Recipe ideas using seasonal vegetables

What better way to enjoy the taste and benefits of vegetables than by cooking with seasonal produce? Here are 5 delicious and easy recipes using winter vegetables, 

Soup: a winter essential

Enjoyed as a starter or main course, on its own or with delicious croutons, soup is a winter staple. Completely customizable, it’s simple to make and can include any ingredients you like: potatoes, leeks, carrots, squash, watercress, and more.

The ingredients you will need:

• Vegetables of your choice,
• A bouillon cube,
• A little butter to sauté the vegetables,
• A tablespoon of fresh cream.

The recipe is very simple: just prepare the vegetables and cook them in a pan with butter, in water with a stock cube, or steamed, depending on the vegetable and your preference. Then, simply blend them, season to taste, and add a spoonful of crème fraîche.

Sweet potato puree, sweet and comforting

For children and adults alike, mashed potatoes are one of those delicious dishes that everyone loves to eat. In winter, you can adapt this recipe to seasonal vegetables, making it more balanced by opting for sweet potato or carrot mash. Depending on your taste, you can choose a mash made with half potatoes, half vegetables, or entirely vegetables.

The ingredients you will need:

• Potatoes, sweet potatoes and/or carrots,
• Milk,
• Water,
• A tablespoon of fresh cream.

The recipe is quite simple, especially if you’re used to making mashed potatoes, as the process is the same. Just peel and chop the potatoes, sweet potatoes, or carrots and cook them in water. Then, add a little milk and blend everything before seasoning the mash to your liking.

Stuffed butternut squash, gourmet and delicious

Butternut squash is one of those vegetables often overlooked in winter because it’s not well-known, yet it’s delicious and quite inexpensive. To best enjoy it, we recommend stuffing it. First, roast the squash, cut in half, then scoop out the flesh and mix it with your choice of ingredients before stuffing it again and baking it for a few minutes. You can also blend the flesh with cream or milk to make a sauce.

The ingredients you will need:

• A butternut squash,
• Olive oil,
• What you would like to eat with your butternut squash, such as minced meat, goat cheese, or pasta, for example.

For this recipe, the first step is to bake the butternut squash in the oven, cutting it in half and scoring the flesh in a crisscross pattern. You can then drizzle olive oil and sprinkle spices over the cut surface. After an hour of baking, you can scoop out the squash flesh using a butternut squash scoop and blend it with cream to make a sauce, or mix it into a dish.