Winter vegetables and herbs

Carrot

To turn sliced ​​carrots into a great side dish, all you need are a few ingredients like garlic, thyme, and cumin.

Recipe: Baked carrots with mushrooms

Parsnip

Tyler cooks the parsnips with butter until tender and serves with herb butter.

Recipe: Parsnips in butter with herbs

Potato

With Ina Garten's recipe, you'll forget about French fries! Baked potatoes with garlic are a simple and delicious combination.

Recipe: Baked potatoes with garlic

Fennel

Fennel's subtle licorice flavor softens the richer flavors of winter vegetables. Try Robyn Miller's simple orange and fennel salad.

Recipe: Salad with fennel and oranges

Turnip

Anne Burrell makes a turnip gratin, transforming the starchy root vegetable into a tender dish with a pinch of fiery cayenne pepper.

Recipe: Turnip gratin

Sage

The woody scent of sage is a true symbol of winter comfort, especially in Nigella's recipe, which pairs sage with chicken, sausages, and onions.

Recipe: Chicken and sausage with onions and sage on one sheet pan

Pumpkin

This brightly colored vegetable with its thick skin and vitamin-rich flesh is good not only as a source of healthy seeds or for Halloween decorations.

Recipe: Pumpkin, Hazelnut, and Sage Ravioli

Red basil

Red basil has the same flavor as green basil—try it in Giada's easy pasta.

Recipe: Pasta with eggplant

Lavender

This aromatic plant adds a subtle sweetness to any dish. Stir whole, fresh, edible French lavender flowers and lavender oil into cupcake batter.

Recipe: Lavender Honey Cupcakes

Mint

Mint works beautifully in both sweet and savory dishes, retaining its distinctive flavor. Try Guy's Mint Pesto.

Recipe: Natural lamb cutlets with mint pesto