Healthy Fall Dinner Ideas
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When the seasons change, so do our menus: crisp air and crunchy leaves mean it's time for comforting bowls of seasonal warmth, brightening up those shorter days. Fill your families' plates with nourishing and warming goodness with these healthy fall dinner ideas that are also quick and easy, perfect for weeknights! You'll love embracing the shift in the season with these healthy dinners!
Warm up the soul with these cozy fall recipes.
The best thing about fall is how wholesome it feels: cozy sweaters, family movie nights, intimate gatherings, and savoring nourishing soups, curries, and veggie-packed meals to warm you up from the inside out. Say goodbye to summer's cool salads and hello to thicker curries, flavorful soups, hearty roasts, and comforting recipes with these healthy fall dinner ideas.
With fall comes a bounty of delicious veggies to add to your healthy fall dinners, packed with fiber, minerals, and vitamins. Acorn squash, pumpkin, and sweet potato are among our favorites ā they taste great roasted, in curries, or pureed in a soup. Brussels sprouts and kale thrive in cooler temperatures, adding beautiful greens to your healthy fall dinners. Peppery ginger and earthy spices add more warmthā¦ Can you smell the pumpkin spice yet? These healthy fall dinner ideas celebrate the best of the season!
Warming curries and soups
Fall brings a craving for comfort food, and warming soups and curries answer the call. This nutrient-packed Italian sausage soup recipe will warm you to your bones, as will this tomato lentil soup with olives.
Curries aren't just simple to make ā they're SO good: rich and aromatic spices meet creamy coconut milk, topped off with refreshing cilantro or crunchy nuts. This acorn squash curry is a feel-good dinner that makes your house smell delicious! Or, celebrate pumpkin season with a roasted pumpkin curry.
This Thai chicken curry is worth getting the crockpot out for! If you're looking for rich flavors, this Indian meatball curry uses our easy butter chicken recipe and incorporates curry-spiced meatballs.
Hearty chicken recipes
The days for summer noodles or a cool salad have passed, for now. We are shifting gears towards comforting and satisfying meals that celebrate the best of autumn's harvest with nourishing veg on the side of hearty proteins. These healthy fall dinner recipes are perfect for weeknights as they're all a breeze to make!
Brussels sprouts are the BEST this time of the year, and this healthy garlic butter chicken and brussels recipe is made with just five ingredients. If you're into that combo, you'll love this chicken with brussels sprouts and sweet potato recipe. Keep the one pan wonders going with honey mustard chicken with potatoes. The sweet and smoky spice in these Korean chicken thighs will make you forget it's cold outside.
Vegetarian fall recipes
Fall veggies have to be some of the best ā they've spent the summer maturing in the warm sun, developing rich tastes and vibrant colors. These meatless fall recipes are as nourishing as they are delicious.
This curried quinoa vegetable stew is loaded with veggies, quinoa, and black beans. If you're feeling adventurous, this sweet potato pad thai takes the best of fall harvest and marries it with our favorite Thai takeout recipe.
The most important thing you can know about anyone is how they cook they're brussels sprouts, and this brussels sprouts gratin recipe is the right way to do it!
This pumpkin alfredo recipe seems indulgent but sneaks in extra veg: it utilizes the creaminess of pumpkin to coat zucchini noodles. If pumpkin's on your mind, whip up this pumpkin polenta. For a lunch or lighter dinner, you'll love this sweet potato quinoa salad. Happy fall cooking!
More healthy fall dinner ideas from our friends
- Creamy Pumpkin Sage Alfredo with Gluten-Free Penne by 40 Aprons
- Pumpkin Cauliflower Soup with Ginger by Salt and Lavender
- Comforting + Cozy Fall Power Bowl by Blissful Basil
- Crock Pot Autumn Quinoa Pilaf by Cotter Crunch
- Honey Roasted Chicken + Figs by Kevin is Cooking
- Fall Harvest Cobb Salad by Aberdeenās Kitchen
- Turkey Pumpkin Chili by The Modern Proper
- Turmeric Sweet Potato Pasta Salad by Jar of Lemons
- Butternut Squash Ravioli by Pinch of Yum
- Fall Harvest Quinoa Salad by Half Baked Harvest
Healthy Fall Dinner Ideas Recipe Index
Recipe Index
- Acorn Squash Curry
- Roasted Pumpkin Curry
- Crockpot Thai Chicken Curry
- Indian Meatball Curry
- Tomato Lentil Soup with Olives
- Italian Sausage Soup
- Garlic Butter Chicken and Brussels
- Chicken with Brussels Sprouts and Sweet Potatoes
- One Pan Honey Mustard Chicken and Potatoes
- Korean Chicken Thighs
For more inspiration, check out all of our fall recipes!
Oh wow, all of these look DELICIOUS! Coconut acorn squash soup, fall power bowls, an autumn quinoa salad, and a turmeric sweet potato pasta salad sound amazing right now!
Yes yes and yes! Don’t you just love fall food?!
I am soo not ready to give up summer yet, but bring on these recipes! Thanks so much for including my soup. š
Neither am I! I’m a total summer girl. Your soup looks so good!