Fall has officially arrived — and with it come the comforting foods associated with cooler weather, featuring creamy sauces, warming flavors and a little spice. If you’re looking for something along these lines, we’ve found an easy dinner that fits the bill perfectly. Best of all, it can be cooked in 30 minutes, making it a perfect weeknight option for a family meal.
This baked Tuscan chicken recipe comes from The Recipe Rebel and includes ingredients like Parmesan cheese, garlic, sun-dried tomatoes, cream, spinach and Italian seasoning to bring your chicken breasts to the next level. This is a dish that goes perfectly with a grain, such as rice, pasta or a roll you can dip into the extra sauce. You could also eat it with zoodles.
Baked Tuscan chicken takes 10 minutes of preparation, followed by 20 minutes of cook time. And it requires just one pan, so cleanup is a breeze. You’ll simply flatten out your chicken breasts, season them, place all your ingredients in a 9-inch-by-13-inch dish, and stick it in the oven to bake. It’ll come out looking and smelling amazing.
Blogger Ashley Fehr also suggests swapping out the spinach for different vegetables, like mushrooms or green beans, if you prefer. She says this is a dish that reheats well and can even be stored in the freezer.
Fehr posted a video to The Recipe Rebel’s Facebook page, where it’s getting plenty of praise from people who have tried it.
“Made this last night and it was outstanding! And to think I’ve been making a recipe similar to this the hard way! It was so easy, quick, and tasted so, so good. Thank you The Recipe Rebel,” said Facebook user Jodie Puster Snavely.
For the complete recipe, plus Fehr’s tips, visit The Recipe Rebel’s site. To see the easy preparation process, you’ll want to view this short video posted to YouTube.
If you’re looking for more easy, comforting chicken dishes to add to your dinnertime rotation, you’ll also want to consider Julia Album’s one-pot creamy chicken and bacon pasta recipe and this smothered cheesy sour cream chicken from A Dish of Daily Life.
If you prefer the flavors of French onion soup, you might want to try this quick, five-ingredient one-skillet meal from Creme de la Crumb.
What are you making for dinner tonight?
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Nothing warms the soul like a nice, hearty bowl of soup, stew or chili. If you’re looking for recipes that are perfect for a cold winter night or for an easy-to-prep family dinner, check out this collection of soup, stews and chili recipes!
These recipes are created with clean eating in mind, using only the best fresh ingredients. Soups, stews and chilis are the perfect make-ahead meals for busy weeknights. All these recipes come together easily. Choose from crockpot and slow cooker recipes, InstantPot recipes or traditional stove-top, slow-cooked soup, stew and chili recipes!
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Miso is a traditional Japanese seasoning produced by fermenting soybeans with salt and kōji and sometimes rice, barley, seaweed or other ingredients. On its own, miso is incredibly salty and pungent. But mixed in with some water and other ingredients, you’ll have a wonderful, savory soup that is perfect for everything from a nice dinner to when you’re under the weather.
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This classic soup (also known as potage parmentier) gets an upgrade in cooking method with this Instant Pot version. A classic potato leek soup is total comfort food. Its warm, creamy texture is soothing on a cold fall or winter night, and this great recipe is even better the next day! And don’t worry: I’ll give you other cooking options as well.
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This is a soup that reportedly began in Naples, Italy. The name comes from the Italian words “minestra miritata,” or “married soup.” However, this is not a reference to actually getting married. Instead, this references the “marriage” of some sort of greens (such as spinach, chard or kale) and meat. In many cases, the meat is beef or pork. But in this healthier version, I used ground turkey.
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This healthy chicken and dumplings recipe is a game changer! It’s comforting, filling and made with healthy, real food ingredients! (Psst … you can even make it dairy free and gluten free!)
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One of the best things about minestrone is how versatile it is. There are so many different ingredients and combinations you can use to create a truly great pot of minestrone. And with spring upon us, I thought it would be wonderful to use in-season ingredients to create this delicious pot of spring minestrone soup.
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While this does have some curry flavor, I wouldn’t consider this an Indian dish. It definitely has that sort of flavor, but I guess you could say it’s pretty Americanized. The curry flavor here is mild and the soup is comforting. It’s filling and full of good nutrition. You can make it vegan/vegetarian or not, depending on the broth you use. It’s just a tasty, all-around lentil soup. It also makes a large amount so you can freeze some for future meals.
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Dutch ovens are pots that are either made of cast iron, or are covered in an enamel. They have a good fitting lid made of the same material (which can also be used as a separate cooking pan in many cases). They are great at either braising meats on high heat or cooking food at low temperatures over long periods of time. They have thick walls that distribute heat very evenly, which means the cooking process can be a bit more “intense.”
If you aren’t used to cooking in one, you’ll want to keep an eye on things the first few times you use one. Food like chili tends to cook a bit faster in a good dutch oven.
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If you love sweet potatoes, then it’s not a far jump to assume you’ll love a good sweet potato soup. You get all that good sweet potato flavor, a smooth and creamy brothiness, plus anything else you choose to add for flavor or texture. I’ve made several sweet potato soups over the years. But this is the first I’ve added bacon to, and I can’t say that I’m sorry. It was pretty delicious!
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This wonderful soup is basically just lasagna with broth added to bring it to a soup consistency. This particular recipe makes a fair amount of soup, so if you need a smaller yield, simply adjust it in the recipe card below by hovering your mouse over the yield number and adjusting to the amount you need.
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Turkey chili is wonderful stuff. It’s a healthier alternative to beef chili and is just as filling and flavorful.
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Some nights, you just want a light but filling soup to warm up that tummy, and this Shiitake mushroom soup is just what you need on a night like that. This mild yet delicious soup is great for warming up or giving you a light meal when you’re feeling a bit under the weather.
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The great thing about this recipe is that you can cook it the way you like it! The recipe below is the non-ham version (we don’t care for ham around here). But if you like it with meat, then simply add some ham to the pot when cooking (Just be sure its cooked properly in the end).
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This beef chili recipe is an all time favorite dish that’s not only easy to make, but it also won’t break the budget. This flavorful recipe is fantastic on its own with all of your favorite chili toppings or also on nachos and, of course, chili cheese hot dogs.
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This quinoa chili recipe is made using all pantry ingredients and comes together in 20 minutes!
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Sick day soup is exactly what it says it is: A great soup to have on hand when you’re feeling less than your best. It’s made with quinoa, broth and other pantry staples.
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This chicken stew recipe with butternut squash is perfect for an autumn or winter dinner.
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This Instant Pot chicken stew recipe is perfect for a chilly evening. It’s a one-pot dump meal, so meal prep is minimal. If you’re looking for an easy chicken recipe you can just dump in your Instant Pot and walk away for a while, this is it! Plus, it freezes really well for stocking your freezer, and in the right container, it travels well for lunch or even a portable dinner.
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This vegan lentil soup recipe made in an Instant Pot is perfect for anything from the still-chilly evenings of spring to the bone-cold nights of winter! You can’t go wrong with lentil soup. I grew up enjoying a German version of this soup on a regular basis. So to say that it’s comfort food for me, is an understatement. It’s warm, comforting and definitely fills you up.
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By itself, this is a wonderful vegetarian/vegan meal. But feel free to add a clean sausage or even some browned, scrambled or ground meat to this for extra protein. It’s a super easy dish to make and is pretty easy on the budget if you don’t add the meat.
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This Instant Pot turkey chili recipe is a delicious pot of chili that is ready for dinner with minimal time or effort. It’s a one-pot meal!
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This amazing recipe is one I grew up with. My grandmother always made lentils for me, so I eventually began to associate them with being “comfort food.” I loved them especially because they were always served with a bratwurst or some other German sausage.
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This soup is creamy, savory and just perfect for the chilly weather that has recently set in here. Serve hot with a small slice of homemade, whole grain garlic bread if you like, but do give this a try.
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This ramen soup recipe with a Thai flare is a great addition to your clean eating meal plan!
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Clean-eating mushroom soup mix is perfect for intensifying the flavor of any mushroom based soup or dish.
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Potato corn chowder is creamy, tummy-warming and totally comforting.
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My clean-eating butternut squash soup has a twist that totally puts it over the top in the flavor department!
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This easy potato soup recipe is delicious for a chilly evening at home.
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Clean-eating Instant Pot black bean vegetable soup is a quick, easy dinner using dry beans!
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This clean-eating buttered crookneck squash soup recipe is straight from my grandmother’s kitchen!
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Sweet potato vegetable chili makes a quick and easy dinner! I wanted something “soupy” but also hearty and filling. So I bulked up this chili with tons of beans and sweet potatoes, and it really did the trick!
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Few things beat a good, homemade broth or stock. Store bought just cannot compare. But there are things you need to know about making vegetable stock at home. So I’m going to go over that information and then give you a recipe you can follow if you so choose.
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This delicious soup was a project I had for school. I’m taking culinary classes online, and I had to develop a recipe using certain techniques and knife skills. It was certainly a challenge, but in the end, the soup was delicious (Well worth the effort)! I’m still waiting to hear back on my grade, but I think I did pretty well!
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This easy french onion soup is perfect for chilly evenings!
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This Instant Pot lentil tortilla stew is perfect for autumn or winter weather! Since I went 100% plant based, I find myself recreating a lot of my old, meat-based recipes. I love that I can still enjoy all my favorites without partaking in meat consumption.
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This Instant Pot tomato soup recipe is one of the best tomato soups I’ve made to date!
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I love a versatile dish, and this one certainly fits that description. It’s super easy to make in a pot, slow cooker or Instant Pot and will freeze well if you can’t eat it all right away. Enjoy it warm or cool.
Plus, this recipe is easy on the wallet. It cost me $3 for the veggies and about 39 cents for the beans. The broth and other jarred ingredients came about about $6. So this entire pot of chili costs less than $10 to make and it will give you quite a few meals!
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This clean-eating black bean soup recipe can be enjoy either hot or cold!
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This clean eating garam masala red lentil stew recipe is a hearty, tummy-warming bowl of deliciousness!
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This Instant Pot chicken soup recipe is perfect for a chilly evening. It’s also great when you have a sick kiddo at home and don’t have a ton of time to cook because you’re too busy taking temperatures, doling out medication and making sure they stay warm under the covers.
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A while back, I did a recipe for curried pumpkin soup. I found myself thinking about it, but since my son doesn’t care for curry (Did I bring the wrong child home from the hospital?), I had to go another route.
This soup hit the spot for sure! My son liked it, I liked it and even a friend of mine enjoyed it thoroughly. Needless to say, it disappeared pretty quickly. I will definitely have to make this again!
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I like this recipe simply for it’s ease. You can’t get much simpler than using a slow cooker. Plus, it’s a wonderful Meatless Monday dish to come home to after your first day back at work for the week.
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This clean-eating carrot ginger red lentil soup is just the thing to warm your tummy on a chilly evening.
Want even more recipes? Check out the full collection here!
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