31 Perfect Fall Recipes To Make This October That I Have Been Looking Forward To All Year Long
Well, it's here at last. Folks, we have officially entered peak fall. September was all about taking advantage of late-summer produce, but October is autumn at its best, with all the delicious flavors that come with it. So here are 31 recipes to make all month long.
1.Apple Dutch Baby
It's like a pancake, but a giant cast-iron–skillet pancake that's covered in butter and cinnamon apples.
Recipe: Apple Dutch Baby
2.Sweet Potato and Sausage Frittata
Make a big frittata at the beginning of the week and keep it in the fridge for when you're feeling hungry and lazy. Breakfast, lunch, or dinner, it always does the trick.
3.Baked Oatmeal With Figs and Dates
This breakfast, made with old-fashioned rolled oats, pecans, cinnamon, dates, and figs, doubles as a dessert, which is obviously excellent news.
4.Potato and Brussels Breakfast Sheet Pan Hash
Make this sheet pan breakfast to feed the whole family. You can always add more root vegetables, like butternut squash, sweet potato, turnip, or parsnip.
5.Sweet Potato Breakfast Bowl
Roasted zucchini and sweet potato are topped with a bright and zesty tomato avocado salsa, then it's all paired with soft scrambled eggs for an irresistible one-bowl breakfast.
Recipe: Sweet Potato Breakfast Bowl
6.Brussels Sprouts and Bacon Pesto Pasta
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.
7.Chicken Thighs With Shallots in Red Wine Vinegar
This French-inspired dish, called poulet au vinaigre, is simple yet full of flavor. It calls for mostly cheap and simple ingredients, like chicken thighs, red wine vinegar, tomato paste, chicken both, shallots, and dry white wine.
8.Spicy Roasted Sweet Potato and Black Bean Burrito Bowl
Imagine all the flavors you love about a burrito, but in one single bowl. You can prep all the ingredients ahead of time for an easy lunch or dinner on the go.
Recipe: Spicy Roasted Sweet Potato and Black Bean Burrito Bowl
9.Sticky and Crispy Sesame Cauliflower
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!
10.Ground Beef Cabbage Soup
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
11.Herb Baked Fish With Rainbow Bell Peppers
This fish recipe seems complicated, but it's so simple and comes together with just a handful of basic ingredients. Start with a flaky white fish like cod, hake, or haddock.
12.Easy Okonomiyaki (Cabbage Pancakes)
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.
13.Herbed Farro Risotto (Farrotto) With Crispy Shallots
Farro, shallots, and herbs are simmered in chicken stock, white wine, and butter until it's so rich and creamy, it takes on a risottolike quality.
Recipe: Herbed Farro Risotto (Farrotto) With Crispy Shallots
14.Gnocchi With Butternut Squash, Brown Butter, Pancetta, and Sage
Name a more iconic fall flavor combination. I'll wait...
Recipe: Gnocchi With Butternut Squash, Brown Butter, Pancetta, and Sage
15.Crockpot Parmesan White Bean Chicken Soup With Roasted Delicata Squash
It's officially slow cooker season. Take full advantage, starting with this filling yet delicate chicken, white bean, and squash soup.
Recipe: Crockpot Parmesan White Bean Chicken Soup With Roasted Delicata Squash
16.Ground Turkey Egg Roll in a Bowl
You don't have to use ground turkey, of course. Use whatever protein you like best. Something like tofu or shrimp also tastes great.
Recipe: Ground Turkey Egg Roll in a Bowl
17.Sausage and Apple Stuffed Acorn Squash
Acorn squash is stuffed with a mixture of chicken sausage or Italian sausage, diced apples, mixed mushrooms, sage, and Parmesan; then it's baked until golden brown, cheesy, and tender.
18.Pumpkin Alla Vodka Pasta
When it comes to pumpkin season, it's time to think way beyond desserts. This savory pumpkin pasta sauce is savory, slightly spicy, and totally decadent.
Recipe: Pumpkin Alla Vodka Pasta
19.Wild Rice and Mushroom Soup
You've been waiting all year for soup season, and now it's finally here. This creamy, vegetarian blend of carrots, celery, onion, mushrooms, wild rice, cream, and Parmesan won't disappoint.
Recipe: Wild Rice and Mushroom Soup
20.Herb Brown Butter Scallops With Champagne Risotto
Scallops are not just for summer. Pair them with creamy risotto at the base and you've got a decadent fall comfort food.
21.Butternut Squash Mac 'n' Cheese
While still perfectly cheesy, butternut squash gives mac 'n' cheese a seasonal, savory-sweet flavor that is totally delicious.
Recipe: Butternut Squash Mac 'n' Cheese
22.Gingery Coconut Sweet Potato and Rice Stew With Chili Oil
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
23.Mushroom "Carnitas" Tacos
Vegan carnitas? You bet it's possible. This recipe calls for king oyster mushrooms, but you can also use baby bellas, shiitakes, or a mix. Serve them in tortillas with your favorite taco toppings.
Recipe: Mushroom "Carnitas" Tacos
24.Pumpkin Whoopie Pies With Cream Cheese Frosting
Light, fluffy, moist, and stuffed with savory cream cheese frosting, these pumpkin whoopie pies are going to be a permanent fixture in your fall dessert routine.
25.No-Bake Sweet Potato Cheesecake Bars
No oven, no problem. These sweet-meets-savory dessert bars rest in the fridge for about eight hours until they're set and ready to eat.
26.Sticky Toffee Pudding Cake
Made with dates, brown sugar, eggs, and butter, then topped with a sticky and sweet toffee syrup, this cake is guaranteed to be a crowd-pleaser.
Recipe: Sticky Toffee Pudding Cake
27.Maple Frosted Apple Blondies
You've probably already had enough apple crumble, pie, and galette to last you until next fall. Mix things up with this apple pie–inspired blondie, topped with sweet maple frosting.
Recipe: Maple Frosted Apple Blondies
28.Apple Pumpkin Bundt Cake
Why choose between apple and pumpkin when you can combine both into one perfect cake? It's clearly the best of both worlds.
Recipe: Apple Pumpkin Bundt Cake
29.Apple Bourbon Smash
Nothing warms you right up like apples, cinnamon, and whiskey.
Recipe: Apple Bourbon Smash
30.Honey Vanilla Pear Margaritas
Not your average margarita, this seasonal blend gets a kick from a trio of pear 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
31.Cranberry Orange Aperol Spritz
I'm starting a movement to extend spritz season way beyond summertime, and it starts like this.
Recipe: Cranberry Orange Aperol Spritz
