Confession: I actually start cooking fall dinner recipes toward the end of August. I can’t help it; I desperately crave all those warming, comforting flavors that come from a bowl of slow-cooked meat, baked pasta or a casserole teeming with fall vegetables.

Whether it’s still warm or a proper chilly autumn evening, here are the best fall dinner recipes to celebrate the season. Stave off the cold with big cuts of pork or beef cooked for hours in the Crockpot (as long as you don’t mind smelling the torturously good scent all day) with our recipes for braised short ribs, pot roast, Brazilian feijoada and all-day beef bourguignon. The fall casserole recipes and pasta bakes (hello, butternut squash mac and cheese!) in this list are ultra-comforting and, thankfully, full of fall vegetables for much-needed nutrients.

Is any list of fall dinner recipes complete without a myriad of fall soups? We think not, so expect to find our favorites like Irish beef stew, pumpkin bisque, stuffed pepper soup and all kinds of chilis. Serve them with big hunks of sourdough, adorable pumpkin-shaped rolls or homemade cornbread to sop up every last drop. And if you’re feeding guests, whip up one or two fall desserts and fall drinks to round out the festivities.

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