December fruits and vegetables

For the planet and for your health, it is best to use seasonal fruits and vegetables. Here is the list of December fruits and vegetables found in France, their health benefits and recipes to accommodate them.

December vegetables

Garlic

Our complete file on garlic >> HERE <<

How to accommodate it:

  • Cucumber raita
  • Chimichurri salsa sauce
  • Cod mussels and aioli

Beet

Our complete file on beets >> HERE <<

How to accommodate it:

  • Beetroot meatballs
  • Lactofermented beets
  • Salmon with roasted beets and spinach
  • Beetroot panna cotta

Broccoli

Our complete file on broccoli >> HERE <<

How to accommodate it:

  • Rainbow Pasta Salad
  • Beef and broccoli stir-fry with sesame
  • Broccoli gratin

Carrot

Our complete file on carrots >> HERE <<

How to accommodate it:

  • Vegetable cream soup with lemongrass and ginger
  • Carrot gazpacho
  • Lacto-fermented carrots with lemon flavors
  • Carrots with cumin

Celery

Our complete file on celery>> HERE <<

How to accommodate it:

  • Celery root tagliatelle with seafood
  • Acquacotta
  • Watercress soup with ginger
  • Homemade vegetable stock cubes

Mushroom

Our complete file on the mushroom >> HERE <<

How to accommodate it:

  • Pumpkin soup with shiitake mushrooms
  • Vegetarian miso broth
  • Stir-fried cauliflower, mushroom and spinach rice
  • Thai Cashew Chicken

White cabbage

Our complete file on cabbage >> HERE <<

How to accommodate it:

  • Cabbage stuffed with buckwheat and mushrooms
  • The tartar rainbow
  • Alsatian or “sauerkraut burger”

Brussels sprouts

How to accommodate it:

  • Roasted vegetable salad

Chinese cabbage

How to accommodate it:

  • Kimchi

Cauliflower

Our complete file on cauliflower >> HERE <<

How to accommodate it:

  • Roasted cauliflower
  • Cauliflower croquettes
  • Veggie meatballs with cauliflower and chia
  • Cauliflower crumble

Kale

The health benefits of kale >> HERE <<

How to accommodate it:

  • Sautéed Jerusalem artichoke and kale
  • Sautéed green vegetables

Kohlrabi

How to accommodate it:

  • Vitamin Buddha bowl

Red cabbage

How to accommodate it:

  • Buddha vegetarian bowl
  • Red cabbage, avocado and red onion salad
  • Soba noodle salad, peanut sauce

Squash

Our complete file on squash >> HERE <<

How to accommodate it:

  • Roasted squash with Tahini sauce
  • Soft cake with pumpkin, coconut and orange
  • Butternut pitas
  • Mexican Spaghetti Squash

Shallot

Our complete file on shallots >> HERE <<

How to accommodate it:

  • Portobello egg on a bed of spinach
  • Umami salad with kombu
  • Salmon tartare with figs
  • Tuscan croutons

Endive

Our complete file on endive >> HERE <<

How to accommodate it:

  • Endive canapes with smoked salmon and persimmon
  • Duck breast with orange
  • Endive tartiflette

Spinach

Our complete file on spinach >> HERE <<

How to accommodate it:

  • Spinach Crustless Quiche
  • Creamed Spinach
  • Madrid-style spinach
  • Chicken breasts stuffed with spinach

Fennel

Our complete file on fennel >> HERE <<

How to accommodate it:

  • Grilled fennel and scallops with lime
  • Sicilian fennel and orange salad
  • Detox soup

Chew

How to accommodate it:

  • Salad B9
  • Spinach salad with tofu
  • Fennel, apple and orange salad

Turnip

Our complete file on turnips >> HERE <<

How to accommodate it:

  • Vegetarian couscous
  • Sambar Dal
  • Winter vegetable croquettes

Onion

Our complete file on onions >> HERE <<

How to accommodate it:

  • Onion & apple chutney
  • Onion soup
  • Chicken with figs
  • Butternut & sweet potato “carotenoid” soup

Parsnip

Our complete file on parsnips >> HERE <<

How to accommodate it:

  • Parsnip & carrot rosti
  • Parsnip soup with roasted hazelnuts
  • Roasted carrots, fennel and parsnips

Sweet potato

Our complete file on sweet potatoes >> HERE <<

How to accommodate it:

  • Rhubarb and sweet potato with curry and coconut milk
  • Sweet Potatoes and Roasted Beets
  • Gluten-free sweet potato soufflé
  • Chocolate and sweet potato cake (gluten-free)

Leek

Our complete file on leeks >> HERE <<

How to accommodate it:

  • Leek and salmon clafoutis
  • Pearl barley and chicken soup
  • Leek, Roquefort & walnut cake

Potato

Our complete file on potatoes >> HERE <<

How to accommodate it:

  • Roasted vegetables
  • Provencal cod casserole
  • Lentil and vegetable gratin

Black radish

Our complete file on radish >> HERE <<

How to accommodate it:

  • Winter salad
  • Chinese pickles

Rutabaga

How to accommodate it:

  • Celeriac timbale and rutabagas with hazelnut oil
  • Pumpkin fries, turnip, celery root, rutabaga

Salsify

Our complete file on salsify >> HERE <<

How to accommodate it:

  • Pan-fried salsify with mustard cream

Jerusalem artichoke

Our complete file on Jerusalem artichoke >> HERE <<

How to accommodate it:

  • Sautéed Jerusalem artichoke and kale

December fruits

Pineapple

Our complete file on pineapple >> HERE <<

How to accommodate it:

  • Tofu curry with fruits
  • Tepache
  • Roasted pineapple cream with vanilla

Lawyer

Our complete file on the lawyer >> HERE <<

How to accommodate it:

  • Surprise lawyer
  • The nori
  • Avocado yogurt
  • Avocado mayonnaise
  • Chocolate mousse
  • Spicy avocado soup with coconut milk

Banana

Our complete file on bananas >> HERE <<

How to accommodate it:

  • Banana and peanut ice cream
  • Coconut chocolate fondant banana bread
  • Skyr Banana Coconut Fondant
  • Banana cookies

Chestnut / Brown

Our complete file on chestnuts >> HERE <<

How to accommodate it:

  • Chestnut soup
  • Winter vegetable pan

Lemon

Our complete file on lemon >> HERE <<

How to accommodate it:

  • Ketogenic Lemon Cake Mug
  • Gluten-free lemon tart
  • Salt-preserved lemons

Clementine

Our complete file on clementine >> HERE <<

How to accommodate it:

  • Red mullet with clementine juice

Date

Our complete file on the health benefits of dates >> HERE <<

How to accommodate it:

  • Energy balls
  • Chocolate peanut spread
  • Gluten-free vegan cheesecake
  • Kheer

Passion fruit

Our complete file on passion fruit >> HERE <<

Grenade

Our complete file on the health benefits of pomegranate >> HERE <<

How to accommodate it:

  • Pomegranate with Port
  • Quinoa tabbouleh

Khaki

Our complete file on khaki >> HERE <<

How to accommodate it:

  • Persimmon Recovery Cream
  • Persimmon Lassi
  • Persimmon kaktugi

Kiwi

Our complete file on kiwi >> HERE <<

How to accommodate it:

  • Crunchy verrines with kiwi and chia seeds
  • Kiwi cheesecake
  • Sunday morning smoothie
  • Tutti frutti popsicles

Kumquat

Litchi

Mandarin

Mango

Our complete file on mango >> HERE <<

How to accommodate it:

  • Beetroot and mango salad
  • Mangoes flambéed with tequila
  • Exotic fruit salad with champagne

Nut

Our complete file on nuts >> HERE <<

How to accommodate it:

  • Gluten-free nut squares
  • Low GI gluten-free brownies
  • Gluten-free nut and sesame seed bread
  • Chocolate bars

Hazelnut

Our complete file on hazelnuts >> HERE <<

How to accommodate it:

  • Giant cookie to share with three friends
  • Homemade hazelnut milk
  • New York cheesecake
  • Gianduja cake

Olive

How to accommodate it:

  • Cardoon tagine with olives and candied lemon
  • Dried tomato tapenade
  • Octopus in prison
  • Mediterranean rice salad

Orange

Our complete file on orange >> HERE <<

How to accommodate it:

  • Gluten-free and lactose-free orange cake
  • Orange sports drink
  • Saint Basil Cake

Grapefruit

Our complete file on grapefruit >> HERE <<

How to accommodate it:

  • Grilled salmon with grapefruit
  • Pomelo vinaigrette

​Papaya

Our complete file on papaya >> HERE <<

Physalis

Pear

Our complete file on pear >> HERE <<

How to accommodate it:

  • Small pear soufflés (gluten-free, milk-free)
  • Pears with hibiscus
  • Roquefort roasted pears
  • Winter fruits poached in mulled wine

Apple

Our complete file on the apple >> HERE <<

How to accommodate it:

  • Apple and prune tagine
  • Apple-quince compote
  • Tarte Tatin
  • Apple cinnamon porridge

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  • Historical

  • Current version

    11/27/2025

    Updated by Marie-Céline Ray


    Science journalist

  • on 10/21/2019

    Posted by Sarah Amiri


    Dietitian and science journalist

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