In Season: 9 Recipes To Make With The January Harvest

Meyer lemons are a sweeter variety of the typical tart lemon but are still bright and juicy. They make an excellent pair with creamy mascarpone cheese, tender pasta and crunchy hazelnuts. This is a quick meal that feels like luxury.

Deep crimson on the inside, sweet blood oranges are a delicacy in the colder months. With a hint of raspberry, they give a simple sorbet a unique flavor. This recipe uses both the juice and zest for maximum punch.

Sweet ruby red grapefruits are delicious enough to be peeled and eaten like an orange, but they’re also a perfect drink mixer. Palomas come to mind, but a great mocktail is a mix of juice and sparkling water, with muddled rosemary. It’s fragrant, complex and an easy way to welcome guests during Dry January.

A cultivar of the celery plant, the bulbs can be peeled and eaten, raw in salads or boiled and roasted like potatoes. Here, celery root gets the puree treatment into a silky side for meat, along with generous amounts of cream and butter.

Hearty greens like kale thrive in chilly temps and are a great way to eat fresh leafy vegetables all winter long. Give the kale a good massage so that it’s soft and tender, like lettuce.

Turnips can have a bit of spicy flavor when raw, but mellow out in the oven, becoming something closer in flavor to potatoes or carrots. Here, they are baked in a bacon-mushroom cream sauce, making a noteworthy side for roasted meat.

Eating black-eyed peas and collard greens is thought to bring luck when eaten in the New Year. Here, they get the Thai treatment with a fragrant coconut curry. Remove the tough ribs and stems from the greens before cooking for the most tender bite.

Roasting your cauliflower brings out its natural sweetness. Add crunch with colorful pomegranate, celery and hazelnuts. Top it all with a sweet, cinnamony dressing.

Winter squashes, like acorn, can be picked in the early winter and stored all season long. Here, it’s roasted on a bed of white beans, and slathered with a sauce of butter, chili flakes, pistachio and mint.