Fall is finally here and these 34 kid-approved quick & easy recipe ideas will ease you into fall with hearty and healthy comfort food. Includes all of your new favorite comfort food recipes that even picky eaters will love, like apple recipes, pumpkin recipes, soups and stews, even snacks and main dishes!
When I think of fall recipes, I think of apples and pumpkins and lots of soups and stews. I love cooking in the fall season, when it's okay to heat up the house with the oven and apples are covering every surface in the house.
Okay, not really, but they are plentiful during the fall, right? I love to eat produce in season because it just tastes so much better.
So anyway, it is hard to please the palate of my picky eater, but these 11 recipes work most of the time.
Here are some of our favorites for now and the next couple of months:
12 Apple Recipes
The Very Best Apple Ring Pancakes
This is one of my favorites. Imagine an apple ring filled up with pancake batter and then cooked. Yes, that. It's pretty much dessert for breakfast.
These tasty apple ring pancakes are simple, easy, and make light and fluffy pancakes. Such a healthy, delicious recipe with fresh fruit and cinnamon.
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These tasty apple ring pancakes are simple, easy, and make light and fluffy pancakes. Such a healthy, delicious recipe with fresh fruit and cinnamon.
Baked Apple Pecan Pancake Recipe
The best simple and easy recipe! Cooked in the oven with fresh apples and chopped nuts, this recipe is great for fall family gatherings.
This is another dessert on a dinner plate thing. It's a 9×13 pan-sized pancake full of diced apples and pecans. I like to serve it with eggs or sausage for a more filling meal.
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This is another dessert on a dinner plate thing. It's a 9×13 pan-sized pancake full of diced apples and pecans. I like to serve it with eggs or sausage for a more filling meal.
Super Stuffed Baked Apples
The best simple and easy gluten-free baked apples recipe. This healthy recipe can be made in the oven or microwave. Stuffed with granola, sugar, and oats. Whole apples soften and make a perfect side dish or dessert. Delicious with ice cream.
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Wormy Apple - A Creative, Healthy, & Fun Afternoon Snack for Kids
This creative and unique apple snack is silly and fun. Kids will love the gummi worm and gobble down the healthy apple with peanut butter.
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The Best Caramel Apple Upside Down Cake
How to make the best easy caramel apple upside down cake. This simple recipe uses a box cake mix with apples, cinnamon, butter, and brown sugar to make a gooey, rich, moist dessert.
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How to Make Applesauce in the CrockPot
Easy homemade slow cooker applesauce with none of the work. Add some cinnamon and spice and sugar if you want it. This is the perfect gluten-free, vegan, allergy-free, and paleo sweet snack!
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Cracker Barrel Copycat Skillet Fried Apples
Cracker Barrel copycat skillet fried apples make a delicious side dish for any brunch, breakfast, or dinner or a rich dessert over ice cream or custard. This is a simple & easy recipe that can be prepared in under an hour.
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Pampered Chef Apple Crisp with Cake Mix
This easy apple crisp is the best recipe you'll ever eat! With its rich topping and no oats plus a secret ingredient, you'll never make another apple crisp recipe again!
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Crunchy Apple Crisp - Quick & Easy Dessert Recipe
This old fashioned crunchy apple crisp recipe uses simple ingredients and no oats to make a rich, sweet dessert with a perfect for any meal.
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German Apple Fritters from the 1910 Gold Medal Flour Cookbook
These easy German apple fritters come from my great grandmother's 1910 Gold Medal Flour cookbook. You'll love this simple vintage dessert!
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Homemade Apple Butter
This easy recipe will show you how to make the best thick and rich homemade apple butter in the slow cooker or on the stove. Spiced only with cinnamon for the authentic flavor you love!
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Caramel Apple Strudel
How to make the best simple and easy caramel apple strudel - Because this recipe uses crescent rolls for dough, it comes together in just a few minutes and tastes amazing. The filling is sweet but not too sweet because it uses a Granny Smith apple.
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7 Pumpkin Recipes
Pumpkin Pie Overnight Oats
Pumpkin Pie Overnight Oats are a healthier way to start your mornings. Packed with hearty old fashioned oats, sweet pumpkin, and a sprinkle of cozy fall flavors, you can have this protein-packed dish prepped in minutes. Thick, creamy, and bursting with flavor, these overnight oats are the perfect breakfast to enjoy all year long!
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Baked Pumpkin Spice Donuts
These healthy baked pumpkin spice donuts are packed with pumpkin and cinnamon, dipped in a sweet milk and sugar glaze, and sprinkled with walnuts, making them the ultimate fall breakfast or dessert! This easy baked pumpkin donut recipe makes moist and fluffy cake donuts.
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No Churn Pumpkin Pie Ice Cream
This no-churn pumpkin pie ice cream recipe creates a creamy, rich pumpkin treat that’s full of deliciously spiced fall flavors. No machine is needed to make this simple and easy gluten-free frozen dessert.
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Pumpkin Dump Cake
How to make the best pumpkin dump cake. This simple and easy recipe is better than any desserts you've ever had! It is made with a yellow cake mix and sweetened condensed or evaporated milk, sugar, and spices and topped with crunchy roasted pecans.
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Praline Pumpkin Pecan Pie with Streusel Topping
This rich and creamy praline pumpkin pecan pie includes a streusel topping that is made from brown sugar, butter, and pecans. The topping is crispy and crunchy and adds an amazing sweetness to the traditional pie. You will love it!
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How to Make Pumpkin Flan
This is the best simple and easy pumpkin spice flan you'll ever taste! This recipe is easy to follow. Pumpkin flan is incredibly smooth and creamy with a thin caramel sauce.
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Caramelized Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
Roasting pumpkin seeds is easy and the results are delicious! These caramelized pumpkin seeds are sweet and crunchy.
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8 Soups & Stews
Taste of Home cheeseburger soup stovetop recipe
This soup originally appeared in Taste of Home magazine. It's like the thickest, richest, slightly spicy cheese soup paired with hamburger and potatoes. My kids ask for it about once a week.
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Slow Cooker Cheeseburger Soup from Taste of Home
Slow cooker cheeseburger soup, originally from Taste of Home, is a rich and creamy, cheesy soup made with ground beef, potatoes, onions, and carrots in a Velveeta base with a mildly spicy kick. This soup is a huge hit and makes enough for a crowd.
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Cheesy cauliflower soup
This low carb, gluten-free soup is healthy and under 200 calories a bowl. Quick and cheesy. Uses chicken broth but could be made vegetarian with vegetable stock instead.
Cheese is a theme for us because our kids love it, and they will eat a lot of things disguised with it. This soup has a base of cauliflower, but because it is puréed, they would never know. It's just full of cheesy goodness.
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Cheese is a theme for us because our kids love it, and they will eat a lot of things disguised with it. This soup has a base of cauliflower, but because it is puréed, they would never know. It's just full of cheesy goodness.
Creamy cheesy vegetable soup (gluten-free & low carb recipe)
I have to be honest and admit that my picky eater won't go near this soup, but my younger daughter loves it, so I thought I'd throw it in anyway. It's basically a cheesy base with assorted veggies thrown in. I like it a lot.
This delicious soup is loaded with fresh veggies and lots of cheese. Super quick and easy, this is the best comfort food for families in fall and winter. Low carb.
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This delicious soup is loaded with fresh veggies and lots of cheese. Super quick and easy, this is the best comfort food for families in fall and winter. Low carb.
Crockpot Potato Soup Recipe
How to make the best simple & easy slow cooker potato chowder - This crockpot soup is the ultimate comfort food for fall and winter dinners. Favorite food of picky eaters. Includes vegetarian option.
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Crockpot Corn Chowder
Creamy Crockpot corn chowder is full of corn, carrots, potatoes, and cheese, making it a simple and easy meal for any night of the week. Let it cook all day in the slow cooker. Easy to make vegetarian and gluten-free.
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Crockpot beef stew
Classic slow cooker beef stew is hearty and full of tender beef, potatoes, carrots in a thick and rich broth. This easy and delicious soup is definition of comfort food. Made in the crockpot, the stew is a classic recipe that cooks to perfection with almost no prep!
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Easy Black Bean Chili with Ground Beef and Red Wine
My younger daughter calls this Black Bean Soup, and she goes crazy for black bean soup. This easy black bean chili recipe is quick & easy, flavorful without too much spice thanks to the addition of red wine. It’s hearty and delicious and great for a fall or winter meal!
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5 Savory Comfort Foods
BBQ beef biscuit cups
These are so easy to make, and both of my kids love them. A sweet & savory BBQ beef mixture tucked inside flaky refrigerated biscuits. This simple & easy ground beef recipe has just a few fast ingredients.
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Chicken corn mini pies with refrigerated biscuits
Chicken and corn mini pies are the ultimate comfort food, and my kids will eat them for days! They’re made from biscuits stuffed full of corn, chicken, onions, cheddar, and cream cheese. So good - I always make a double batch!
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Super quick & easy baked ziti
You absolutely can't go wrong with noodles, cheese, and tomato sauce. This is a very cheesy recipe. (I bet you wouldn't have guessed that from the above, would you??)
Made with ricotta, mozzarella, and Parmesan cheeses and ground beef or sausage, this easy baked ziti can be made with regular or gluten-free pasta.
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Made with ricotta, mozzarella, and Parmesan cheeses and ground beef or sausage, this easy baked ziti can be made with regular or gluten-free pasta.
Low-Carb Ham and Cheese Casserole with Cauliflower
Low-carb ham and cheese casserole with cauliflower is the ultimate low-carb comfort food. I created the recipe to use up leftover ham, but I liked it so much that I'll be buying ham steaks specifically to make it.
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Creamy Swiss Cheese Chicken with Mushrooms
This simple and easy dinner recipe is rich and decadent. with a creamy sauce with mushrooms. Baked in a casserole dish, this gluten-free meal is the ultimate comfort food with juicy oven baked chicken. Low carb keto recipe.
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2 Snack Recipes Just for Fun
Homemade Air Fryer Potato Chips
Light, crispy, and delicious, these easy homemade air fried potato chips are healthy because they're seasoned with salt and pepper and cooked to perfection in the air fryer! Much better than store bought!
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Homemade copycat Cracker Jacks caramel corn recipe
This homemade caramel corn recipe is simple, quick, and easy with brown sugar, butter, and corn syrup. Soft and chewy on the inside and crunchy on the outside, the peanuts make it healthier.
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These quick and easy fall recipes are going to make even your pickiest eaters happy. Everyone loves comfort food, and these healthy and hearty recipes are going to be your new favorites!
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