99 (Really Good) Recipes To Make This Fall (2024)

Classic cheesecake gets a seasonal and sophisticated upgrade thanks to thinly sliced figs and a drizzle of honey. The crust, made with graham cracker crumbs and walnuts, is a great blend of sweet and savory.

Recipe:Honey and Fig Cheesecake Bars

Comfort food season is upon us. Start it off right with these seasonally appropriate quesadillas stuffed with pumpkin puree, black beans, and canned roasted green chiles.

Recipe:Pumpkin Quesadillas With Black Beans and Green Chile

You don't have to be a "salad" person to appreciate the goodness that is this dish packed with all your favorite fall flavors. It's tangy, sweet, savory, crunchy, creamy, and straight-up craveworthy.

Recipe:Autumn Chopped Chicken Salad

Whether you are vegetarian, are trying to cut back on your meat intake, or just want to try something fresh and new, this tofu in a curry made of mango, chili pasta, cumin, and coconut milk won't disappoint.

Recipe:Mango and Tofu Curry

Thanks to a tangy sauce made with shallots, red wine vinegar, tomato paste, honey, and chicken broth, this is anything but boring roast chicken.

Recipe:Chicken Thighs With Shallots In Red Wine Vinegar

Thick and creamy yet totally vegan, this chowder is made with coconut milk, vegetable broth, sweet corn, poblano peppers, and sweet potato. It's the perfect start to soup season.

Recipe:Sweet Potato Roasted Corn Chowder

Take advantage of the season's fresh produce, like red bell peppers and broccoli, to whip up this Thai-inspired dish tossed in a mixture of soy sauce, rice vinegar, honey, garlic, and ginger.

Recipe:Thai Cashew Chicken

When you've had your fill of pumpkin pie, switch things up with this moist and indulgent dessert recipe. The cream cheese filling is the icing on the cake, pun intended.

Recipe:Pumpkin Roll With Cream Cheese Filling

While it might not be beach weather anymore, the sun is still shining, which means you could use a refreshing co*cktail. This simple homemade margarita recipe will taste like something that you'd normally order at a fancy co*cktail bar.

Recipe:Spicy Mango Margaritas

Head to your local farmers market and load up on fresh produce to make this delicious dish before winter hits.

Recipe:Okra Succotash

Introducing a comforting yet refreshing pasta recipe that straddles the changing seasons. This tangy, zesty, and cheesy cacio e pepe requires only a handful of basic ingredients.

Recipe:Cacio e Pepe With Arugula and Lemon

It's like a pancake, but a giant cast-iron–skillet pancake that's covered in butter and cinnamon apples.

Recipe:Apple Dutch Baby

This breakfast, made with old-fashioned rolled oats, pecans, cinnamon, dates, and figs, doubles as a dessert, which is obviously excellent news.

Recipe:Baked Oatmeal With Figs and Dates

Bacon and Brussels sprouts are a match made in heaven when it comes to fall cooking. Add your favorite pasta and a dollop of pesto to the mix, and you've got a good thing.

Recipe:Brussels Sprouts and Bacon Pesto Pasta

What is tomato soup without grilled cheese, anyway?

Recipe:Tomato Soup With Grilled Cheese Croutons

You can personalize this recipe with all of your favorite ingredients. Start with a grain like quinoa, bulgur, or cauliflower rice and add whatever vegetables you have on hand.

Recipe:Roasted Vegetable Grain Bowl

Cauliflower florets are battered in flour, roasted in the oven, and then tossed in a sweet and savory sesame sauce with soy sauce, rice vinegar, garlic, ginger, and chili paste. Serve it on rice, in lettuce wraps, or however you like best!

Recipe:Sticky and Crispy Sesame Cauliflower

Hearty, comforting, and oh so delicious, this cozy-weather soup recipe comes together in a single pot. And thanks to ground beef, you can make it very quickly.

Recipe:Ground Beef Cabbage Soup

This popular Japanese street food is actually surprisingly easy to make right in your kitchen. It's a real clean-out-the-fridge recipe because you can add any ingredients (meat, seafood, veggies, you name it) to the cabbage mixture.

Recipe:Easy Okonomiyaki (Cabbage Pancakes)

It's officially slow cooker season. Take full advantage, starting with this filling yet delicate chicken, white bean, and squash soup.

Recipe:Crock-Pot Parmesan White Bean Chicken Soup With Roasted Delicata Squash

Scallops arenotjust for summer. Pair them with creamy risotto at the base and you've got a decadent fall comfort food.

Recipe:Herb Brown Butter Scallops With Champagne Risotto

You can make this stew in a single pot...even an Instant Pot if you want to save time and effort. Don't forget about the chili oil drizzle. It's the perfect spicy complement to the sweet potato curry.

Recipe:Gingery Coconut Sweet Potato and Rice Stew With Chili Oil

It's hard to beat the flavor combination that is bacon, sage, and butternut squash. Throw some pasta in the mix and you've got a real winner.

Recipe:Butternut Squash Carbonara

Made with dates, brown sugar, eggs, and butter, then topped with a sticky and sweet toffee syrup, this cake is guaranteedto be a crowd-pleaser.

Recipe:Sticky Toffee Pudding Cake

Not your average margarita, this seasonal blend gets a kick from a trio ofpear nectar,orange, and lime juice. Don't sleep on the honey vanilla simple syrup. You can do without it to save time, but it really kicks things up a notch.

Recipe:Honey Vanilla Pear Margaritas

This family-friendly meal couldn't be easier. Layer no-boil noodles, sliced veggies, shredded cheese, and marinara sauce in your slow cooker. Then simply turn it on and wait.

Recipe:Crock-Pot Vegetable Lasagna

Chicken thighs are marinated in a sweet and tangy mixture of maple syrup, balsamic vinegar, soy sauce, and cranberries, then they're roasted until golden brown and crispy.

Recipe:Cranberry Balsamic Roasted Chicken

This seasonal riff on a takeout classic tastes incredible topped with a fried egg and some spicy gochujang or sriracha.

Recipe:Bacon and Brussels Sprouts Fried Rice

This meatless meal is still incredibly filling, thanks to velvety polenta topped with savory mushrooms.

Recipe:Creamy Polenta With Mushrooms and Beans

This 30-minute soup recipe is a game changer on chilly fall nights. Make a big batch and reheat it throughout the week.

Recipe:Spicy Sausage, Kale, and Orecchiette Soup

For a little bit of Southern comfort in your own kitchen, look no further than this hearty stew. It takes a little bit of time and effort, but the end result is worth it.

Recipe:Chicken and Dumplings

Just when you thought seafood season was coming to a close, this fall-inspired salmon stepped into the picture. Serve it over rice, with a simple salad, or with a side of your favorite roasted veggies.

Recipe:Maple Ginger Baked Salmon

Just because picnic season is coming to a close doesn't mean you have to stop eating pasta salad. Try this version that's packed with fall's best produce, like roasted Brussels sprouts and sweet potatoes.

Recipe:Fall Pasta Salad

There's no bad day that a bowl of cheesy, warm, baked pasta can't fix. You can also customize this meal by adding your favorite vegetables and protein, like meatballs, ground turkey, or chicken.

Recipe:Baked Penne With Spinach and Tomatoes

Move over, PSLs, there's a new pumpkin recipe in town, and this one just screams fall.

Recipe:Pumpkin Pasta With Garlic Parmesan Cream Sauce

Take your love of chocolate chip cookies to a whole new level.

Recipe:Gooey Chocolate Chip Cookie Pie

We've been waiting months for ramen season to return, and now that it's here, we're embracing it.

Recipe:Coconut Curry Ramen

If you don't happen to have a tagine at home, don't stress. You can also make this juicy, fall-off-the-bone chicken stew in a slow cooker or Dutch oven.

Recipe:Moroccan Chicken Tagine

Topped with avocado, bacon, sliced apple, walnuts, feta, and chicken, this filling salad is worthy of a stand-alone dinner.

Recipe:Fall Harvest Cobb Salad

It's shoulder season, which means it's still perfectly appropriate to be eating your cobbler à la mode.

Recipe:Pumpkin Pecan Cobbler

Cozy nights call for piping-hot bowls of mac 'n' cheese, and you can do way better than the boxed stuff.

Recipe:Spinach Artichoke Mac 'n' Cheese

Say goodbye to boring old chicken breast.

Recipe:Caramelized Onion, Mushroom, and Swiss Stuffed Chicken

The best kinds of desserts are the ones you can eat with your hands.

Recipe:Caramel Apple Turnovers

This vegetarian take on classic meat sauce is so hearty and delicious, even staunch carnivores will love it.

Recipe:Mushroom Bolognese

Serve this Indian-inspired chicken with basmati rice and naan. You'll need something to sop up all that rich, flavorful sauce.

Recipe:Instant Pot Butter Chicken

Because you gotta eat your share of pumpkin before you officially get tired of it.

Recipe:Creamy One-Pot Pumpkin Pasta

Fall in a muffin.

Recipe:Spiced Apple Muffins With Streusel Topping and Cinnamon Honey Butter

Up your mac 'n' cheese game with some of the best fall flavors.

Recipe:Brussels Sprouts and Speck Mac 'n' Cheese

Full of fall flavorsandpacked with protein, thanks to the amaranth — a grainlike base similar to quinoa.

Recipe:Amaranth Porridge With Earl Grey Poached Pears

Everyone needs a great chicken noodle soup recipe in their culinary arsenal, and this happens to be my favorite one.

Recipe:Chicken Noodle Soup

This Northeast specialty is synonymous with fall for a reason: It's delicious, comforting, and perfectly cozy.

Recipe: Apple Cider Donuts

A fresh take on hash browns.

Recipe:Butternut Squash Fritters

Chai for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, please!

Recipe:Warm Chai Chia Pudding

The classiest party food.

Recipe:Butternut, Kale, and Feta Quiche

The poster recipe for comfort food.

Recipe:Butternut, Bacon, and Apple Hotdish

Sure, the weather is soon going to be sh*t, but at least you have an excuse to eat more stews.

Recipe:One-Pot Butternut and Cabbage Stew

It's apple season, and I'm so ready to put apples everywhere and in everything.

Recipe:Pan-Seared Sausage With Lady Apples and Watercress

Hot take: Brussels sprouts are the secret MVP of the fall. Don't @ me.

Recipe:Parmesan Brussels Sprouts

This is not a drill. Pumpkin pie oatmeal exists, and it'll rock your world.

Recipe: Pumpkin Pie Oatmeal

An autumn-inspired dal with loads of veggies, including the star of autumn harvest: butternut squash.

Recipe:Tomato and Butternut Squash Dal

With pan-roasted mushrooms, whole wheat penne, and cauliflower "Alfredo" sauce, this dish is certified delish.

Recipe:Mushroom Alfredo Bake

Step 1: Boil and drain the pasta. Step 2: Sauté some garlic. Step 3: Add chicken broth and pumpkin puree to the skillet with spices. Step 4: Combine sauce and pasta. Possibly the easiest and quickest pumpkin dish ever made?

Recipe: Creamy Pumpkin Pasta

Veggies, chicken, cheese,andnoodles? It's like chicken pot pie and soup all in one for when you want ultimate comfort with all the fixings.

Recipe:Chicken Pot Pie Soup

It's like dessert for breakfast, so what could be bad?

Recipe:Apple Pie Overnight Oats

You can steam or roast the beets ahead of time and keep them in the fridge. When you're craving this hearty and delicious salad, just slice 'em up.

Recipe:Beet Salad With Feta and Pistachios

This filling salad can be made with pretty much whatever vegetables you have on hand, like cauliflower, fennel, pepper, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, and more. Just roast the veggies in the oven, toss with the beans, and drizzle with the tangy tomato salsa.

Recipe:Cauliflower, Fennel, and White Bean Salad

Start with store-bought naan or flatbread, and you've got a sophisticated meal that comes together in no time.

Recipe:Fig and Caramelized Onion Flatbread

Breakfast, lunch, or dinner, this dish always hits the spot. All you need is butter or ghee, spiralized sweet potatoes, eggs, and goat cheese...plus some salt and pepper for seasoning.

Recipe:Baked Eggs Over Sweet Potatoes

Olive oil and a bit of Parmesan cheese is all you need on top of this hearty bowl, but you could always opt for canned tomato or pesto sauce.

Recipe:Pancetta Parmesan Cauliflower Pasta

The time has finally come. It'sofficiallypumpkin season.

Recipe:Cinnamon Sugar Pumpkin Muffins