14 Easy Fall Recipes for Busy Nights

Easy fall dinners that are cozy, simple, and totally doable for busy weeknights. Soups, curries, casseroles, and more!

Fall feels like the best and busiest time of year! It’s the back-to-school transition, the arrival of evening activities, and all kinds of new routines. It feels like a lot, and somehow dinner still needs to be made!?

These recipes are the weeknight lifesavers that I need when life feels a little crazy: cozy, simple, and very doable meals that don’t ask for much, but deliver big.

Here are the easy fall dinners I’m making on repeat!

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Easy Fall Dinner Recipes

1.Instant Pot Spicy Short Rib Noodle Soup

Short ribs simmer away in an Instant Pot or slow cooker, and are served in bowls with tender noodles and lots of delicious broth! This is one of my all-time cold-weather favorites.

2.Ricotta Meatballs with the Crispy Topping

One of the most popular weeknight dinners on the site! Homemade ricotta meatballs baked under a blanket of crispy topping. Serve it with garlic bread or pasta!

3.Chicken with Coconut Kale

A luxurious-feeling but super easy one-skillet meal packed with protein! I love to serve this one over a pile of steamy rice.

4.Sausage, Kale, and White Bean Soup

Such a simple, delicious, and cozy soup! Herby Italian sausage, kale, smoky paprika, creamy beans and potatoes, and a splash of cream.

5.Steph’s Chickpea Curry with Spinach and Rice

Amazingly creamy, saucy chickpea curry served over rice with a dollop of chili crisp and a side of cucumber salad. Ready in 20 minutes!

6.Red Pepper Cashew Pasta with Roasted Cauliflower

Three-ingredient red pepper cashew sauce, roasted crispy cauliflower, and piles of noodles. Hearty and so delicious!

7.Butter Chicken Meatballs

Store bought (or homemade) chicken meatballs covered in a rich and mildly spiced tomato gravy that is made luxurious with just a little bit of butter and cream. One of my family’s absolute favorites!

8.Brandon’s Egg Roll Tacos

Egg rolls meet tacos! I love this! Easy to make and ridiculously good with a classic egg roll filling, crunchy veg, pillowy tortillas and a spicy gochujang sauce.

9.Shortcut Sesame Butter Noodles

One of my favorite back-pocket recipes! Packaged noodles for ease, butter for creaminess, honey for sweetness, and sesame oil for depth. Just tangly              slips of joy.

10.Chicken Wontons in Spicy Chili Sauce

Big, beautiful, bossy flavors! Shiitake mushrooms and chicken wontons swim in a brothy flavor-filled sauce and get finished with a swirl of sesame oil and chili crisp on top.

11.The Best Detox Crockpot Lentil Soup

This one is such a classic, and has been made so many times by so many of you! Lentils, squash, kale, and all sorts of soothing and nutritious things. Made in the crockpot so super hands-off, too!

12.Gnocchi with Creamy Mushroom Sauce

Delicious pillowy gnocchi swimming in a silky creamy sauce that’s laced with thyme and loaded with little slips of garlic butter-browned mushrooms! This is fall!

13.Life Changing Instant Pot Beef Stew

Six ingredients, 45 minutes, SO EASY. The perfect, comforting meal that’s filling, heart, and incredibly simple to make.

14.Chipotle Tahini Bowls

The chipotle tahini in this recipe is in my top 10 sauces of all time. It’s perfectly smoky, luxuriously creamy, and the perfect spicy combo with a pile of roasted sweet potatoes.