During the autumn and winter, there’s usually only one thing on my mind: get some nice, thick, warm jumpers, and sit down with a bowl of rich, hearty vegetable soup. Luckily, there are plenty of different types of veg which are in season during the autumn, so let’s talk about a few of my favourite Autumn seasonal vegetables! You might even still get a few seasonal summer vegetables too if it is early autumn.
Potatoes
Potatoes are in season during quite a few different parts of the year, depending on which variety you’re talking about. The potatoes that are ripe for digging up during the autumn, however, are huge, thick, heavy things that are crying out to be baked!
A baked potato is one of my absolute favourite comfort foods, and it can be served with any number of things! My personal favourite is baked beans and cheese, but another great choice could be tuna and mayonnaise, or even chilli.
In my opinion, if you have beans and cheese the cheese absolutely has to go underneath the beans. Anyone who does it otherwise is really missing out!
The potatoes harvested at this time of year are typically pretty great all-rounders, as opposed to early potatoes, which are best boiled, steamed, or mashed.
The all-around strength of these potatoes means that you can do an awful lot with them, from hotpot to a roast dinner!
Parsnips
Parsnips are a great example of classic root veg that often goes underappreciated. In recent years, more and more people have been happy to start roasting their veg as part of a Sunday dinner, but, in my opinion, there’s no such thing as too much-roasted veg!
Parsnips have always been one of my favourite roasted vegetables and because I love them so much Ben had grown up loving them too!
For a slight variation, you could roast your parsnips with a handful of different green veg, like asparagus or broccoli, and toss with salt, garlic granules, and smoked paprika before serving. It’s a really rich, decadent flavour to accompany a roast dinner.
Sweetcorn
Sweetcorn is often misconstrued as a summer vegetable, because of the sight of fields full of it on sunny days during car rides to the beach. However, this isn’t the case! It’s actually at its most ripe during the autumn and the end of the summer.
Of course, canned sweetcorn is available year-round, but fresh corn on the cob will be at its best during the autumn.
Making Mexican Street corn
There are as many ways to make corn on the cob as there are people on the planet, one popular choice is Mexican street corn.
You begin by making up a paste of your spices from butter and roughly equal quantities of each spice.
Then, without removing the outer leaves, slather the butter onto the outside of the corn, seal it in foil, and then put it on the barbecue, turning every few minutes.
After each side has had one to two minutes, simply unwrap the foil, as well as the leaves, and the corn’s there for the taking!
This is a perfect recipe for a big, family barbecue, as you can create these huge stacks of corn and everyone’s free to come and grab a couple.
Recipes with autumn seasonal vegetables
If you fancy a BBQ this autumn why not check these bbq side dish ideas.
Sweetcorn frittata – uses canned sweetcorn but is delicious all the same.
Gardener’s pie – uses parsnips and potatoes and absolutely delicious.
Taco beef stuffed sweet potatoes
Check out all my other healthy recipes here.
Whatever your plans are for this autumn, I hope your soups are delicious, your bread is crusty, and your jumpers are cosy! Why not also check my autumn dating ideas?
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