In Season: 10 Recipes To Make With Your December Harvest, Holiday Edition

We’ve agreed that Brussels sprouts are delectable when cooked properly. Here, this side dish roasts the sprouts with parmesan cheese for crispy, toasty, cheesy perfection.

Tart cranberries and spicy jalapeño peppers balance creamy, sweetened cream cheese for a delightful cracker spread. The basic recipe calls for dried cranberries, but has instructions to add fresh berries — just add more sugar to offset the extra tartness.

Mandarin oranges are extra juicy, so it’s easy to squeeze them into the orange juice required for this recipe. A little Mandarin orange zest adds the perfect pop of this citrus’s unique flavor to this sweet chicken stir-fry.

The presentation of this recipe is high-end restaurant fancy, but it’s simply oven-roasted broccoli, red onion and tomato, where the latter two get whizzed into a rich, buttery sauce for the plate. It’s topped with a jarred olive tapenade for a decadent side dish.

Think of this creamy, dreamy dish as a salad. Beets are a superfood, full of fiber and nutrients, plus they are velvety and tender when roasted. Top with pistachios for a little extra crunch.

Now is the time to buy persimmons, a truly underrated fruit. Not only do they look gorgeous in cross-section atop this cake, but they have a delicious jammy flavor that gets even sweeter when paired with maple syrup.

Creamed leeks are an excellent side dish to a roasted chicken — think of it like creamed spinach. It also pairs well with shrimp, salmon or just on some crusty toasted bread.

Turnips are a great low-carb replacement for potatoes on your dinner table. Here, they are prepared with cream and three cheeses, then baked until the cheese is browned and melted — a perfect holiday side dish.

Juicy pomegranate arils can be interesting in a dessert, but there’s something about their crunch that works well in a salad, too. You can eat this hearty lentil and beet salad alone, use it as a side or a first course or scoop it up with corn chips.

This is a fun and healthier twist on the traditional fried potato Hanukkah treat. They are sweet and savory, like sweet potato fries. Serve with applesauce or sour cream.