Hello from justhaat.com. We at JustHaat understand how busy can festive season be and we really want you to enjoy this time of the year thoroughly with your friends and family.
For easing up the process of thinking about the vegetables that you will require for the Christmas and other festive meals, we have curated a perfect list for you. This list has all your vegetable you will need for making delicious salads, soups, stirfry, curries and all the other delicacies that you can make for Christmas other festive meals. So, let’s get started with the Christmas special vegetables:
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Sweet Potato
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Sweet potatoes are very versatile and can be used in making a number of Christmas dishes such as baked sweet potatoes, sweet potato casserole, sweet potato desserts, sweet potato fries. You can also prepare a sweet potato pie. It acts as a perfect Christmas pie in case you want to try something different than the traditional apple and pecan pie. Sweet potatoes are healthy yet delicious.
Here are some of the delicious recipes you can make with sweet potato this Christmas: 70 Sweet Potato Dishes to Make This Holiday Season.
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Potato
Potato is the king of the kitchen. You can prepare a wide variety of dishes with potato. Potatoes can be included in both appetizers as well as the main course of the Christmas dinner menu. You can use potatoes in forms of baked potatoes, mashed potatoes, jacket potatoes, cheesy potato casserole, potato fritters and whatnot. Potatoes can even be roasted and can be used in other ways as well to ease out the preparations of the dinner. Check these recipes for more ideas: 14 Best Holiday Potato Recipes.
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Herbs
What is a Christmas dinner without some flavourful savouries? Fresh herbs like thyme, rosemary, parsley, mint, coriander, etc are some of the herbs which are going to add a lot of flavour to your food.
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Garlic paste
Garlic paste is super essential for a lot of Christmas dinner recipes. Also, it is a very crucial ingredient for preparing lip-smacking gravies. Garlic paste is also used in brushing all the meat recipes that will be prepared for the dinner. And not just that, garlic paste adds a wonderful aroma and taste to the food.
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Ginger
Ginger is required not just for gravies but also for salads. You can also prepare delicious gingerbread, ginger cookies or add ginger flavour to the cake. Ginger adds flavour to the dishes as well as it has a lot of health benefits too.
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Red Pepper
Colourful food is always very satisfying to the eyes. Red peppers are a perfect salad ingredient as well as they make the food look really colourful. Not to forget how handy they are and can be used in numerous ways in preparing the lavish Christmas dinner.
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Green Pepper
Green pepper can be used in making different kinds of salads including Caesar salad, Greek salad and can also be clubbed with Red pepper to make a pepper salad. Here are some of the flavoursome recipes you can try with green pepper - 6 Recipes for Green Bell Peppers.
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Carrots
Another very important ingredient for the Christmas salad and curry is carrots. Carrot cakes are also Christmas favourites. You can cook a variety of dishes using carrots and can also sauté them with a few other vegetables to prepare a quick and healthy appetizer. Use them in making amazing carrot soups. You can also prepare honey garlic roasted carrots, its one of the best side to add to your dinner. Check out the recipe here - Honey Garlic Butter Roasted Carrots.
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White Cabbage
White cabbage ads both volume and taste to salads and curries. Make sure to keep white cabbage in a really good quantity.
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Onions
Onions probably are the most inevitable food item needed for making delicious food. Whether it is Christmas for any other occasion, onions are a must. They are absolutely versatile and you can use them in making gravies, salads, curries, toss them with vegetables and whatnot. They even add as taste enhancers when added to soups.
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Spring Onion
Use loads of Spring onion in order to make sure your festive menu has a lot of colour and your delicacies taste wonderful. Do not forget to put a good amount of spring onion for both garnishing the curries and also the salads, not forgetting how beautifully they garnish the soups.
Now that we have rescued you from thinking about what to cook and what to buy, we are further going to make your shopping even more stress-free. Below are the links to all the vegetables that you will require in preparing your salads and other Christmas delicacies. Just Click, Add to your cart and enjoy your Christmas cooking.
Hoping you all have a Wonderful Festive Season ahead. Wish you all Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
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