What's in season in the Caribbean in May
Provisioning in Antigua, St. Lucia (Rodney Bay), Martinique in May? Buy these local — they're at their best, usually cheaper, and keep longer aboard than produce that has travelled.
In season (11)
From Puerto Rico's abundance calendar — the nearest official chart.
- Banana
- Butternut / winter squash
- Cucumber
- Green beans
- Lemon
- Lime
- Onion
- Orange
- Pineapple
- Strawberries
- Sweet potato
Galley recipes for May in the Caribbean
The recipes that use the most in-season produce, and nothing imported.
- Beef kofta with tahini & couscousMiddle Eastern · 30 min · sea 3/5
- Sweet potato & black bean tacosMexican · 30 min · sea 3/5 · vegan
- Black bean and sweet potato chiliMexican · 40 min · sea 4/5 · vegan
- Bún chay — Vietnamese noodle saladVietnamese · 30 min · sea 4/5 · vegan
- Butternut squash & chickpea curryIndian · 55 min · sea 4/5 · vegan
- Butternut squash & parmesan pastaItalian · 40 min · sea 3/5 · vegetarian
- Caribbean pumpkin & coconut soupCaribbean · 40 min · sea 4/5 · vegan
- Catch-of-the-day sashimi with sesame riceJapanese · 30 min · sea 4/5
Source: Abundance Calendar (Nutrición) (MCS — Medical Card System, Puerto Rico health plan (nutrition education material)). Retrieved 2026-10-07. The rest of the Caribbean borrows the Puerto Rico chart — the nearest one we have — so it only nudges towards what's in season and never flags imports. Puerto Rico chart in weekly cells (dark = abundant, light = less): a month counts as in season when at least two of its weeks are abundant; a month with no marks at all is flagged as likely imported; light-only months are neither. Read by sampling each cell's colour from screenshots of the PDF. 'Sweet pepper' is used for bell pepper ('Peppers', all year, is left out — it may mean chillies); 'Pumpkin' for butternut squash; 'Pink grapefruit' for grapefruit.