Veggies can be transformed into all kinds of dishes. You can add them to salads, bake them into bread or even serve them alone as a side dish. The number of delicious meal combinations made with veggies is endless. Excellent winter vegetable recipes can be found all over the internet, and sometimes this abundance of tasty recipes makes it hard to choose which one you want to make. To save you time, we've rounded up our favorite unique and delicious winter veggies recipes. Though all delicious, each recipe for winter vegetables uses them differently and creates an entirely different result!
Turn Your Favorite Veggies into a Pizza: How to Make Winter Harvest Pizza
Depending on where you live, winter weather can get pretty chilly, and what's a better way to warm up than with a hot meal? When we think of a warm winter meal, we crave something that's not only delicious but something that's warm as well, which brings us to the ultimate comfort food, pizza!
This incredible recipe features a thin crust pizza loaded with delicious winter veggies like butternut squash. Butternut squash, one of our winter favorites, is a creamy staple that's added to a variety of dishes. On this pizza, the butternut squash cubes are used as the main topping to provide a healthy base for the rest of the toppings. Because butternut squash is a winter vegetable, it can be found fresh at most grocery stores.
To amp up the flavor even more, Brussel sprouts, bacon, blue cheese and hazelnuts are added, creating a pizza that your guests are sure to drool over. While these toppings taste delicious together, feel free to get creative and add your favorite vegetables into the mix. We're confident that once you eat this yummy pizza, it will quickly become one of your favorite winter vegetable recipes!
Pack Your Veggies into a Delicious Soup: How to Make Winter Barley Soup
Soup is hands-down one of the best ways to warm up on a cold winter day. Whether you're feeling under the weather or just craving a little extra warmth, a big bowl of soup is sure to do the trick. The next time you're craving a hot meal, try warming up your favorite veggies, meats and grains and mix them into a delicious soup. To help get you started, we've narrowed down all the yummy winter soup recipes out there and chosen what we think is the best one: this winter barley soup!
Rich and full of flavor, this soup recipe packs a spicy punch that will warm you up from the inside out. A delicious winter vegetable recipe, it's packed with nutritious veggies like carrots, turnips and potatoes. This soup uses barley as a filling base, making it an excellent comfort food to cozy up to. Barley is an excellent source of fiber and a good source of iron. Combined with all the delicious veggies in this meal, it's genuinely one of the most delicious and healthy recipes for winter vegetables!
Combine Your Winter Veggies for a Savory Main Course: How to Make Squash and Mushroom Barley Risotto
It's hard to go wrong with risotto. Risotto is a meal that almost everyone loves, especially on a cold winter day. When most people make risotto, they tend to leave out one of our favorite ingredients: veggies, of course! While a veggie-filled plate may not be the first thing that comes to mind when you're choosing a risotto recipe, it's a delicious twist on a classic winter meal. In this recipe, we've combined creamy winter squash with our pearl barley to make a risotto that's both delicious and nutritious!
This creamy risotto is packed with antioxidant-filled foods like mushrooms, shallots, garlic and squash that leave it overflowing with a delicious earthy, natural flavor sure to satisfy even the pickiest of taste buds. Traditional arborio rice is replaced with pearl barley, which has a mild and nutty flavor. A rich source of fiber, barley is sure to fill you up after a long day fighting off the cold weather. This risotto is a nutrient-rich, filling meal that tops off our list recipes for winter vegetables!
Bake Your Veggies into a Burger: How to Make Farro Veggie Burgers
When you think about burgers, what comes to mind? We'd bet that you're not thinking about veggies. This recipe challenges us to see burgers in a different light, and that might be one of the reasons why we love it so much. It's a tasty way to get your daily recommended serving of veggies and enjoy a delicious warm meal.
These veggie burgers are entirely meat-free, making them the perfect choice when accommodating vegetarian guests. Instead of meat, farro is used to create a firm burger-like texture, and nutrient-rich veggies like spinach hold it all in place. Other delicious ingredients like black beans, onions and garlic are added to the mix boosting the flavor of the meal to make this one winter veggie recipe that you can't skip.
Much quicker than using a grill, these burgers can be fried in a pan to perfection in just 6 minutes! The readily available winter ingredients and fast cooking time of this meal make it the perfect dish to make on a winter night when you'd prefer to be spending time in front of the fire, instead of in the kitchen.
A quick tip: To perfect the texture of these veggie burgers, we add two tablespoons of flaxseed meal to the mix to hold the patties together.
Swap the Pumpkin Pie for this Veggie-Filled one: How to Make Gluten Free Vegetable Pot Pie
The winter season is full of sweets, especially pies. Pumpkin pies, apple pie, cranberry and rhubarb pies, just about anything can be turned into a pie. With all of the family gatherings and holiday traditions, pies top the list of desserts to bake. And we're not surprised as to why--they're delicious! Though commonly baked as a dessert, when using the right ingredients, pies are a savory meal that everyone at the dinner table is sure to enjoy.
This gluten free vegetable pot pie is not only free from gluten, but it's also completely free of dairy and soy! Stuffed with carrots, Brussels sprouts, onions and other delicious veggies, it's a healthy meal that is sure to satisfy all of your holiday cravings. The vegetables in this pie are cooked to perfection, creating a creamy, tasty center that is full of flavor and nutrients. To top it off, this recipe uses our Gluten-Free Pie Crust Mix to help take the guesswork out of gluten free baking. Follow the instructions in this recipe to create a warm, savory meal that will undoubtedly become one of your new favorite winter vegetable recipes.
Roast Veggies into a Salad: How to Make Roasted Beet and Tomato Salad With Burrata and Toasted Pepitas
The first thing that comes to mind when we see this recipe is YUM. Loaded with veggies and flavor, this Roasted Beet and Tomato Salad with Burrata and Toasted Pepitas is a winter veggie recipe that lives up to its extravagant name. While it may seem challenging to make, it's incredibly easy! The only things you have to cook in this recipe are the beets and tomatoes, both of which can be cooked in under 20 minutes.
Once you've cooked the beets and tomatoes to perfection, the next step is to accessorize your greens. We recommend adding different cheeses, nuts and seeds to your salad to enhance its already delicious flavor.
We've chosen to add our organic pumpkin seeds to give this dish a tasty crunch and a boost of nutrition! By incorporating these seeds into your salad, you're adding essential nutrients like fiber, protein, iron and magnesium! They're a nutritional powerhouse packed in a small package and the perfect addition to any healthy meal.
Test out this tasty winter vegetable recipe and let us know what you think! Have another favorite winter veggie recipe? Send it our way! We love testing out new recipes.
