Seasonal Eating by Month: November

With Winter and Christmas (gulp) just around the corner, this is the perfect month to snuggle up with heart-warming comfort foods and good company. Can you believe it’s Christmas next month?! Madness – where does the time go ey? Even though our favourite Summer fruits are long gone, November offers you the joys of apple, cranberry, pomegranate and quince. All of which can be used in both sweet and savoury dishes. We also welcome in the delicious tropical taste of passion fruit. From cheesecake to juicy cocktails, it’s a winner for the seasonal celebrations ahead. But that’s not all. Here’s a list of all the main fruits, vegetables and herbs in season in the U.K. And remember, there’s lots of benefits to seasonal eating as well, so enjoy…

Fruits:

• Apple
• Cranberry
• Clementine
• Date
• Medlar
• Passion Fruit
• Pears
• Pomegranate
• Quince
• Satsuma

 
Vegetables:

• Artichoke
• Beetroot
• Butternut Squash
• Cabbage
• Carrot
• Cauliflower
• Cavolo Nero
• Celeriac
• Celery
• Jerusalem Artichoke
• Kale
• Kohlrabi
• Leek
• Parsnip
• Potatoes
• Pumpkin
• Red Cabbage
• Salsify
• Shallots
• Swede
• Sweet potato
• Sweetcorn
• Swiss Chard
• Turnip
• Watercress
• Wild Mushrooms

 
Herbs:

• Almonds
• Brazil Nuts
• Chestnuts
• Cob Nuts
• Hazlenuts
• Rosemary
• Sage
• Walnuts

 
Now knowing all the seasonal fruits, vegetables and herbs for November, what do you plan on cooking? We can think of a few things like a winter fruit tarte tatin or delicious carrot cake. Perhaps you could get family or friends together for a heart-warming dinner? You could make a delicious main with some yummy sides like dauphinoise potatoes and roasted winter vegetables. And for those cosy nights in, we’ve got these Chocolate Orange Beetroot Brownies for you to indulge in. Let us know what you get up to in the kitchen by tagging us on social media!

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