Enjoy these comforting, delicious healthy fall dinner recipes in the cooler weather! These are perfect to feed a crowd or a weeknight dinner for the family.
These fall dinner ideas are the meals I start making as soon as the weather cools down. You’ll find easy weeknight dinners, hearty soups, baked pastas, slow cooker meals, and plenty of recipes using fall favorites like sweet potatoes, pumpkin, squash, and apples.
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Fall Foods My Family Loves
In my kitchen, fall food is less about pumpkin spice and more about the dinners everyone starts asking for when the weather cools down. Chili, baked pasta, roasted chicken, soups, and meals with sweet potatoes, squash, apples, mushrooms, and other seasonal ingredients all come back into rotation.
I also start making dinners I don’t cook as often during the summer-pot pie, slow cooker meals, sheet pan dinners, and anything that can roast in the oven while I’m doing something else. Many of these recipes make enough for leftovers, which is another reason I’ve kept making them year after year.
Easy Fall Dinner Recipes
These are the fall dinners I make on regular weeknights when I want something satisfying without spending hours in the kitchen. There are one-pan dinners, baked chicken, pasta, slow cooker meals, and even a few breakfast-for-dinner favorites.
Loaded Buffalo Chicken Sweet Potatoes
Baked sweet potatoes turn leftover or slow-cooked Buffalo chicken into a filling dinner, and everyone can add their own toppings at the table.
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Chicken Leg Quarters
Chicken leg quarters are budget-friendly and hard to dry out, making this an easy oven dinner when you want crispy skin and juicy chicken without much prep.
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Sheet Pan Sausage and Vegetables
When the fridge is full of vegetables and I need dinner fast, I put them on a sheet pan with sausage and let the oven handle the rest.
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Creamy Sun-Dried Tomato Chicken Pasta
Chicken, pasta, and a creamy Parmesan sauce make this a complete 30-minute dinner for nights when everyone wants pasta but you still want plenty of protein in the meal.
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Chicken Thighs & Mushrooms
Crispy chicken thighs and mushrooms cook together in a simple garlic-herb sauce, so the main dish is handled in one pan.
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One Pot Chili Mac
Make this when you can’t decide between chili and pasta. Everything cooks in one pot, and the leftovers reheat well for another meal.
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Baked Pork Loin Roast
The pork and sweet potatoes roast together on one sheet pan, giving you a full fall dinner without juggling several dishes at once.
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Granma’s Spanish Chicken & Rice
Chicken and seasoned rice cook together in one pan, making this one of those filling dinners that doesn’t need much else on the side.
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Slow Cooker Chicken Parmesan
You get the familiar tomato, chicken, and cheese flavors of Chicken Parmesan while the slow cooker handles most of the work.
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Rotisserie Chicken Pot Pie
Rotisserie chicken and refrigerated pie dough cut down the prep, so you can make pot pie on a weeknight instead of saving it for a weekend project.
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Chicken Pot Pie Pasta
This gives you the creamy chicken-and-vegetable filling of pot pie in a faster skillet pasta with no crust to make.
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Pumpkin Pasta
If you’ve never used pumpkin in a savory dinner, start here. The puree makes the sauce creamy without making the pasta taste like pumpkin pie.
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Sweet Potato Hash
Sweet potatoes, kale, chorizo, and a fried egg make this breakfast-for-dinner meal filling enough for an evening when you want something fast from one skillet.
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Turkey Skillet Tamale Pie
Ground turkey and vegetables cook under a cornbread topping in one skillet, making this an easy way to turn simple ingredients into a hearty dinner.
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Sheet Pan Baked Salmon and Potatoes
Salmon and potatoes cook together on the same pan, which means the protein and side are done at once with very little cleanup.
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Sheet Pan Chicken and Veggies
Put the chicken and vegetables on one baking sheet and let the oven cook the whole meal while you take care of everything else.
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Fall Vegetable Salad
Roasted vegetables turn a simple bed of greens into a dinner-worthy salad with plenty of texture and seasonal flavor.
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Chicken Goulash
This is a one-pot dinner for the nights when you want tender chicken and vegetables simmered together without making a separate side dish.
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Ground Turkey Chili
This bean-free turkey chili gets its thick texture from plenty of vegetables, and it makes enough for the kind of leftovers I actually want the next day.
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Bacon & Spinach Frittata
Keep this one in mind for breakfast-for-dinner nights. Eggs, bacon, and spinach cook quickly and don’t require a long list of ingredients.
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Spaghetti Squash Lasagna Boats
Use spaghetti squash as the base for meat sauce and ricotta when you want the flavors of lasagna with more vegetables built into the meal.
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Roasted Chicken & Fall Vegetable Salad
Roasted chicken, beets, butternut squash, and Brussels sprouts make this salad substantial enough to serve as dinner instead of a side.
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Pork Carnitas Lettuce Cups
Ten minutes of prep gets the pork into the slow cooker, then dinner is mostly hands-off until it’s time to pile everything into lettuce cups.
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Dinner Oatmeal
Savory oats topped with vegetables, bacon, and a fried egg are an easy switch when you’re tired of the usual rice or potato base for dinner.
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Ground Turkey Shepherd’s Pie
Ground turkey, vegetables, gravy, and mashed potatoes make this an all-in-one dinner, and it reheats especially well the next day.
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Fall Soup Recipes
Soup starts showing up in my dinner rotation as soon as the evenings get cooler. These range from creamy squash and tomato tortellini soup to beef stew, chicken soup, and hearty chili-style meals that can stand on their own for dinner.
Simple Beef Stew
Beef, vegetables, and a rich broth simmer into a complete dinner that tastes like it took more effort than it actually did.
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Chili with Vegetables
This thick, meaty chili gets plenty of texture from vegetables instead of beans and makes a big pot for dinner plus leftovers.
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White Chicken Chili
Rotisserie chicken gets this thick, creamy chili onto the table in about 30 minutes, making it especially useful when you want soup without a long simmer.
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Crockpot Chicken Noodle Soup
Put the classic chicken soup ingredients in the slow cooker earlier in the day and let dinner cook while you’re doing everything else.
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Turkey Stew
This is an easy way to turn roasted turkey and vegetables into another full meal, especially when you have leftover turkey to use.
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Chicken and Rice Soup
Chicken, vegetables, rice, and broth all cook in one pot in about 30 minutes, so you don’t need anything complicated alongside it.
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Rotisserie Chicken Tortilla Soup
Rotisserie chicken helps this tortilla soup come together in about 20 minutes, and everyone can finish their bowl with the toppings they like.
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Chicken Taco Soup
This puts the flavors and toppings of taco night into a soup that goes from stovetop to table in less than 30 minutes.
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Acorn Squash Soup
When acorn squash is in season, this smooth soup is a simple way to turn it into a meal instead of another roasted side dish.
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Slow Cooker Chicken Pot Pie Soup
You get the chicken, vegetables, and creamy filling of pot pie in a slow cooker soup without having to make or bake a crust.
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Spiced Butternut Squash Soup
Cinnamon, ginger, and warm spices give butternut squash a different direction from the usual savory soup while keeping the texture smooth and creamy.
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Enchilada Soup
Keep this meatless soup in rotation when you want enchilada flavors with plenty of vegetables and no tortillas to roll or bake.
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Creamy Tomato Tortellini Soup
Adding tortellini turns creamy tomato soup into a more substantial dinner without requiring a separate sandwich or side.
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Fall Side Dishes
Need something to serve with dinner? These are a few of the fall sides I make most often, from mashed potatoes and sweet potatoes to Brussels sprouts and roasted seasonal vegetables. You can find even more ideas in my fall side dishes collection.
Southern Mashed Potatoes
Mashed potatoes work with everything from roasted chicken and pork to stew, making them one of the easiest sides to pair with a fall dinner.
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Baked Sweet Potatoes
Sweet potatoes need very little prep and bake mostly hands-off, so they’re easy to put in the oven alongside chicken, pork, or another fall main dish.
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Caramelized Brussels Sprouts with Bacon
Bacon and balsamic give Brussels sprouts enough flavor to hold their own next to simple roasted meats or chicken.
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Roasted Fall Vegetables
Butternut squash, Brussels sprouts, and beets roast together on one pan, giving you several seasonal vegetables without making separate side dishes.
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40+ Best Fall Dinner Ideas
Enjoy these comforting, delicious healthy fall dinner recipes in the cooler weather! These are perfect to feed a crowd or a weeknight dinner for the family.
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Ingredients
Chicken Taco Soup
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 15 ounce can black beans, rinsed and drained
- 15 ounce can red kidney beans, rinsed and drained
- 15 ounce can corn, rinsed and drained
- 3 tablespoons taco seasoning
- 1 cup mild salsa
- 15 ounce can petite diced tomatoes
- 2 to 3 cups shredded rotisserie chicken
- 2 cups low-sodium chicken broth
Instructions
- In a large Dutch oven or soup pot, heat the oil over medium-high heat. Add the beans, corn, and taco seasoning. Brown until the veggies are softened.
- Add the salsa, tomatoes, chicken, and chicken broth. Bring to a boil before reducing the heat and simmering for 20 minutes.
- Remove from heat and serve in bowls topped with sour cream and avocado
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Nutrition
Serving: 1 bowl | Calories: 328kcal | Carbohydrates: 45g | Protein: 25g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 35mg | Sodium: 905mg | Potassium: 977mg | Fiber: 12g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 617IU | Vitamin C: 14mg | Calcium: 90mg | Iron: 4mg
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