20 Ways to Eat Fall Vegetables for Dinner

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Faith is the SVP of Content at Apartment Therapy Media and Editor-in-Chief of Kitchn, and the author of three cookbooks, including the James Beard Award-winning The Kitchn Cookbook. She lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband and two daughters.
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October blew in the door last night, and here we are, anticipating the bounty of fall vegetables: Sweet potatoes, pumpkins, beets, chard, Brussels sprouts, and broccoli. Our favorite way to indulge in these vegetables involves olive oil and a quick roast in the oven. But what if you want to make autumn vegetables play the star? What if you want to push them past their side dish backup role? Here are 20 ideas to put vegetables in the center of your table tonight.

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Grilled Cabbage Wedges with Spicy Lime Dressing

Butternut squash hand pies, and a casserole where sweet cauliflower takes the place of pasta. Grilled wedges of cabbage, a velvety pasta sauce made from broccoli, late-summer zucchini with mozzarella, Thai greens to eat with rice, and a kale soup with chunks of potato. These and more today — a feast of vegetables for the fall table.

CAULIFLOWER & BROCCOLI
• 1 Cauliflower & Chicken Sausage Casserole
• 2 Roasted Cauliflower & Potato Soup with Dill Whipped Cream
• 3 Velvety Broccoli and Feta Pasta

EGGPLANT
• 4 Eggplant Caponata Sandwiches
• 5 Easy French Ratatouille
• 6 Roasted Eggplant Salad with Smoked Almonds & Goat Cheese

ZUCCHINI & SUMMER SQUASH
• 7 Zucchini Boats with Mozzarella and Olives
• 8 Eight-Ball Zucchini With Eggs Baked Inside

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Couscous Salad with Butternut Squash and Cranberries

WINTER SQUASH
• 9 Delicata Squash Stuffed with Mushrooms, Farro, Pecans & Dried Cranberries
• 10 Butternut Squash, Sage, and Parmesan Pasties
• 11 Quinoa Stuffed Sweet Dumpling Squash

SWEET POTATOES & CARROTS
• 12 Roasted Sweet Potato Wraps with Caramelized Onions and Pesto
• 13 Sweet and Spicy Roasted Carrots, Parsnips, and Chickpeas

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Sweet Potato, Ricotta, and Arugula Flatbread

BEETS
• 14 Sautéed Rainbow Chard with Raw Beets and Goat Cheese
• 15 Warm Beet and Sweet Potato Stacks

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Hashed Brussels Sprouts with Hazelnuts and Fried Capers

CHARD & GREENS
• 16 Collard Greens Stew with Chorizo & Garlic
• 17 Thai Stir-Fried Greens
• 18 Kale and Potato Soup

CABBAGE
• 19 Salvadoran Pupusas con Curtido (Masa Cakes with Cabbage Slaw)
• 20 Cabbage in Mild Yogurt and Mustard Seed Curry

More Vegetable Advice

• A Guide to Storing Fruits and Vegetables
• 10 Easy Ways to Eat More Vegetables Every Day
• How to Make Vegetable Stock
• How To Peel, Cut, Core, and Dice: 20 Tips & Techniques for Fruit and Vegetable Prep

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