60 Terrific Fall Family Dinner Recipes That’ll You Make Over and Over

This French-inspired pot roast has all the flavors of beef bourguignon. The rich red wine sauce is flavored with bacon, thyme, and beef broth, and the baby potatoes, mushrooms, and carrots or parsnips (or both!) are cooked right in the sauce to make this a meat and vegetable dish all in one.

This easy take on the traditional French dish is weeknight-friendly and just as delicious.

Tender braised beef in a rich, caramelized onion gravy that's perfect over mashed potatoes.

Juicy chicken thighs, sweet apples, heavy cream, and fresh herbs capture the flavors of fall.

Osso buco is traditionally served with risotto alla milanese, although we love pairing it with creamy polenta. You could also serve it with mashed potatoes, pasta, or even crusty bread to soak up every drop of the velvety sauce.

This classic French recipe transforms humble chicken legs, tender vegetables, and herbs into a rich stew with the most deeply flavored red wine sauce.

You’ll be delighted at how easy it is to make this “weeknight fancy” dinner. The easy, cheesy filling comes together in minutes so you can get your Thanksgiving stuffing fix anytime.

With just 6 ingredients, this unbelievably tender pot roast and vegetables has a gravy that's next level. Plus there’s no meat searing or onions that need sautéing in this recipe — the slow cooker does all the work for you.

This is a true one-pot French-Italian dish — kind of like chicken fricassée, but with an Italian pasta sauce. It pairs perfectly with a side of pasta or a nice glass of wine.

If you want a delicious, comforting, beefy meal, here’s a step-by-step recipe to help you take short ribs and turn them into a dinner with almost no work.

Apple cider gives chicken thighs a caramel-spiced sheen in this one-skillet dinner you won't want to miss.

Skip the boiling and pan-fry hearty gnocchi instead for an even more streamlined, and arguably more tasty weeknight dinner.

Tender braised beef in a rich, spiced sauce. We love serving it spooned over egg noodles, fluffy couscous, rice, or creamy polenta to round out the meal.

Fresh pasta filled with creamy butternut squash that'll satisfy all of your autumn cravings.

Whether you toss it with pasta or serve it over creamy polenta, you can't go wrong with this cozy Italian-style meat sauce.

Chicken pot pie is quintessential comfort food for so many people. Nothing’s cozier than a warm, savory filling encased in a buttery, flaky pie crust.

Juicy meatballs in a rich and savory gravy. Make sure to serve them over mashed potatoes or with a hunk of crusty bread, because you won’t want to waste a drop!

This classic French chicken is the coziest thing you’ll cook this fall. We love serving it over a bowl of creamy polenta or with crusty bread.

Lamb is braised low and slow in the oven with broth, red wine, and ras el hanout. Serve over mashed potatoes or creamy polenta.

Inspired by the classic — juicy meatballs are simmered in a savory mushroom gravy. Spoon the meatballs and gravy over egg noodles, mashed potatoes, steamed rice, or creamy polenta — or just partner them with a chunk of crusty bread.

Tender chunks of beef and hearty bites of carrots and potatoes make this slow cooker stew the ultimate fall dinner.

There is something incredibly satisfying about creamy broccoli cheddar soup. Like mac and cheese, this beloved classic is all about comfort — it’s rich, cheesy, and indulgent.

The combination of roasted bell peppers, butternut squash, cauliflower, and onion creates a creamy, flavorful blended soup with a vibrant, orangey-red color. Add a little coconut milk or coconut cream to the blender for richness and an extra-creamy texture.

Mixed with ground beef, tomatoes, kidney beans, and warm spices, this classic recipe is a fall staple.

It tastes just like a fully loaded baked potato! Creamy potato, smoky bacon, cheese, and the tang of sour cream are in every single spoonful, just like the classic steakhouse side dish.

This flavorful pumpkin and red lentil soup hits whenever you need a low-lift, high-reward dinner that delivers.

This cozy classic has everything you love and cooks in just 30 minutes.

Better the next day is an understatement! You can use any toppings for this beef chili, but our favorites are a dollop of sour cream, some diced white onion, and a generous handful of Fritos corn chips.

Add this old-time classic to your go-to autumn soups. If you’d like to make your soup creamier, mash some of the beans with a potato masher or fork against the inside of the pot.

Inspired by white chicken chili and creamy white bean and kale soup, this comforting one-pot plant-based dinner is packed with protein.

The easiest (and tastiest) pumpkin soup, thanks to a can of pumpkin and your spice drawer.

Savory mushroom soup meets creamy chicken soup — it’s the epitome of coziness.

Featuring tender sweet potatoes, smoky-spicy chipotles in adobo, ground beef, and a rich broth, this one-pot chili comes together in under an hour.

French onion soup takes the humble onion and makes it the star of the show. Between its deeply caramelized onions and bubbly cheese toast lid, it’s the fall meal of our dreams.

Like most chilis, this cozy turkey chili is freezer-friendly, very filling, and highly customizable. Top with a dollop of Greek yogurt, sliced scallions, and a generous handful of Frito corn chips.

We upgraded the classic soup with a few key ingredients (like apples and pumpkin puree) that makes it even better.

Somehow it’s even better the next day! Use your leftovers as a topping for loaded nachos or Frito pies, stir it into queso dip, or make some really spectacular chili fries or chili dogs.

With a smoky flavor and subtle heat, this cozy soup will make you think it has the richness of meat even though (spoiler) it's totally vegan.

Meet the hearty one-pot dinner you’ll want to make all fall. It’s plant-based and loaded with black beans, thick chunks of sweet potato, bell pepper, and onion. It requires minimal prep, leans hard on pantry ingredients, and is totally doable on a weeknight.

There are a lot of ways to cook up a hearty, comforting pot of beef stew, but if you ask us, absolutely nothing compares to Guinness beef stew. It’s also a great make-ahead dinner that happens to taste even better the next day.

The best fall salad starts with crisp apples, toasted walnuts, and a maple-Dijon vinaigrette.

This topping-heavy salad is designed so that there's no digging around for the good parts; it's all good parts. Roasted sweet potato keeps the radicchio's bitterness in check, and toasted sunflower seeds add crunch.

This roasty, toasty salad celebrates everything you love about autumn. It's packed with delicata squash, apples, and chewy farro, and tossed in a bright lemon vinaigrette.

With briny feta crumbles, crunchy toasted walnuts, and zippy herbs, this chopped kale salad tastes just like spanakopita, the iconic Greek savory pie.

Roast sweet potatoes, croutons, and chickpeas, then build a flavorful, satisfying salad — directly on top!

This spinach salad is one to memorize. Chopped apple adds tart crunch, toasted walnuts lend heft, feta cheese provides salty intrigue, and it’s all tied together with a quick honey-sweetened apple cider vinaigrette.

We don’t know who needs to hear this, but salads are not just an assortment of raw vegetables! One of the most common misconceptions with salads is that you have to eat a little pile of leaves. This roasted cauliflower salad says otherwise.

Layer crunchy greens, sweet date-pickled onions, and crisp fried shallots up to a full day in advance for the ultimate fall salad.

This hearty, crisp-weather riff on traditional panzanella leans into the very best of fall produce.

From the roasted apples to the pecans, walnuts, and pumpkin seeds, this kale salad's star ingredients create a crunchy, yet tender mix of texture and bold flavors.

This salad is part dark leafy green salad and part whole-grain salad — plus it's full of seasonal goodies like crisp apples and roasted butternut squash.

Every bite combines the coziness of an apple crisp with the richness of a creamy cheesecake.

Crispy, custardy baked phyllo glazed with sweet and sticky maple syrup.

Packed with four dreamy layers of pumpkin mousse, creamy cheese, fluffy whipped cream, and toasted pecans, this no-bake dessert will be the hit of any fall meal.

Candy apples meet seven-layer bars in this autumnal dessert.

Everything you love about soft pumpkin cookies and classic snickerdoodles in a bar.

The one thing that’s non-negotiable about this apple crumble? Serving it warm with generous scoops of vanilla ice cream.

These warm, buttery, and melt-in-your-mouth bars are worth cozying up to — and are much easier than making apple pie.

These soft, pillowy cookies combine warm pumpkin spice flavor with tangy cream cheese frosting for the perfect pairing.

Pecan pie bars taste just like the real thing — but are so much easier.