What to Cook in November

November is here! The true change in seasonal foods and holiday celebrations is here. November doesn’t only mean Thanksgiving cooking; it also means delicious soups, comforting pasta, and so many more recipes we’ve pulled for you below. You’ll find some of our favorite easy dinners and other seasonally focused recipes in our list of What to Cook in November!

Seasonal Market Finds

• Cauliflower
• Apples
• Cabbage
• Beets
• Chard
• Winter Squash
• Brussels sprouts
• Celery
• Leeks
• Pomegranates
• Turnips
• Spinach
• Radishes
• Potatoes
• Sweet Potatoes
• Pumpkins
• Pears

Our What to Cook in November Recipes

Daylight Savings Time is upon us, so don’t forget to roll those clocks back an hour. That also means shorter amounts of daylight each day and comfort food! In addition, the festive holiday season is near, gift giving and giving back are on our minds, and honestly, it can start to feel pretty hectic! So, here’s to us simplifying and sharing a roundup of our favorites and what to cook in November (outside of these Thanksgiving Recipes)!

Air Fryer Baked Potatoes: These Air Fryer Baked Potatoes are your favorite classic side dish made quick and easy. These potatoes come out perfectly tender and fluffy in the middle and crispy on the outside in half the time of a classic baked potato. 

Vegan Cauliflower Soup with Ginger and Turmeric: Made with ginger, turmeric, and coconut milk, this soup is both healthy and downright delicious. It’s also a cinch to put together, taking less than 25 minutes from start to finish.

Butternut Squash and Black Bean Enchiladas: Simple to make, using real wholesome ingredients, and are just so delicious! Bake some for now, and freeze some for later. Your future self will thank you!

Sheet Pan Kielbasa Sausage and Sauerkraut Dinner: This Sheet Pan Kielbasa Sausage and Sauerkraut Dinner has unique flavors and is an easy way to get dinner on the table. Aside from prepping up a few veggies, it’s largely hands-off cooking, which means more time in your life!

Baked Hasselback Pears: Just barely sweet, yet still indulgent, Baked Hasselback Pears are a sophisticated dessert nobody will believe are a cinch to put together! This lightened-up dish is made without gluten or refined sugars, with options to make it dairy-free, too. It’s the perfect holiday dessert centerpiece, or an elegant dessert any night of the week.

Cinnamon Roasted Sweet Potatoes: These three-ingredient roasted cinnamon sweet potatoes make for the perfect sheet-pan side-dish! If you haven’t tried the combination of cinnamon and sweet potatoes yet, this is a must-make! So simple, caramelized goodness, and so full of flavor!

Apple Sage Turkey Meatballs: These Turkey Apple Meatballs are the perfect fall dinner. They’re warm and comforting with just enough hint of spice to make you remember the season has changed!

Healthy Turkey Chili: This easy-to-make Healthy Turkey Chili is perfect for a big gathering, football Sunday festivities, or for a weekly meal prep option since there are tons of leftovers!

Healthy Spinach & Artichoke Dip: Bound to be a hit at your next game day spread, this spinach and artichoke dip has all that creamy flavor without any dairy.

Apple, Sweet Potato and Kale Quinoa Salad: This Kale Quinoa Salad is the ultimate Fall salad! Packed with massaged kale, cooked quinoa, diced apples, roasted sweet potatoes, pistachios, and the perfect maple balsamic dressing, it’s an Autumn salad everyone will love!

Jalapeño Popper Dip: This Jalapeño Popper Dip is the perfect appetizer to serve for Game Day and can conveniently be prepared ahead of time and baked up right before serving! It has all the classic flavors of Jalapeño Poppers without having to make them individually.

Chard and Potato Leek Frittata: Hello perfect weekend brunch! This frittata just what a lazy Sunday morning breakfast calls for. Potato, leek and chard are quickly cooked up in a skillet before pouring over some eggs and finishing off cooking it in the oven.

Roasted Potato Wedges: A side dish on rotation! Crispy on the outside, creamy in the middle and perfectly seasoned, these roasted potato wedges are the best, and we’re sharing all of our tips for roasting potatoes so they come out perfect every time!

Easy Lasagna Soup: This Gluten Free Lasagna Soup is simple to prepare, loaded with classic lasagna flavor, and perfect for meal prep! 

Grain-Free Apple Cranberry Crisp: This healthier apple crisp is the perfect healthier dessert for the Fall!! It’s made without oats, with a nice pop of color and tartness thanks to added cranberries and is sweetened just right! It’s also vegan, paleo-friendly and with dairy-free options.

Apple Cider Sangria: This Apple Cider Sangria is everyone’s favorite Fall cocktail! It’s flavorful, packed with cinnamon, ginger, apple cider, and white wine for the perfect dinner party sangria! Serve it with a caramel rim (or opt-out for simplicity), make a large pitcher, and enjoy this easy fall cocktail!

Asian Beef Cabbage Wraps: With bold flavor and super fresh ingredients, these Asian-Inspired Beef Cabbage Wraps are perfect for a quick yet flavorful easy dinner. Ground beef is cooked together with umami flavors before being placed inside of a Napa cabbage leave and topped with a tangy mayo-free slaw.

How to Cook a Whole Chicken in the Instant Pot: It tastes just like a rotisserie chicken you buy at the store, only you get to control the ingredients! It’s largely hands-off cooking time and the chicken is so juicy! This chicken is perfect to serve as is for dinner, or you can use it for meal prep or other chicken recipes. My favorite Instant Pot here.

One-Pot Taco Pasta: Because we all need some easy dinners this month! This is the perfect weeknight dinner, that takes all the flavor of a classic taco, like seasoned ground meat, beans, salsa and corn and and turns it into a simple one pot meal.

Don’t forget all the apples because it’s November, after all! Enjoy some of these staple apple recipes for November: Gluten Free Apple Pie, Gluten Free Apple Pie Bars, or Apple Hand Pies (Gluten-Free):

We hope that you found this roundup of what to cook in November useful and inspirational for you. You can always comment if you have questions or simply email us!