Posted on Dec 2, 2020

31 Supremely Seasonal Recipes To Make Every Night In December

Welcome to peak comfort food season.

by Hannah Loewentheil

BuzzFeed Staff

We can all be thankful that 2020 is almost over and that it's officially peak comfort food season. Maybe you already have your Christmas, Hanukkah, or New Year's Eve menus planned — so here's a ton of delicious and super-seasonal recipes to get you through the rest of the month.

A list of December's in-season ingredients

A sheet pan topped with diced sweet potatoes and baked eggs.

A plate of sweet potato hash topped with a baked egg.

Two slices of toast topped with mushrooms, cheese, and a fried egg.

A skillet of braised chicken thighs in a creamy ginger leek sauce sprinkled with fresh herbs.

A piece of salmon topped with thinly sliced blood oranges.

A savory galette with pears, caramelized onion, and gorgonzola cheese.

Spicy potatoes with a fried egg on top.

Roasted potatoes in spicy sauce.

Kale, diced bread, cheese, and herbs in a mixing bowl.

Savory monkey bread with kale, mushrooms, eggs, leeks, and cheese.

Ingredients for grilled cheese including bread, prosciutto, persimmon, arugula, and Brie.

A persimmon grilled cheese sandwich cut into pieces, stacked.

Two plates of risotto with mushrooms, leeks, rosemary, and cheese.

Risotto cooking in an Instant Pot

Three bowls of kale and white bean soup with red pepper flakes, herbs, and lemon on the side.

A big pot of creamy white bean and kale soup.

A bowl of pasta with arugula, delicata squash, and walnuts.

Roasted carrots and chickpeas with greens on yogurt.

Roasted carrots on top of yogurt with chickpeas on a baking sheet to the side.

A Japanese-inspired cabbage pancake on a plate with spicy mayo drizzled on top.

Homemade curry paste in a jar.

Sweet potato curry over rice in a bowl with fresh herbs.

Two sweet potatoes stuffed with ground beef, tomatoes, guacamole, and topped with sour cream and cilantro.

A sheet pan topped with cauliflower in a kung pao sauce.

Kung pao cauliflower and scallions on a bed of white rice.

A big salad with bok choy, ramen noodles, carrots, almonds, and scallions.

A skillet of steak, poblanos, and mushrooms.

A plate of steak, peppers, and mushrooms with guacamole and tortilla on the side.

Three halves of acorn squash filled with sausage, apples, mushrooms, and cheese.

Four acorn squash halves, roasted on a baking sheet.

A casserole dish filled with roasted beef, carrots, mushrooms, scallions, and caramelized onions.

Fusilli Carbonara with Brussels sprouts.

Brussels sprouts, pasta, pancetta, cheese, and cracked egg on a countertop.

Roasted butternut squash in a blender.

Two bowls of creamy soup topped with herbs, crème fraîche, and nuts.

A fork taking a bite of cheesy cauliflower.

A wooden spatula taking a scoop of cheesy Brussels sprouts au gratin from a baking dish.

Sweet potato fries on a baking sheet.

A bowl of sweet potato fry and black bean loaded nachos.

A bowl of cabbage soup with sausage and carrots and diced tomatoes.

A pita topped with portobello mushrooms, lettuce, radish, tomatoes, and cucumber sauce.

Sliced portobello mushrooms, cucumber sauce, red onions, and lettuce in bowls.

A loaf of yogurt and grapefruit cake.

Two slices cut from a loaf of grapefruit yogurt cake.

A muffin tray filled with ginger persimmon scone muffins and one crumbled muffin on the side.

A baking dish filled with pear and apple crumble.

A slice of chocolate pomegranate tart being topped with glaze.

A dark chocolate and pomegranate tart.

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