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Best recipes and foods for the winter season

This photo shows fennel cumin roasted butternut squash. For this recipe start by oiling some cubed butternut squash, then roasting it until lightly browned outside and tender inside, to get an easy roasted butternut squash. AP Photo/Matthew Mead

Winter is officially upon us, and while the bounty on display at local farmers’ markets can’t compare to the warmer months, there are still plenty of fresh and local foods to be found. Try these recipes featuring fruits and vegetables still readily available in the winter months.

Have a favourite recipe featuring winter ingredients? Add it in the comments below.

Cabbage

Cabbage is on display on May 20, 2013. Ben A. Pruchnie/Getty Images

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Carrots

Organic carrots lie on display on September 5, 2014. Sean Gallup/Getty Images

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Cucumber (greenhouse)

A gardener picks the first slicing cucumbers in a greenhouse on March 21, 2014. PATRICK PLEUL/AFP/Getty Images
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Leeks

Leeks are pictured on Oct. 9, 2013. Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

Onions (red)

This photo shows an orange and red onion salad with warmed coriander oil.
This photo shows an orange and red onion salad with warmed coriander oil. AP Photo/Matthew Mead

Potatoes

Potatoes on display. Clemens Bilan/Getty Images

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Rhubarb

Organic rhubarb. CHRISTOF STACHE/AFP/Getty Images

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Rutabaga

File photo of rutabaga. Mikko Stig, STRLEHT

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Squash

Spiced squash soup.
Spiced squash soup. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - Emily Richards

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Sweet potatoes

No need for tons of fat in this sweet potato salad
This May 5, 2014, photo shows sweet potato, grilled corn and black bean salad with spicy cilantro dressing in Concord, N.H. This recipe swaps sweet potatoes for the more traditional white potatoes and loses the standard recipe’s abundant mayonnaise in favor of a dressing high in flavor and low in fat. AP Photo/Matthew Mead

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