Occasional cooks: go nuts

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I'm short on inspiration this week and browsing recipes online is not helping, so free space in the kitchen today - go wild, and just clean up the mess later.

I did read some interesting facts about winter vegetables:

Why do winter vegetables taste better after cold snaps?

I'd be heading to the farmer's market this weekend and stocking up on swedes, carrots, cabbage and kale because there is a good chance they'll taste a lot sweeter.

When cold weather hits, some plants do something ingenious to protect themselves. They produce antifreeze.

This involves releasing enzymes that break down some of the starch in the cells into simple sugars. When sugar is introduced to water, it lowers the freezing point.

Not much help to most of you right now!