These are the foods in season for December. I sometimes wonder what would come up if I searched for 'cheap produce' for this season of the year. Not all of the food items listed below will be inexpensive, but they should be fresh and that counts for a lot.
Apples
Beets
Belgian Endive
Broccoli
Broccoli Rabe
Cabbage
Carrots
Cauliflower
Celery
Celery Root
Chard
Clementines
Cranberries
Curly Endive
Escarole
Fennel
Horseradish
Jerusalem Artichokes
Kale
Kohlrabi
Leeks
Oranges
Parsnips: The Spruce Eats suggests buying smaller parsnips which look like white carrots. He says the larger ones often have a woody center that must be cut out of the parsnip. All I've seen this year are quite large.
Pears
Pomegranate: information tells me that these are harvested in late October and can be bought fresh through the month of December.
Quince
Radicchio
Radish
Rutabaga: This are usually shipped in from Canada. Because they are usually heavily waxed, they store well and are especially nice for cold weather meals.
Spinach: In the South we often can find fresh spinach in bundles that is grown within Georgia or Florida. It prefers the cooler weather in our warm climate.
Sweet Potatoes: I know we see sweet potatoes year-round these days but in my childhood, we only saw them in the winter months. They were usually harvested in late fall, just before and after the first frosts and were stored for winter eating.
Tangerines
Turnips
Winter Squash
Some foods store well and will be available most of the year, such as potatoes and onions, though they are harvested in the summer.
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