Can't-Be-Beat Harvest Dinners

The season's best dishes are made with fresh autumnal produce -- apples, sweet potatoes, cranberries, and pumpkin. Here are a few ways to celebrate fall at the dinner table.


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Harvest Chili

Enjoy the season's best produce in our mouthwatering harvest chili. This wonderful blend of fall flavors includes hearty sausage and garden veggies in a spiced chicken broth. Plus, we've added Granny Smith apple slices to sweeten it up.  

Makes: 8 servings
Prep: 30 mins
Cook: 30 mins
Butternut Squash and Carrot Soup

Get your veggies in a totally delicious way. Our rich and creamy soup features fresh carrots, filled with vitamin A and other important nutrients that are good for the eyes.  

Makes: 6 servings
Yield: 6 side-dish servings
Prep: 30 mins
Cook: 25 mins
Corn and Potato Salad

From the garden to the table, this warm dish will satisfy all of your fall veggie cravings. Add fresh basil and cilantro for extra flavor.

Makes: 8 servings
Yield: 6 cups salad
Prep: 30 mins
Cook: 17 mins to 24 mins
Stand: 2 hrs
Beef Stew with Butternut Squash

Beef roast and warm veggies star in this savory autumn stew. For bolder flavor, add some garlic and a touch of Worcestershire sauce to the mix.

Makes: 6 servings
Prep: 30 mins
Cook: 15 mins high
Cranberry-Raspberry Spinach Salad

Serve something fresh and easy tonight with this delightfully light cranberry salad, complete with leafy spinach and crunchy walnuts drizzled in a sweet raspberry dressing.

Makes: 6 servings
Broccoli Spaghetti

Go light and easy for dinner tonight. Make this healthy, broccoli-alfredo pasta complete with savory garlic and crushed red pepper, all in 25 minutes or less.

Makes: 4 servings
Start to Finish: 25 mins
Sizzling Vegetable Sandwiches

Stuff all of your favorite sandwich fixings on grilled kaiser rolls for a simple, fall dinner. Fresh squash, sweet red pepper, and garlic-mayo dressing make mouthwatering toppings. 

Makes: 4 servings
Prep: 20 mins
Grill: 17 mins
Apple-Glazed Pork Loaf

Have leftover apples in your pantry? Use them up in this delicious apple jelly. This topping is perfect for pork dinners, and also pairs well with sweet potatoes.

Makes: 4 servings
Prep: 15 mins
Bake: 15 mins 425°F
Dried Plum & Olive Chicken

Green olives, capers, and dried plums give this chicken dish its unique tangy-sweet flavor. Serve over hot cooked rice.

Apple Pecan Salad

Roasting develops the buttery richness of Fuji apples topped with chopped pecans. A honey-and-cider vinegar dressing provides just the right amount of sweetness. Serve the fruit over a pretty mix of oak leaf and butter lettuces.

Makes: 6 servings
Bake: 15 mins 425°F
Start to Finish: 25 mins
Sunday Beef Rib Roast

This flavorful rib roast goes into the oven under a blanket of rosemary and bacon.

Makes: 10 servings
Prep: 30 mins
Roast: 1 hr 45 mins to 2 hrs 350°F
Stand: 15 mins
Peanut Butter and Apple-Bacon Sandwiches

Apple-smoked bacon adds autumn flavor to this classic midnight snack. For tart flavor, stack the sandwich with Granny Smith apples. If you prefer a sweet taste, try Golden Delicious apples.

Makes: 4 servings
Start to Finish: 30 mins
Pecan-Crusted Pork with Orange-Maple Glaze

This tasty fall supper comes together in just 30 minutes. Orange juice, maple syrup, cumin, and cayenne combine for a spicy-sweet sauce.

Roasted Pork with Apples

Wedges of onion and apples round out this super-easy pork tenderloin dish. When the meat is nearly done, reduce apple juice in a skillet, then pour it over the tenderloin for a delicious and mouthwatering finish.

Makes: 4 servings
Prep: 15 mins
Roast: 20 mins 425°F
Stand: 10 mins
Pumpkin-Cider Stew

This hearty stew, featuring mini pumpkins, beef roast, carrots, and apples, makes an ideal supper for a crisp fall night. Serve it with multigrain bread and a crisp green salad.

Makes: 8 servings
Prep: 30 mins
Cook: 1 hr 45 mins
Spice-Rubbed Chicken

Nestled beneath the chicken as it cooks, onions are both roasting rack and flavorful side dish. A rustic rub of cinnamon, paprika, cumin, and coriander gives the chicken bold color.

Makes: 6 servings
Prep: 20 mins
Roast: 2 hrs to 2 hrs 15 mins 350°F
Stand: 15 mins
Maple-Glazed Chicken with Sweet Potatoes

Seasoned chicken is cooked in maple syrup and served with creamy mashed sweet potatoes.

Makes: 4 servings
Cook: 7 mins to 8 mins
Start to Finish: 20 mins
Apple-Sausage Rigatoni

This five-ingredient pasta dish is done in less than 30 minutes -- and that includes stirring together the rich sauce of cream and Gorgonzola cheese. Golden Delicious apples are best in this dish.

Makes: 4 servings
Start to Finish: 25 mins
Apple-Glazed Roast Chicken

The glimmering, crispy skin of this chicken dish gets its flavor from a sweet-tart blend of apple jelly and cider vinegar.

Makes: 6 servings
Prep: 30 mins
Roast: 2 hrs 15 mins 325°F
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