51 Easy Fall Recipes to Make Weeknight Dinners Exciting Again
Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Anna Stockwell
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51 Easy Fall Recipes to Make Weeknight Dinners Exciting Again

Want to get out of your cooking rut, but not looking for a project? You need these recipes.

These easy fall recipes are the ones we turn to when we're starting to feel a bit ofcooking burnout. They're comforting and quick to make but packed with all the autumn produce that gets you excited about cooler weather. There's roasted squash, sweet potatoes, and beets, plus the last of the good tomatoes and eggplant. These are our go-to sheet-pan dinners and one-pot pastas, plus our favorite fall soups, brunches, and side dishes, all built for weeknights when you just need a simple recipe.

  • An overhead shot of creamy onepot pasta with sausage and squash with a wooden spoon in the pot.
    Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Laura Rege
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    Creamy One-Pot Pasta With Sausage and Squash

    Easy fall recipes like this one are pure comfort in a pot. And here, it's justonepot: The pasta and the creamy butternut squash sauce with Italian sausage are all cooked together. You don't even need to boil water. Fewer dishes? Yes, please.

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    Pumpkin Dutch Baby With Pumpkin Butter

    Is there a better fall brunch than this quick and easy Dutch baby? Whip up the batter in your blender, and use the extracanned pumpkinto make a concentrated pumpkin butter for putting on top.

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  • Photo and Food Styling by Joseph De Leo
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    Braised Chicken Legs With Grapes and Fennel

    我们喜欢与卡拉布里亚的智利粘贴任何东西,但this new chicken recipe is really special. Some of the grapes break down in the bottom of the pan, lending their juices to the sweet-spicy braising liquid, while the others stay intact, emerging from the oven glistening and burnished.

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  • Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Prop Styling by Beatrice Chastka, Food Styling by Dana Bonagura
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    Sausage and Greens Sheet-Pan Dinner

    With crispy mini potatoes and hearty greens that are roasted in a sweet-tart mustard dressing, this 25-minute dinner is an easy crowd-pleaser.

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  • Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Prop Styling by Alex Brannian, Food Styling by Mariana Velasquez
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    Stuffed Sweet Potatoes With Beans and Guacamole

    When all else fails, you can always have sweet potatoes for dinner. This version is extra-satisfying, thanks to a topping of black beans and guacamole. But we have about a million othersweet potato topping ideas, too.

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    12/51

    Spiced Turkey Chili with Spaghetti Squash

    Spiced with cinnamon, allspice, and cocoa powder, this warming bean and turkey chili pairs perfectly with the sweet fall flavor of roasted spaghetti squash in this naturally gluten-free dinner.

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  • Photo by Chelsie Craig, Food Styling by Claire Saffitz
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    Slow-Cooked Eggplant With Lemon and Fennel Seeds

    Use this master formula as your guide—but feel free to get creative with the add-ins. A dried chile? Sure! A few sprigs of herbs from your windowsill? Why not?

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  • Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Molly Baz
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    3-Ingredient Creamy Pumpkin Pasta

    Pumpkin pasta just screams fall, and this luxurious dish couldn't be simpler to make. The key to balancing the richness of the cream and the sweetness of the pumpkin in this easy pasta sauce is salty, starchy pasta water.

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    Cauliflower Carbonara

    Sometimes you just want to eat a lot of pasta. Sometimes, adding veggies—likecauliflower—makes that dinner feel even better.

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  • Photo by Joseph De Leo, Food Styling by Anna Stockwell
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    Winter Salad Hummus Bowls

    Okay, we know this is called awintersalad, but the truth is, it's a template for the perfect easy fall dinner, too. Take hummus, dress any greens or veg you like with this delicious dressing. Top with our make-aheadSeedy Power Sprinkleand serve with jammy eggs.

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    Baked Pasta alla Norma

    This easy dinner packs all of the classic flavors of classic Pasta alla Norma—eggplant, tomatoes, and basil—into a pan with spaghetti, garlic, and Parm.

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  • Photo by Chelsie Craig, Food Styling by Michelle Gatton
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    Big Green Lentil Salad

    Cool yogurt, crunchy seeds, and herbs turnlentilsinto a filling salad you’ll actually be excited to eat. Serve it with warm pita for swiping up the garlicky yogurt.

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  • Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Ali Nardi
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    Sheet-Pan Spaghetti Squash Puttanesca

    Rather than pasta, this vegetarian version of the classic Southern Italian dish is tossed with spaghetti squash "noodles" for a delicious dinner that cooks entirely on just one sheet pan.

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    Freeform Chicken Meatballs With Carrots and Yogurt Sauce

    如果你觉得塑造完美的肉丸是善良的a too fussy for a weeknight meal, we agree. That's why this recipe has you drop dollops of spiced ground chicken onto a sheet pan, where they'll roast with sweet carrots until everything is golden brown.

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  • Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Ali Nardi
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    Sheet-Pan Chicken Saltimbocca with Roasted Potatoes and Crispy Kale

    Looks fancy, cooks easy. This entire Italian-inspired dinner is cooked on two baking sheets, so dish duty is quick.

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    Slow-Roasted Salmon With Harissa

    If you're looking for tender, flavorful salmon that's never overcooked, you need to get on board with slow-roasting. This version has a punch of spicy harissa, but you could also use a little pesto, curry paste, tapenade, Calabrian chile, mustard… or just lots of olive oil and a few sliced lemon wheels.

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    Broccolini With Sesame Sauce and Lemon

    The best broccolini is dressed with this salty-sweet sesame sauce. You may be surprised how quickly the platter empties.

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