The seasons are upside down this year. We’re still getting UK-grown courgettes and tomatoes in our veg box, yet it’s December this weekend!
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not complaining – I love the summer veggies, but it feels weird contemplating recipes for courgettes and swedes at the same time!
I guess we’re in the last few weeks of the late summer veg and the abundance of root vegetables in veg boxes shows that we’re now in “late autumn”, so it’s time to think soups, bakes, casseroles, mashes and all sorts of other comfort food 
So I was wondering: what’s your favourite winter vegetable – and why?
I’m going to cheat and opt for two – beetroot and butternut squash (though probably not together).
Butternut squashes stay in season for months and their bright orange flesh adds a wonderfully sweet, creamy flavour to winter dishes.
Beetroot is just so colourful, packed with vitamins and has a sweet, earthy flavour, that makes a lovely change from the pungent flavour of turnips and celeriac. I’m a late starter with beetroot, having only discovered I like it in the last 18 months. So it’s just as well we’ve got lots of beetroot recipes to enjoy.
So what’s your favourite winter vegetable and why???
Clare x
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