and United matches could determine which team will claim the Premier League Championship (I think that’s right, I’ve been trying to pay attention!)

To be supportive of E I decided I’d make a game day feast with beef burgers, sweet potato chips (if I can figure out how to make them) and sweetcorn on the cob. But the sweetcorn was £1.99 for two, which seems absolutely outrageous. It dawned on me that sweetcorn is probably out of season and that’s why it was so expensive.

That’s a roundabout way of saying I’m going to start featuring the list of seasonal fruit and veg (and meat and fish) on this site, to remind myself, and you, what we should be buying each month. Hopefully this will help us save a bit of money plus everything always tastes nicer when it is at its peak.

Here is the list for May, courtesy of BBC GoodFood:

Fruit
At its best: apricots, gooseberries, strawberries
Coming in: blackberries, raspberries, tomatoes, watermelon

Veg
At its best: asparagus, lamb’s lettuce, lettuce, new potatoes, peas, peppers, radishes, sorrel, spinach, spring greens, watercress
Coming in: aubergines, courgettes, fennel bulbs, globe artichokes

Meat
At its best: lamb

Fish
At its best: crab, halibut, salmon, tuna