30 Easy Dinner Recipes for September
See what's on the menu this month with yummy fall recipes to start off the season!
When the seasons change, so should your meal planning. Using fresh, seasonal produce is a great way to embrace any new season to its fullest. With our collection, 30 Easy Dinner Recipes for September, you'll find an array of dinner ideas for you and your family to try.
This lovely fall recipe collection includes many vegetables and creative ways to use seasonal fall produce in pasta, casseroles, salads, soups, and other sides and main dishes. Since these ingredients will be in season in September, you should be able to easily find these ingredients at the store or market. With these recipes, you also have a great way to prepare them!
For those of you who tend to stay away from veggies, you've clearly never eaten butternut squash Alfredo stuffed shells. That recipe and all of the others below are thriving with flavor and personality, so you and your family will be thoroughly satisfied all month long!
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Easy Fall Appetizer Recipes
If you look forward to the food you get to eat before the meal, this is the section for you! From comforting soups, like tortellini minestrone (pictured) and mac and cheese soup (below), to harvest salads, chili and more, the fall appetizer recipes in this list will make you truly appreciate the "fruit" of the season.
This delicious copycat Olive Garden recipe is full of fresh and filling flavors. It's the perfect appetizer to welcome the fall season, and as a bonus it comes together in almost no time at all.
How to Make Roasted Butternut Squash Soup
As soon as the early fall air turns cool, there’s nothing that sounds more comforting than a warm bowl of soup at suppertime.
As soon as the early fall air turns cool, there’s nothing that sounds more comforting than a warm bowl of soup at suppertime.
The roasted acorn squash were a fun and festive way to serve the beef and rice filling.
Fall Macaroni & Cheese with Butternut Squash and Sage
This halfway homemade recipe has great fall flavors fresh from the farmer’s market.
Slow Cooker Fall Harvest Chili
Slow Cooker Fall Harvest Chili will make you feel all warm and cozy on those brisk autumn nights.
There's nothing better than a piece of warm, crusty bread to go with your dinner. Whether you are dunking it into a bowl of soup or munching on it alongside a fresh fall salad, this starter is sure to take your meal to the next level. This bread is easy for anyone to make, and we think everyone should make it.
Crab meltaways always seem like they belong at a retro cocktail party. But whether you're throwing a mid-century bash or just a regular party, you and your guests are going to love this recipe.
If you're looking for a recipe more exciting than regular French fries, but still in the same vein, these mashed potato fries are not to be missed.
Enjoy a generous scoop of this dip on your favorite salty tortilla chips, and you will be in snack heaven!
Do you know what produce is in season? Find out with ourGuide to the Harvest: Best Fall Vegetables and Fruits for Cooking
Fantastic Fall Side Dishes
Side dishes are what complement any good meal. The fall side dishes below complement the season so well because they're all made with fresh fall produce. Butternut Squash, cauliflower, sweet potatoes, apples, and corn will all make an appearance on your plate this fall when you make any one of these wonderful sides.
Leeks and cremini mushrooms get thrown into the 6-cheese mix along with the cauliflower and pasta.
Easy Slow Cooker Vegetarian Stuffing
This Easy Slow Cooker Vegetarian Stuffing is delicious and comes with a vegan option!
Sweet and Russett Potato Gratin
Stuffed full of two types of potatoes (sweet potatoes and russett potatoes) and cheesy goodness,
There's nothing better than a bowl of fresh, gooey mac 'n' cheese to go with your dinner. This easy side dish is a classic that everyone will be happy to see.
The variety of vegetables offers a beautiful display of colors, and the corn and tomato combination is even tastier than it is beautiful.
Bursting with flavor, this cheese scone recipe yields the perfect go-to snacks for your busy morning schedule.
Apples are amazing and fall is the perfect time to indulge in this favorite fruit! Get started with these11 Best Easy Apple Crisp Recipes
Favorite Fall Main Dishes
You may never have tried the fruit and meat combination before, but we're here to tell you, it works. Pork and apples, for instance, are one of the best food pairings since PB&J. We've got a sheet pan recipe below that's a must-try this fall, plus pumpkin cider braised pork chops that will make your mouth water.
For those who want to go meatless this fall, the Slow Cooker Butternut Squash Gnocchi Bake is completely decadent. If you're cooking for kiddos, check out the Cheesy Skillet Pasta with Meatballs and Broccoli for a dish that will fill them up with plenty of nutritional benefits (and taste good too!)
One Pot Pumpkin Pasta - only dirties one dish & is full of healthy, delicious ingredients like whole wheat pasta, spinach, & apple chicken sausage!
Apple Cider Pork Tenderloin is a great dish to make during the fall or for a special holiday meal.
Slow Cooker Butternut Squash Gnocchi Bake
This easy, yet elegant Butternut Squash Gnocchi Bake is perfect for a comforting fall dinner you can still feel good about.
Crisp and Cozy Pork Chop Pan Dinner
Serve this on a chilly fall night, and your family won't leave the table till every bite is gone.
Butternut Squash Stuffed Shells
These Butternut Squash Stuffed Shells with Brown Butter Alfredo Sauce are lightened up with a secret ingredient!
Cheesy Skillet Pasta with Meatballs and Broccoli
This one pot pasta broccoli dish will make your weeknight dinner meal plan super easy and delicious.
Rice And Vegetable Stuffed Peppers
This is an easy dinner recipe that is sure to become a favorite at your family table even though it's completely meatless.
Southern Broccoli Cracker Casserole
Everyone will want to grab a spoonful or two. If you haven't guessed why "Cracker" is in the title yet, let me tell you.
Pressure Cooker Beef Stew and Dumplings
This beef stew and dumplings come together in under an hour, and you'll enjoy making this dish a brand new way.
Meatloaf cupcakes might sound like a crazy idea, but we're here to tell you that it's a crazy idea you'll want to try!
You may be tempted to take a look at this 5-Ingredient No Peek Chicken dish while it's baking in the oven because it will smell so amazing, but do not open that oven door!
Ready for October? Dig into these 39 Easy Pumpkin Recipes
What is the #1 thing you look forward to each fall?
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EditorLP
Sep 04, 2018
All of these seasonal recipes are making me so excited for fall! I always forget to look for seasonal recipes when the time comes, so I'm glad I came across this collection.
bkick1
Sep 04, 2018
I love the beginning of fall. The leaves start to turn color and the garden starts to shut down. Now you can find those runaway zukes. Time to start making oven meals again and make the house smell delicious.
donniejohnson52964 6995510
Sep 10, 2017
ah! the fall, time to rake the leaves, don't you just love it? All the trees look like crap until spring. Come on "SPRING"
British Labradors of the North West
Sep 09, 2017
I love the fall, it is time to rest for me. Love to cook, especially winter meals. Our air has been smokey due to fires. Looking forward to the clean scent of Fall.
Member 3485434
Sep 07, 2017
I love the fall! I love how the air smells,I love baking.And the colors all around me
evelyncorstorphine 0662181
Sep 07, 2017
Fall is my favorite time of the year. Love the colors and it's so nice to get back to cooking favorite dishes again.
Knittingdancer on Ravelry
Sep 07, 2017
I look forward to lots of soups, chili, and stews. I also enjoy a lot of hot cocoa.
rino 6300402
Sep 07, 2017
My parents in the fall because it's not so hot to cook make Acadian Poutine made with seasoned pork with onions tails the green part inside a ball of graded patatoescooked patatoes mixed together that's when Fall is my favorite and the change of leafs with amazing colors....
lguntersmith 36500 18
Sep 07, 2017
My favorite thing about fall is the changing color of the leaves and of course its the harvest time, i am so looking forward to harvest my homegrown concord grapes to make it into grape jam, jelly and i want to make wine but I do not have the stuff to make it, also my birthtday is the one that started the BER months so we always have a birthdday gathering with my family and friends and enjoy the garden and the fresh harvest..
Iceni
Sep 04, 2017
Using my own garden produce to make wholesome and delicious recipes for the family.And canning the for winter.
scearcedc 0227415
Sep 03, 2017
I love to sit on the front porch with a cool breeze listen to the flow of the creek around our house.
ramonaham75 380652 5
Sep 02, 2017
My favorite thing about fall and something I look forward to each year is lower utility bills! )
bambakes7
Sep 01, 2017
What's not to love about fall?? Thanksgiving... pumpkin desserts (especially pumpkin cupcakes)... apple cider... apple orchard doughnuts!
iluvtheeucharist 1 177371
Aug 31, 2017
I look forward to cooking Turkey for thanksgiving! In fact, right now, I am cooking an extra one we had in the freezer. It smells SO GOOD! Thanks and God Bless! ILuvTheEucharist @ aol dot com
calingen 4343114
Aug 30, 2017
What's not to LOVE about Fall? All the comfort foods and everything PUMPKIN!!! How about soup!!! I love to make it and enjoy learning new twists on making them. 'Tis the season!!! Then comes Christmas!!! Love it, love it!!!
evelyncorstorphine 0662181
Aug 30, 2017
I love the fall with it's beautiful colors, and getting back into cooking my favorite foods.
nicoleokun 5225710
Aug 29, 2017
Fall is my favourite season -- the colours, the cool mornings, the smell of woodsmoke, and all the cozy, comforting food that uses the fruits and vegetables of the harvest.
Kim K 12345
Aug 28, 2017
The #1 thing that I look forward to each fall is all of the delicious pumpkin-themed recipes!
cindysherwood58 83 39381
Aug 28, 2017
Crisp apples, colorful leaves, pumpkins and squash, cooler weather--how do you pick just one?
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